Amendments to the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes
The following list contains the decisions taken by the Harmonized System Committee
(53rd Session – March 2014) concerning amendments to the Harmonized System
Explanatory Notes. This publication will be updated regularly.
The Harmonized System Explanatory Notes are published by WCO in 5 volumes
(2012 edition) and reflect the official interpretation of the Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System. They also contain the text of the Subheading
Explanatory Notes indicating the scope and content of certain of the Harmonized
System Subheadings. The Explanatory Notes are available in English and French,
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The amendments listed below are reproduced in the order of the current pages
concerned and will be incorporated into the aforementioned WCO publications in due
time by replacing the pages affected by the amendments made.
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AMENDMENTS TO THE EXPLANATORY NOTES
CHAPTER 3.
General Explanatory Note. Page I-3-1. Third paragraph.
Delete and substitute :
“This Chapter also covers edible fish roes and milt, not prepared or preserved, or prepared or
preserved only by processes provided for in this Chapter. Otherwise prepared or preserved
edible roes and milt, or those suitable for immediate consumption as caviar or caviar
substitutes are classified in heading 16.04.”.
Heading 03.02. Page I-0302-3. Third paragraph.
Delete “livers and roes” and substitute “livers, roes and milt”.
Heading 03.05. Page I-0305-2. Last paragraph.
Delete “livers and roes” and substitute “livers, roes and milt”.
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CHAPTER 5.
Heading 05.11. Page I-0511-1. Item (5).
1.
Title.
Delete and substitute :
“(5) Inedible fish eggs, roes and milt.”
2.
Last line (exclusion).
Delete “roes” and substitute “roes and milt”.
CHAPTER 7.
Heading 07.12. Page II-0712-1. First paragraph.
Delete "07.09" and substitute "07.11".
CHAPTER 16.
Heading 16.04. Page IV-1604-2. Second paragraph (exclusions). Item (a).
Delete and substitute :
“(a) Fish roes, i.e., fish eggs, and milt, not prepared or preserved or prepared or preserved
only by processes provided for in Chapter 3, other than those suitable for immediate
consumption as caviar or caviar substitutes (Chapter 3).”.
CHAPTER 28.
Heading 28.33. Page VI-2833-1. Part (A) (1) (a). Second paragraph. (exclusions).
Delete "polyhalite" and insert "reussin," after “bloedite”.
CHAPTER 29.
1.
Heading 29.09. Page VI-2909-4. Part (D). First and second paragraphs.
Delete and substitute :
“These are compounds of the ROOH, ROOR1 and ROOR2OOR1 series, in which R, R1
and R2 are organic radicals and R and R1 may be the same or different.
Examples are ethyl hydroperoxide, diethyl peroxide and 1,1-di(tertbutylperoxy)cyclohexane.*”
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2.
Sub-Chