Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/551 of 13 March 2026 amending the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632 as regards the lists of products of animal origin, animal by-products and composite products subject to official controls at border control posts

Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 2026/551 16.3.2026 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION(EU) 2026/551 of 13 March 2026 amending the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632 as regards the lists of products of animal origin, animal by-products and composite products subject to official controls at border control posts (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation)(1), and in particular Article 47(2), first subparagraph, point (a), thereof, Whereas: (1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632(2)establishes, in the Annex thereto, lists of animals, products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products and derived products, composite products, and hay and straw to be presented for official controls at border control posts, with the indication of their respective Combined Nomenclature codes (CN codes) provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87(3). (2) It is necessary to update the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632 to include certain products of animal origin, animal by-products, and composite products, which are currently missing from the list of products subject to official controls at border control posts. It is therefore appropriate to add the headings and CN codes 1301, 2008 19, 2106 90 55, 2933, 3002 13, 3002 14, 3002 15, 3105 90, 3821, 3823 and 3824 in the list set out in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632 in order to avoid any ambiguity as regards which consignments of goods are subject to official controls at border control posts. (3) In addition, due to the number of amendments to be made to the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632, by this Regulation, in the interests of clarity, it is appropriate to replace the entire Annex. (4) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632 should, therefore, be amended accordingly. (1) OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/625/oj. (2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632 of 13 April 2021 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the lists of animals, products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products and derived products, composite products, and hay and straw subject to official controls at border control posts, and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2007 and Commission Decision 2007/275/EC (OJ L 132, 19.4.2021, p. 24, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2021/632/oj). (3) 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, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1987/2658/oj). ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/oj 1/44EN OJ L, 16.3.2026 (5) In addition, in order to avoid any disruption of trade as regards the entry into the Union of consignments of products concerned by the amendments made to the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632 by this Regulation, and to allow the competent authorities of the Member States and operators sufficient time to adapt to those amendments, it is appropriate that this Regulation applies from 1 October 2026. (6) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 October 2026. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 13 March 2026. For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN 2/44 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/ojEN OJ L, 16.3.2026 ANNEX ‘ANNEX LISTS OF ANIMALS, PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, GERMINAL PRODUCTS, ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS AND DERIVED PRODUCTS, COMPOSITE PRODUCTS, AND HAY AND STRAW SUBJECT TO OFFICIAL CONTROLS AT BORDER CONTROL POSTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3 Notes: 1. General remarks General remarks are added to certain Chapters to clarify which animals or goods are covered in the relevant Chapter. In addition, where necessary, reference is made to specific requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) No 142/2011. The list of composite products that meet specific conditions and are exempted from official controls at border control posts are laid down in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/630(1). 2. Note to Chapter The lists in the Annex to this Regulation are structured in Chapters which correspond to the relevant Chapters in the Combined Nomenclature (CN) as laid down in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87(2). The Chapter notes are explanations that have been extracted, where necessary, from the Notes to the individual Chapters of the CN. 3. Extract from the Explanatory Notes and the Classification Opinions of the Harmonized System Additional information on the different Chapters has been extracted, where necessary, from the Explanatory Notes and the Classification Opinions of the Harmonized System of the World Customs Organisation. Tables: 4. Column (1) – CN code This column indicates the CN code. The CN, established by Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, is based on the International Convention on Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS) concluded in Brussels on 14 June 1983 and approved by Council Decision 87/369/EEC(3). 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 animals and goods prefixed with or covered by these four digits shall be submitted to official controls at border control posts. In most of these cases, the relevant CN codes included in the Traces system referred to in Article 133(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, are comprised of six- or eight-digit codes. Where only certain specified animals and goods under any four-, six- or eight-digit code are required to be submitted to official controls and no specific subdivision under this code exists in the CN, the code is marked “ex”. In that case, the animals and goods falling within the scope of this Regulation 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). (1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/630 of 16 February 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain categories of goods exempted from official controls at border control posts and amending Commission Decision 2007/275/EC (OJ L 132, 19.4.2021, p. 17, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2021/630/oj). (2) 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, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1987/2658/oj). (3) Council Decision 87/369/EEC of 7 April 1987 concerning the conclusion of the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System and of the Protocol of Amendment thereto (OJ L 198, 20.7.1987, p. 1, ELI: http://data. europa.eu/eli/dec/1987/369/oj). ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/oj 3/44EN OJ L, 16.3.2026 5. Column (2) – Description The description of the animals and goods is as laid down in the description column of the CN. Subject to the rules for the interpretation of the CN, the wording for the description of the animals and goods in column (2) is considered to be of indicative value only, since the animals and goods covered by this Regulation are determined by CN codes. 6. Column (3) – Qualification and explanation This column gives details of the animals or goods covered. Further information on the animals or goods covered in the different Chapters of the CN can be found in the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union(4). Products derived from animal by-products falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council(5)and Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 are not specifically identified in Union law. Official controls shall 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 inspectors at border control posts shall assess and specify, when necessary, if a derived product is sufficiently processed to not require further official controls provided for in Union law. CHAPTER 1 LIVE ANIMALS Note to Chapter 1 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN) “1. This chapter covers all live animals, except: (a) fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, of heading 0301, 0306, 0307 or 0308; (b) cultures of micro-organisms and other products of heading 3002; and (c) animals of heading 9508.” Extract from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes “Heading 0106 includes, inter alia, the following domestic or wild animals: (A) Mammals (1) Primates. (2) 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). (3) Other (such as reindeer, cats, dogs, lions, tigers, bears, elephants, camels (including dromedaries), zebras, rabbits, hares, deer, antelope (other than those of the sub-family Bovinae), chamois, foxes, minks, and other animals for fur farms). (B) Reptiles (including snakes and turtles) (C) Birds (1) Birds of prey. (2) Psittaciformes (including parrots, parakeets, macaws and cockatoos). (3) 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). (4) OJ C 119, 29.3.2019, p. 1. (5) Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (Animal by-products Regulation) (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/1069/oj). 4/44 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/ojEN OJ L, 16.3.2026 (D) Insects, such as bees (whether or not travelling in boxes or cages or hives). (E) Other, e.g., frogs. This heading excludes animals forming part of circuses, menageries or other similar travelling animal shows (heading 95.08).” 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 Live sheep and goats. All. 0105 Live poultry, that is to say, fowls of the species All. Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls. 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 subheading. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/oj 5/44EN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CHAPTER 2 MEAT AND EDIBLE MEAT OFFAL Note to Chapter 2 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN) “1. This chapter does not cover: (a) Products of the kinds described in headings 0201 to 0208 or 0210 unfit or unsuitable for human consumption; (b) edible, non-living insects (heading 0410); (c) guts, bladders or stomachs of animals (heading 0504) or animal blood (heading 0511 or 3002); or (d) animal fat, other than the products of heading 0209 (Chapter 15).” CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) 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, All. However, raw material not intended or chilled or frozen. suitable for human consumption is not covered in this heading, but under heading 0511. 0206 Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, All. However, raw material not intended or goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, suitable for human consumption is not covered chilled or frozen in this heading, but under heading 0511. 0207 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading All. However, raw material not intended or 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen. suitable for human consumption is not covered in this heading, but under heading 0511. 0208 Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or All. However, raw material not intended or frozen. 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); 6/44 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/ojEN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) — 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 All, covers both fat and processed fat as rendered or otherwise extracted, fresh, chilled described in column (2), even if suitable only for frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked. industrial use (not fit for human consumption). 0210 Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried All, covers meat, meat products and other or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or products of animal origin. meat offal. 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(1)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. (1) 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, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1125/oj). CHAPTER 3 FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES General remarks 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 referred to in this Chapter are subject to official controls. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/oj 7/44EN OJ L, 16.3.2026 Notes to Chapter 3 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN) “1. This chapter does not cover: (a) mammals of heading 0106; (b) meat of mammals of heading 0106 (heading 0208 or 0210); (c) fish (including livers, roes and milt 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 (d) caviar or caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs (heading 1604). 2. In this chapter, the term ‘pellets’ means products which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a small quantity of binder. 3. Headings 0305 to 0308 do not cover flours, meals and pellets, fit for human consumption (heading 0309).” 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 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 All, covers livers, milt and roes, fresh or chilled, other fish meat of heading 0304. in CN code 0302 91 00. 0303 Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish All, covers livers, milt and roes, frozen, in meat of heading 0304. subheading 0303 91. 0304 Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not All. minced), fresh, chilled or frozen. 0305 Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, All, covers fish heads, tails and maws and other whether or not cooked before or during the edible fish offal. smoking process. 0306 Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, All. chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked Live crustaceans imported for immediate crustaceans, whether in shell or not, whether or human consumption are considered and treated not cooked before or during the smoking for official controls purposes as if they were process; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming products. or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine. Covers ornamental sea monkeys and their cysts for use as pet animals and all live ornamental crustaceans. 8/44 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/ojEN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) 0307 Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, This heading also covers smoked molluscs that chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked have been cooked before the smoking process. molluscs, whether in shell or not, whether or not Other cooked molluscs are covered in heading cooked before or during the smoking process. 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, that is to say, other than oysters, scallops, mussels (Mytilusspp., Pernaspp.), cuttle fish, squid, octopus, snails, clams, cockles, ark shells, abalones (Haliotisspp.) and stromboid conchs (Strombusspp.): covers meat of sea water snail species, whether in shell or not; — 0307 99 (other molluscs, other than live, fresh, chilled, or frozen, that is to say, other than oysters, scallops, mussels (Mytilusspp., Pernaspp.), cuttle fish, squid, octopus, sea snails, clams, cockles, ark shells, abalones (Haliotisspp.) and stromboid conchs (Strombusspp.). 0308 Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and All. 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. 0309 Flours, meals and pellets of fish, crustaceans, All. molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, fit for human consumption. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/oj 9/44EN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CHAPTER 4 DAIRY PRODUCE; BIRDS’ EGGS; NATURAL HONEY; EDIBLE PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED IN OTHER CHAPTERS OF THE CN Notes to Chapter 4 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN) “1. The expression ‘milk’ means full-cream milk or partially or completely skimmed milk. 2. For the purposes of heading 0403, yogurt may be concentrated or flavoured and may contain added sugar or other sweetening matter, fruit, nuts, cocoa, chocolate, spices, coffee or coffee extracts, plants, parts of plants, cereals or bakers’ wares, provided that any added substance is not used for the purpose of replacing, in whole or in part, any milk constituent, and the product retains the essential character of yogurt. 3. For the purposes of heading 0405: (a) 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; (b) 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. 4. Products obtained by the concentration of whey and with the addition of milk or milkfat are to be classified as cheese in heading 0406 provided that they have the three following characteristics: (a) a milk fat content, by weight of the dry matter, of 5 % or more; (b) a dry matter content, by weight, of at least 70 % but not exceeding 85 %; and (c) they are moulded or capable of being moulded. 5. This Chapter does not cover: (a) non-living insects, unfit for human consumption (heading 0511); (b) products obtained from whey, containing by weight more than 95 % lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose calculated on the dry matter (heading 1702); (c) products obtained from milk by replacing one or more of its natural constituents (for example, butyric fats) by another substance (for example, oleic fats) (heading 1901 or 2106); or (d) 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). 6. For the purposes of heading 0410, the term ‘insects’ means edible non-living insects, whole or in parts, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, smoked, salted or in brine, as well as flours and meals of insects, fit for human consumption. However, it does not cover edible non-living insects otherwise prepared or preserved (generally Section IV of the CN).” Extracts from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes “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). 10/44 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/ojEN OJ L, 16.3.2026 This heading does not cover: (a) Oil of egg yolk (heading 1506); (b) Egg preparations containing seasoning, spices or other additives (heading 2106); (c) Lecithin (heading 2923); (d) 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 insects (as defined in Note 6 to this Chapter) and other products of animal origin suitable for human consumption, not specified or included in other Chapters of the Combined Nomenclature. However, non-living insects unfit for human consumption (including flours and meals thereof) are classified in heading 05.11. This includes: (a) Turtles eggs. These are eggs laid by river or marine turtles; they may be fresh, dried or otherwise preserved. Turtle-egg oil is excluded (heading 15.06). (b) Salanganes’ nests (‘birds nests’). These consist of a substance secreted by the bird which solidifies rapidly on exposure to air. The nests may be presented untreated, or they may have been cleaned to remove feathers, down, dust and other impurities in order to render them suitable for consumption. They are generally in the form of whitish strips or threads. Salanganes’ nests have a high protein content and are used almost exclusively to make soups or other food preparations. 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 All. added sugar or other sweetening matter. Milk for animal feed is covered under this heading, while 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 All. added sugar or other sweetening matter. 0403 Yogurt; buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, All. Covers cream, flavoured or containing kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and fruits, frozen and fermented milk, for human cream, whether or not concentrated or consumption. containing added sugar or other sweetening Ice cream is covered in heading 2105. matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa. Beverages containing milk flavoured with cocoa or other substances are covered in heading 2202. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/oj 11/44EN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) 0404 Whey, whether or not concentrated or containing All. Covers milk products for infants. added sugar or other sweetening matter; products CN code 0404 10 48 covers bovine colostrum, consisting of natural milk constituents, whether in liquid form, defatted and de-caseinated, for or not containing added sugar or other human consumption. CN code 0404 90 21 sweetening matter, not specified or included covers spray-dried, reduced-fat colostrum elsewhere in this Chapter. powder which has not been de-caseinated, for human consumption. 0405 Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; All. 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, 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, All. Covers egg products whether or not heat- dried, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, treated and products not fit for human moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether consumption. or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter. 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 0511) as well as edible non-living insects otherwise prepared or preserved (generally Section IV of the CN). 0410 90 00 Other edible products of animal origin, not All. specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter. This CN code covers “royal jelly” and propolis (used in the 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 (for example, bone flour, powdered bone, soup bones), if derived from carcasses that have been slaughtered for human consumption. 12/44 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/ojEN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CHAPTER 5 PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED IN OTHER CHAPTERS OF THE CN General remarks Specific requirements for certain products in this Chapter are laid down in Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011: Row 7: pig bristles; Row 8: untreated wool and hair produced from animals other than those of the porcine species; Row 9: treated feathers, parts of feathers and down. Notes to Chapter 5 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN) “1. This chapter does not cover: (a) edible products (other than guts, bladders and stomachs of animals, whole and pieces thereof, and animal blood, liquid or dried); (b) 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); (c) animal textile materials, other than horsehair and horsehair waste (Section XI); or (d) prepared knots or tufts for broom or brush making (heading 9603). […]. 2. Throughout the nomenclature, elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal and wild boar tusks, rhinoceros horns and the teeth of all animals are regarded as ‘ivory’. 3. Throughout the nomenclature, the expression ‘horsehair’ means hair of the manes or tails of equine or bovine animals. Heading 0511 covers, inter alia, horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a layer with or without supporting material.” Extract from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes “Heading 0505 covers: (1) Skins and other parts of birds (e.g., heads, wings) with their feathers or down, and (2) 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 All, treated and untreated. thereof. 0504 00 00 Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other All. Covers stomachs, bladders and intestines than fish), whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, which have been cleaned, salted, dried, or frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked. heated, of bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine, or poultry origin. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/oj 13/44EN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 0505 Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers All, including game trophies of birds, but or down, feathers and parts of feathers (whether excluding treated decorative feathers, treated or not with trimmed edges) and down, not feathers carried by travellers for their private use further worked than cleaned, disinfected or or consignments of treated feathers sent to treated for preservation; powder and waste of private individuals for non-industrial purposes feathers or parts of feathers. 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 to feathers irrespective of whether they have undergone a 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, Covers bones used as dog chews and bones used simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated for production of gelatine. with acid or de-gelatinised; powder and waste of Edible bones and boneflour for human these products. 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, tortoiseshell, whalebone and whalebone Covers treated game trophies from birds and hair, horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and ungulates being solely bones, horns, hooves, beaks, unworked or simply prepared but not cut claws, antlers and teeth. to shape; powder and waste of these products. 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 Covers empty shells for food use and use as raw prepared but not otherwise worked; shells of material for glucosamine. molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms and cuttle- In addition, this heading covers shells, including bone, unworked or simply prepared but not cut cuttle-bones, containing soft tissue and flesh, as to shape, powder and waste thereof. referred to in Article 10, point (k)(i), of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009. 14/44 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/ojEN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 0510 00 00 Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk; Ambergris and cantharides are excluded. cantharides; bile, whether or not dried; glands Glands, other animal products and bile are and other animal products used in the covered by this CN code. preparation of pharmaceutical products, fresh, chilled, frozen or otherwise provisionally Dried glands and products are covered by preserved. 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 specified or included All. elsewhere in this Chapter; dead animals of Covers genetic material (semen and embryos of Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption. animal origin of the bovine, ovine, caprine, equine and porcine species) and animal by-products of Categories 1 and 2 materials 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, point 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; ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/oj 15/44EN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) — 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 specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; 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. CHAPTER 6 LIVE TREES AND OTHER PLANTS; BULBS, ROOTS AND THE LIKE; CUT FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE General remarks This Chapter covers mushroom spawn in a compost of sterilised manure of animal origin. Extract from the Explanatory Notes to the CN “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. 16/44 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/ojEN OJ L, 16.3.2026 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) 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. CHAPTER 9 COFFEE, TEA, MATÉ AND SPICES CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 0901 Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; Only if containing products of animal origin. coffee husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion. CHAPTER 12 OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS; MISCELLANEOUS GRAINS, SEEDS AND FRUIT; INDUSTRIAL OR MEDICINAL PLANTS; STRAW AND FODDER CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 1212 99 95 Other vegetable products of a kind used Bee pollen is covered under this CN code. primarily for human consumption, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter. ex 1213 00 00 Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, whether or Only straw. not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets. ex 1214 90 Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne Only hay. (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. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/oj 17/44EN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CHAPTER 13 LAC; GUMS, RESINS AND OTHER VEGETABLE SAPS AND EXTRACTS CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 1301 Lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and Only colorant additive E904, including shellac oleoresins (for example, balsams). of animal origin, used in the food industry. CHAPTER 15 ANIMAL, VEGETABLE OR MICROBIAL FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; PREPARED EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXES General remarks All animal-derived fats and oils. Specific requirements for the following products are set out in Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011: (1) rendered fats and fish oils in row 3 of Table 1 in Chapter I, Section 1; (2) rendered fats from Category 2 materials for certain purposes outside the feed chain for farmed animals (for example, for oleochemical purposes) in row 17 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1; (3) fat derivatives in row 18 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1. Fat derivatives include first stage products derived from 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. Derivatives mixed with other materials are subjected to official controls. Notes to Chapter 15 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN) “1. This chapter does not cover: (a) pig fat or poultry fat on heading 0209; (b) cocoa butter, fat and oil (heading 1804); (c) edible preparations containing by weight more than 15 % of the products of heading 0405 (generally Chapter 21); (d) greaves (heading 2301) or residues of headings 2304 to 2306; […]. […]. 3. Heading 1518 does not cover fats or oils or their fractions, merely denatured, which are classified in the heading appropriate to the corresponding undenatured fats and oils and their fractions. 4. Soap stocks, oil foots and dregs, stearin pitch, glycerol pitch and wool grease residues fall in heading 1522.” Extract from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes “Heading 1516 covers animal, vegetable or microbial 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, vegetable or microbial fats and oils. 18/44 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/ojEN OJ L, 16.3.2026 Hydrogenation, which is effected 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 (e.g., of oleic, linoleic, etc. acids) into saturated glycerides of higher melting points (e.g., of palmitic, stearic, etc. acids). Heading 1518 also covers inedible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of the Chapter, not elsewhere specified or included. The heading also 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. The heading also includes hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised fats and oils or their fractions, where modification involves more than one fat or oil.” CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) 1501 Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat, other than All. that of heading 0209 or 1503. 1502 Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than All. those of heading 1503. 1503 00 Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and All. tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared. 1504 Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine All. Covers fish oils and oils from fishery mammals, whether or not refined, but not products and marine mammals. chemically modified. Miscellaneous edible preparations are covered under CN heading 1517 or CN Chapter 21. 1505 00 Wool grease and fatty substances derived All. Covers wool grease imported as rendered therefrom (including lanolin). 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, All. whether or not refined, but not chemically Covers unsplit fats or oils, and also their initial modified. 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 Only if containing products of animal origin. 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. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/oj 19/44EN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 1518 00 91 Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and Only if containing animal fats and oils. their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, Fat derivatives produced by a method set out in sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in Chapter XI, point 1, of Annex XIII to Regulation vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically (EU) No 142/2011. modified, excluding those of heading 1516. 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 Only fats and oil preparations, rendered fats and animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and derivatives from animals. their fractions. Covers used cooking oil falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 in accordance with Article 2 thereof. 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 Only if containing fat from animal origin. their fractions, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter, excluding animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions that are boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas, or otherwise chemically modified, and excluding those of heading 1516 or inedible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats and their fractions. 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. 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 All. Covers waxes, processed or refined, whether refined or coloured, other than raw. 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”. 20/44 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/ojEN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 1522 00 Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of Only if containing animal products. fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes. 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. CHAPTER 16 PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH, OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, OR OF INSECTS Notes to Chapter 16 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN) “1. This chapter does not cover meat, meat offal, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, as well as insects, prepared or preserved by the processes specified in Chapter 2 or 3, Note 6 to Chapter 4 or in heading 0504. 2. Food preparations fall in this chapter provided that they contain more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, insects, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof. In cases where the preparation contains two or more of the products mentioned above, it is classified in the heading of Chapter 16 corresponding to the component or components which predominate by weight. These provisions do not apply to the stuffed products of heading 1902 or to the preparations of heading 2103 or 2104. 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 All. Covers preserved meat in various forms. offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products. 1602 Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, All. Covers preserved meat in various forms. blood or insects. 1603 00 Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, All. Covers meat extracts and meat concentrates, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates. fish protein in gel form whether chilled or frozen, and also shark cartilage. 1604 Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar All. Covers cooked or pre-cooked culinary substitutes prepared from fish eggs. preparations containing or mixed with fish or fishery products. Covers preparations of surimi in CN code 1604 20 05. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/oj 21/44EN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) 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 of the CN). Products known as fish skewers (namely, 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 All, including fully prepared or pre-prepared invertebrates, prepared or preserved. snails, canned crustaceans, or other aquatic invertebrates as well as mussel powder. CHAPTER 17 SUGARS AND SUGAR CONFECTIONERY Notes to Chapter 17 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN) “1. This chapter does not cover: (a) sugar confectionery containing cocoa (heading 1806); (b) chemically pure sugars (other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose) or other products of heading 2940; […].” CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 1702 Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, Only if containing products of animal origin. maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid form; Covers sugars and artificial honey, where mixed sugar syrups not containing added flavouring or with natural honey. colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey; caramel. ex 1704 Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), Only if containing products of animal origin. not containing cocoa. CHAPTER 18 COCOA AND COCOA PREPARATIONS Notes to Chapter 18 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN) “1. This chapter does not cover (a) food preparations containing more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, insects, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof (Chapter 16); (b) preparations of heading 0403, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1905, 2105, 2202, 2208, 3003 or 3004. 22/44 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/ojEN OJ L, 16.3.2026 2. Heading 1806 includes sugar confectionery containing cocoa and, subject to Note 1 to this Chapter, other food preparations containing cocoa.” CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 1806 Chocolate and other food preparations Only if containing products of animal origin. containing cocoa. CHAPTER 19 PREPARATIONS OF CEREALS, FLOUR, STARCH OR MILK; PASTRY COOKS’ PRODUCTS Notes to Chapter 19 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN) “1. This chapter does not cover: (a) except in the case of stuffed products of heading 1902, food preparations containing more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, insects, fish, or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof (Chapter 16); […].” CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 1901 Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, Only if containing products of animal origin. meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa Covers uncooked foodstuffs (for example, or containing less than 40 % by weight of cocoa pizzas) containing products of animal origin. calculated on a totally defatted basis, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; food Culinary preparations are covered by Chapter preparations of goods of headings 0401 to 0404, 16 and Chapter 21 of the CN. not containing cocoa or containing less than 5 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter. ex 1902 11 00 Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise Only if containing products of animal origin. prepared, containing eggs. ex 1902 19 Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise Only if containing products of animal origin. prepared, other than containing eggs. ex 1902 20 10 Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or Only if containing products of animal origin. otherwise prepared, containing more than 20 % by weight of fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates. ex 1902 20 30 Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or Only if containing products of animal origin. 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. 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. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/oj 23/44EN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 1902 30 Other pasta than pasta of subheadings 1902 11, Only if containing products of animal origin. 1902 19 and 1902 20. ex 1902 40 Couscous. Only if containing products of animal origin. ex 1904 10 10 Prepared food obtained by the swelling or Only if containing products of animal origin. roasting of maize. ex 1904 10 30 Prepared food obtained by the swelling or Only if containing products of animal origin. roasting of rice. ex 1904 10 90 Prepared food obtained by the swelling or Only if containing products of animal origin. roasting of cereals or cereal products other than maize or rice. ex 1904 20 Prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal Only if containing products of animal origin. flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals. ex 1904 90 10 Rice in grain form or in the form of flakes or Only if containing products of animal origin. other worked grains (except flour, groats and Covers, for example, sushi (provided the meal), pre-cooked or otherwise prepared, not relevant products are not to be classified in specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter. Chapter 16). ex 1904 90 80 Cereals (other than maize (corn)) in grain form or Only if containing products of animal origin. in the form of flakes or other worked grains (except flour, groats and meal), pre-cooked or otherwise prepared, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter, other than bulgur wheat and other than obtained from rice. ex 1905 Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers’ Only if containing products of animal origin. wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products. CHAPTER 20 PREPARATIONS OF VEGETABLES, FRUIT, NUTS, OR OTHER PARTS OF PLANTS Notes to Chapter 20 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN) “1. This chapter does not cover: […]. (c) food preparations containing more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, insects, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof (Chapter 16). […]. 24/44 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/ojEN OJ L, 16.3.2026 2. Headings 2007 and 2008 do not apply to fruit jellies, fruit pastes, sugar-coated almonds or the like in the form of sugar confectionery (heading 1704) or chocolate confectionery (heading 1806).” CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 2001 Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of Only if containing products of animal origin. plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid. ex 2004 Other vegetables prepared or preserved Only if containing products of animal origin. otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading 2006. ex 2005 Other vegetables prepared or preserved Only if containing products of animal origin. otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 2006. ex 2008 19 Nuts and other seeds, other than groundnuts, Only if containing products of animal origin. whether or not mixed together. ex 2008 99 Other preparations of fruit, nuts and other edible Only if containing products of animal origin. parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter. CHAPTER 21 MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PREPARATIONS Notes to Chapter 21 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN) “1. This chapter does not cover: […]; (e) food preparations, other than the products described in 2103 or 2104, containing more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, insects, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any other combinations thereof (Chapter 16). […]. 3. For the purposes of heading 2104, the expression ‘homogenised composite food preparations’ means preparations consisting of a finely homogenised mixture of two or more basic ingredients such as meat, fish, vegetables, fruits or nuts, put up for retail sale as food suitable for infants or young children or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight content not exceeding 250 g. For the application of this definition, no account is to be taken of small quantities of any ingredients which may be added to the mixture for seasoning, preservation or other purposes. Such preparations may contain a small quantity of visible pieces of ingredients. Additional notes […]. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/oj 25/44EN OJ L, 16.3.2026 5. Other food preparations presented in measured doses, such as capsules, tablets, pastilles and pills, and which are intended for use as food supplements are to be classified under heading 2106, unless elsewhere specified or included.” CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 2101 Extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea Only if containing products of animal origin. 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. ex 2103 Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed Only if containing products of animal origin. condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard. ex 2104 Soups and broths and preparations therefore; Only if containing products of animal origin. homogenised composite food preparations. ex 2105 00 Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not Only if containing products of animal origin. containing cocoa. ex 2106 10 Protein concentrates and textured protein Only if containing products of animal origin. substances. ex 2106 90 51 Lactose syrup. Only if containing products of animal origin. ex 2106 90 55 Glucose syrup and maltodextrine syrup. Only if containing products of animal origin (for example, foaming creamer). ex 2106 90 92 Other food preparations not specified or included Only if containing products of animal origin. elsewhere in this Chapter, 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. ex 2106 90 98 Other food preparations not specified or included Only if containing products of animal origin. elsewhere in this Chapter. CHAPTER 22 BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR Notes to Chapter 22 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN) “3. For the purposes of heading 2202, the term ‘non-alcoholic beverages’ means beverages of an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 0,5 % vol. Alcoholic beverages are classified in headings 2203 to 2206 or heading 2208 as appropriate.” 26/44 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/ojEN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 2202 99 91 Non-alcoholic beverages, other than waters All. 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 headings 0401 to 0404. ex 2202 99 95 Non-alcoholic beverages, other than waters All. 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 headings 0401 to 0404. ex 2202 99 99 Non-alcoholic beverages, other than waters All. 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 headings 0401 to 0404. ex 2208 70 Liqueurs and cordials. Only if containing products of animal origin. CHAPTER 23 RESIDUES AND WASTE FROM THE FOOD INDUSTRIES; PREPARED ANIMAL FODDER Note to Chapter 23 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN) “1. Heading 2309 includes products of a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included, obtained by processing vegetable or animal materials to such an extent that they have lost the essential characteristics of the original material, other than vegetable waste, vegetable residues and by-products of such processing.” Extract from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes “Greaves, the membraneous tissues remaining after pig or other animal fats have been rendered. They 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 All. Covers processed animal protein not for fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic human consumption, meat meal not for human invertebrates, unfit for human consumption; consumption, and greaves, whether or not for greaves. 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. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/oj 27/44EN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) 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. CHAPTER 28 INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 2835 25 00 Calcium hydrogenorthophosphate (“dicalcium Only of animal origin. phosphate”). 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. 28/44 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/ojEN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 2835 26 00 Phosphates of calcium, other than calcium Only tricalcium phosphate of animal origin. hydrogenorthophosphate (“dicalcium Specific requirements for tricalcium phosphate phosphate”). are set out in row 7 of Table 1 in Chapter I, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011. CHAPTER 29 ORGANIC CHEMICALS CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 2906 Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated, Only cholesterol of animal origin. sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives. 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 Only of animal origin. 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). ex 2925 29 00 Other imines and their derivatives than Covers creatine of animal origin. chlordimeform (ISO); salts thereof (other than chlordimeform (ISO). 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- Only of animal origin, for example glucosamine, atom(s) only, other than compounds containing glucosamine-6-phosphate and their sulphates. 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)). ex 2933 Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero- Isolated peptides of animal origin only. atom(s) only. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/oj 29/44EN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 2936 Provitamins and vitamins, natural or reproduced Only vitamin D3 and its precursors of animal by synthesis (including natural concentrates), origin. derivatives thereof used primarily as vitamins, and intermixtures of the foregoing, whether or not in any solvent. ex 2942 00 00 Other organic compounds. Only of animal origin. CHAPTER 30 PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS General remarks 1. The finished products (namely cosmetic products, active implantable medical devices, medical devices, in vitro diagnostic medical devices, veterinary medicinal products, medicinal products) listed in Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 are excluded from the list of products referred to in this Chapter. Intermediate products are included. 2. For the purposes of heading 3002, the expression “immunological products” applies to peptides and proteins (other than goods of heading 2937) which are directly involved in the regulation of immunological processes, such as mono-clonal antibodies (MAB), antibody fragments, antibody conjugates and antibody fragment conjugates, interleukins, interferons (IFN), chemokines and certain tumour-necrosis factors (TNF), growth factors (GF), hemato- poietins and colony-stimulating factors (CSF). 3. For the purposes of subheadings 3002 13 and 3002 14, the following are to be treated: 3.1. as unmixed products, pure products, whether or not containing impurities; 3.2. as mixed products: 3.2.1.the products referred to in point 3.1 dissolved in water or in other solvents; 3.2.2.the products referred to in points 3.1 and 3.2.1 with an added stabiliser necessary for their preservation or transport; 3.3.3.the products referred to in points 3.1, 3.2.1 and 3.2.2 with any other additive. CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 3001 20 90 Extracts of glands or other organs or of their Only animal derived products. secretions, other than of human origin. 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 Only animal derived products that are destined prophylactic uses: heparin and its salts. 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. 30/44 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/ojEN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 3001 90 98 Other animal substances than heparin and its Only animal derived products. salts prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic In addition to the glands and other organs uses, not specified or included elsewhere in this referred to in the Harmonized System Chapter. 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 13 00 Immunological products, unmixed, not put up in Only blood of animal origin or products measured doses or in forms or packings for retail produced from blood of animal origin. sale. ex 3002 14 00 Immunological products, mixed, not put up in Only blood of animal origin. measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale. ex 3002 15 00 Immunological products, put up in measured Only blood of animal origin. doses or in forms or packings for retail sale. ex 3002 49 00 Toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding Only pathogens and cultures of pathogens for yeasts) and similar products. 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 Only pathogens and cultures of pathogens for than cell therapy products. animals. 3002 90 30 Animal blood prepared for therapeutic, All. prophylactic or diagnostic uses. 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. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/oj 31/44EN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CHAPTER 31 FERTILISERS Notes to Chapter 31 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN) “1. This chapter does not cover: (a) animal blood of heading 0511; […]. […]. 6. For the purposes of heading 3105, the term ‘other fertilisers’ applies only to products of a kind used as fertilisers and containing, as an essential constituent, at least one of the fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium.” CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 3101 00 00 Animal or vegetable fertilisers, whether or not Only animal derived products. mixed together or chemically treated; fertilisers Covers guano, except mineralised guano. produced by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetable products. Covers manure mixed with processed animal protein, if used as fertiliser. 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 Only fertilisers containing animal-derived or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding products. 10 kg. 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 90 Other fertilisers. 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. 32/44 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/ojEN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CHAPTER 32 TANNING OR DYEING EXTRACTS; TANNINS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES; DYES, PIGMENTS AND OTHER COLOURING MATTER; PAINTS AND VARNISHES; PUTTY AND OTHER MASTICS; INKS Notes to Chapter 32 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN) “3. Headings 3203, 3204, 3205 and 3206 apply also to preparations based on colouring matter (including, in the case of heading 3206, colouring pigments of heading 2530 or Chapter 28, metal flakes and metal powders), of a kind used for colouring any material or used as ingredients in the manufacture of colouring preparations. The headings do not apply, however, to pigments dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in the manufacture of paints, including enamels (heading 3212), or to other preparations of headings 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3212, 3213 or 3215.” CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 3203 00 Colouring matter of animal origin (including Only animal-derived products (e.g. carmine dyeing extracts but excluding animal black), cochineal), or colour dispersions in milk fat whether or not chemically defined; preparations base, used in food or feed production. as specified in note 3 to this Chapter based on colouring matter of animal origin. ex 3204 Synthetic organic colouring matter, whether or Only animal-derived products (e.g. carmine not chemically defined; preparations as specified cochineal), or colour dispersions in milk fat in note 3 to this Chapter based on synthetic base, used in food or feed production. organic colouring matter; synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined. CHAPTER 33 ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 3302 Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures Only flavourings in a milk fat base used for in (including alcoholic solutions) with a basis of one food or feed production. 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. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/oj 33/44EN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CHAPTER 35 ALBUMINOIDAL SUBSTANCES; MODIFIED STARCHES; GLUES; ENZYMES CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 3501 Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives; Only of animal origin. 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 Only of animal origin. whey proteins, containing by weight more than Covers products derived from eggs and derived 80 % whey proteins, calculated on the dry from milk whether for human consumption or matter), albuminates and other albumin not for human consumption (including for derivatives. 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 Covers gelatine for human consumption, for (including square) sheets, whether or not surface- animal feed and technical use. worked or coloured) and gelatine derivatives; Gelatine classified in heading 3913 (hardened isinglass; other glues of animal origin excluding proteins) and gelatine classified in heading 9602 casein glues of heading 3501. (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 Only of animal origin. substances and their derivatives, not specified or Covers collagen and hydrolysed proteins for included elsewhere in this Chapter; hide powder human consumption, for animal feed and whether or not chromed. technical use. 34/44 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/ojEN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) 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 where 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 Only of animal origin. specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter, than rennet and concentrates thereof or lipoprotein lipase or aspergillus alkaline protease. CHAPTER 38 MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCTS Notes to Chapter 38 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN) “4. Throughout the nomenclature, ‘municipal waste’ means waste of a kind collected from households, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, shops, office, etc., road and pavement sweepings, as well as construction and demolition waste. Municipal waste generally contains a large variety of material as such as plastics, rubber, wood, paper, textiles, glass, metals, food materials, broken furniture and other damaged or discarded articles.” CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 3821 00 00 Prepared culture media for the development or Only if containing animal-derived products. maintenance of micro-organisms (including viruses and the like) or of plant, human or animal cells. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/oj 35/44EN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 3822 Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, Only animal-derived products, except medical prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents devices as defined in Article 2, point (1), of whether or not on a backing, whether or not put Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European up in the form of kits, other than those of Parliament and of the Council(1)and in vitro heading 3006; certified reference materials. diagnostic medical devices as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2). ex 3823 Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils Only food additives of animal origin. from refining; industrial fatty alcohols. ex 3824 Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; Only of animal origin (for example, chemical chemical products and preparations of the products, intermediate products for chemical or allied industries (including those pharmaceutical industry, food additives). consisting of mixtures of natural products), not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter. 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. Covers used cooking oil falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 in accordance with Article 2 thereof. For example, organic fertilisers, biogas, biodiesel or fuel can be covered by this CN code. (1) 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, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/745/oj). (2) 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, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/ 2017/746/oj). CHAPTER 39 PLASTICS AND ARTICLES THEREOF; RUBBER AND ARTICLES THEREOF CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 3913 90 00 Natural polymers and modified natural polymers, Only animal-derived products (for example, not specified or included elsewhere in this chondroitin sulphate, chitosan, hardened Chapter, in primary forms, other than alginic gelatine). acid, its salts and esters. 36/44 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/ojEN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 3917 10 Artificial guts (sausage casings) of hardened Only animal derived products. protein or of cellulosic materials. ex 3926 90 97 Other articles of plastics and articles of other Covers empty capsules of hardened gelatine for materials of headings 3901 to 3914, other than food and animal consumption. those under subheadings/codes 3926 10 00, Specific requirements for gelatine are set out in 3926 20 00, 3926 30 00, 3926 40 00, 3926 90, row 5 of Table 1 in Chapter I, Section 1, of 3926 90 50 and 3926 90 60. Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011. CHAPTER 41 RAW HIDES AND SKINS (OTHER THAN FURSKINS) AND LEATHER General remarks Only hides and skins of ungulates covered in headings 4101, 4102 and 4103 are to be subjected to official controls. Specific requirements for hides and skins of ungulates are laid down in rows 4 and 5 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011. Notes to Chapter 41 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN) “1. This chapter does not cover: (a) parings or similar waste, of raw hides or skins (heading 0511); (b) birdskins or parts of birdskins, with their feathers or down, of heading 0505 or 6701; or (c) 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) ex 4101 Raw hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) Only fresh, chilled or treated hides and skins, or equine animals (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, including dried, dry-salted, wet-salted, or pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, preserved by a process other than by tanning or parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether an equivalent process. or not dehaired or split. 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. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/oj 37/44EN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 4102 Raw skins of sheep or lambs (fresh, or salted, Only fresh, chilled or treated hides and skins, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but including dried, dry-salted, wet-salted, or not tanned, parchment-dressed or further preserved by a process other than by tanning or prepared), whether or not with wool on or split, an equivalent process. other than those excluded by note 1(c) to this Import without restrictions may be possible for Chapter. 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 4102 21 00 and ex 4102 29 00. ex 4103 Other raw hides and skins (fresh, or salted, dried, Only fresh, chilled or treated hides and skins, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not including dried, dry-salted, wet-salted, or tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), preserved by a process other than by tanning or whether or not dehaired or split, other than those an equivalent process. excluded by note 1(b) or 1(c) to this Chapter. 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 code ex 4103 90 00. CHAPTER 42 ARTICLES OF LEATHER; SADDLERY AND HARNESS; TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS; ARTICLES OF ANIMAL GUT (OTHER THAN SILKWORM GUT) Notes to Chapter 42 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN) “2. This chapter does not cover: (a) sterile surgical catgut or similar sterile suture materials (heading 3006); […]; (ij) strings, skins for drums or the like, or other parts of musical instruments (heading 9209).” CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 4205 00 90 Other articles of leather or of composition Only dog chews and raw material for leather, other than of a kind used in machinery or manufacture of dog chews. mechanical appliances or for other technical uses. ex 4206 00 00 Articles of gut (other than silkworm gut), of Only petfood and raw material for manufacture goldbeater’s skin, of bladders or of tendons. of processed petfood. 38/44 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/ojEN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CHAPTER 43 FURSKINS AND ARTIFICIAL FUR; MANUFACTURES THEREOF Notes to Chapter 43 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN) “1. Throughout the nomenclature, references to ‘furskins’, other than to raw furskins of heading 4301, apply to hides and skins of all animals which have been tanned or dressed with the hair or wool on. 2. This chapter does not cover: (a) bird skins or parts of bird skins, with their feathers or down (heading 0505 or 6701); (b) raw hides or skins, with the hair or wool on, of Chapter 41 (see note 1(c) to that chapter).” Extract from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes “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). The fur may also be ‘pulled’ or ‘sheared’, i.e., the coarse hairs extracted or cut down, or the skin surface may be ‘fleshed’ or ‘scraped’.” CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 4301 Raw furskins (including heads, tails, paws and All, excluding furskins treated in accordance other pieces or cuttings, suitable for furriers’ use), with Chapter VIII of Annex XIII to Regulation other than raw hides and skins of headings 4101, (EU) No 142/2011, if in compliance with 4102 or 4103. 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; ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/oj 39/44EN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) — 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. CHAPTER 51 WOOL, FINE OR COARSE ANIMAL HAIR; HORSEHAIR YARN AND WOVEN FABRIC General remarks For headings 5101 to 5103, specific requirements for untreated wool and hair are set out in row 8 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011. Note to Chapter 51 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN) “1. Throughout the nomenclature: (a) ‘Wool’ means the natural fibre grown by sheep or lambs. (b) ‘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. (c) ‘Coarse animal hair’ means the hair of animals not mentioned above, excluding brush-making hair and bristles (heading 0502) and horsehair (heading 0511).” Extract from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes “Throughout the Nomenclature the expression ‘coarse animal hair’ means all other animal hair than ‘fine animal hair’ except wool (heading 5101), hair of the manes or tails of equine or bovine animals (classified as ‘horsehair’ heading 0511), pigs’, hogs’ or boars’ bristles or hair and badger hair or other brush-making hair (heading 0502) (see Chapter Note 1(c)).” CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) 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, Covers untreated wool or fine or coarse animal including yarn waste but excluding garnetted hair. stock. 40/44 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/ojEN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CHAPTER 67 PREPARED FEATHERS AND DOWN AND ARTICLES MADE OF FEATHERS OR OF DOWN; ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; ARTICLES OF HUMAN HAIR Extract from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes “Heading 6701 covers: (A) 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. (B) 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: (1) 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. (2) Feathers assembled in the form of clusters, and feathers or down assembled by glueing or fixing on textile fabric or other base. (3) Trimmings made of birds, parts of birds, of feathers or down, for hats, boas, collars, capes or other articles of apparel or clothing accessories. (4) 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) ex 6701 00 00 Skins and other parts of birds with their feathers Only skins and other parts of birds with their or down, feathers, parts of feathers, down and feathers or down, feathers and down, and parts articles thereof (other than goods of heading of feathers. 0505 and worked quills and scapes). 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. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/oj 41/44EN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CHAPTER 71 NATURAL OR CULTURED PEARLS, PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, PRECIOUS METALS, METALS CLAD WITH PRECIOUS METAL, AND ARTICLES THEREOF; IMITATION JEWELLERY; COIN CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) 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. CHAPTER 95 TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTS REQUISITES; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF Extract from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes “Fairground amusements, travelling circuses, travelling menageries and travelling theatres fall in heading 9508 provided they comprise all the essential units required for their normal operation. The heading also includes items of auxiliary equipment provided they are presented with, and as components of, these various amusements, notwithstanding that when presented separately such items (e.g., tents, animals, musical instruments, power plants, motors, lighting fittings, seats and arms and ammunition) would fall in other headings of the Nomenclature.” CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) 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. CHAPTER 96 MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES Extract from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes “For the purposes of heading 9601, the expression ‘worked’ refers to materials which have undergone processes extending beyond the simple preparations permitted in the heading for the raw material in question (see the Explanatory Notes to headings 05.05 to 05.08). The heading 9601 therefore covers pieces of ivory, rods, etc., cut to shape (including square or rectangular) or polished or otherwise worked by grinding, drilling, milling, turning, etc. However, pieces which are identifiable as parts of articles are excluded from heading 9601 if such parts are covered by another heading of the Nomenclature. Thus, piano-key plates and plates for insertion in butts of firearms fall in headings 92.09 and 93.05 respectively. However, worked materials not identifiable as parts of articles remain classified in heading 9601 (e.g., simple discs, plates or strips for inlaying, etc., or for subsequent use in the manufacture of piano-keys). 42/44 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/ojEN OJ L, 16.3.2026 Heading 9602 includes sheets of unhardened gelatine cut to shape other than square or rectangular. Sheets cut to rectangular (including square) shape, whether or not surface worked, fall in heading 35.03 or in Chapter 49 (e.g., postcards) (see the Explanatory Note to heading 35.03). Articles of unhardened gelatine include, for example: (i) Small discs for sticking billiard cue tips. (ii) Capsules for pharmaceutical products and for mechanical lighter fuel.” CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 9602 00 00 Worked vegetable or mineral carving material Covers empty capsules of unhardened gelatine and articles of these materials; moulded or carved for food or animal consumption; specific articles of wax, of stearin, of natural gums or requirements are set out in row 5 of Table 1 in natural resins or of modelling pastes, and other Chapter I, Section 1, of Annex XIV to moulded or carved articles, not specified or Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 for animal included elsewhere in this Chapter; worked, consumption. unhardened gelatin (except gelatine of heading 3503) and articles of unhardened gelatine. CHAPTER 97 WORKS OF ART, COLLECTORS’ PIECES AND ANTIQUES Extract from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes “(A) The heading includes collections and collectors’ pieces of zoological, botanical, mineralogical or anatomical interest, such as: (1) Dead animals of any species, preserved dry or in liquid; stuffed animals for collections. (2) Blown or sucked eggs; insects in boxes, frames, etc. (other than mounted articles constituting imitation jewellery or trinkets); empty shells, other than those of a kind suitable for industrial use. (3) Seeds or plants, dried or preserved in liquid; herbariums. (4) Specimens of minerals (not being precious or semi-precious stones falling inChapter 71); specimens of petrification. (5) Osteological specimens (skeletons, skulls, bones). (6) Anatomical and pathological specimens.” CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 9705 Collections and collectors’ pieces of Only animal-derived products. archaeological, ethnographic, historical, Excludes game trophies and other preparations zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, of any animal species having undergone a palaeontological or numismatic interest. 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. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/oj 43/44EN OJ L, 16.3.2026 CHAPTER 99 SPECIAL COMBINED NOMENCLATURE CODES Sub-chapter II Statistical codes for certain specific movements of goods General remarks This Chapter covers goods originating from third countries and delivered to vessels and aircraft within the Union under the customs transit procedure (T1). CN code Description Qualification and explanation (1) (2) (3) ex 9930 24 00 Goods of CN Chapters 1 to 24 delivered to Covers products of animal origin and composite vessels and aircraft. products destined for ship supply as provided for in Articles 21 and 29 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124(1). ex 9930 99 00 Goods classified in any CN Chapter other than Covers products of animal origin and composite Chapters 1 to 24 delivered to vessels and aircraft. products destined for ship supply as provided for in Articles 21 and 29 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124. (1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124 of 10 October 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for official controls of consignments of animals and goods in transit, transhipment and onward transportation through the Union, and amending Commission Regulations (EC) No 798/2008, (EC) No 1251/2008, (EC) No 119/2009, (EU) No 206/2010, (EU) No 605/2010, (EU) No 142/2011, (EU) No 28/2012, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759 and Commission Decision 2007/777/EC (OJ L 321, 12.12.2019, p. 73, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/ reg_del/2019/2124/oj).’. 44/44 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/551/oj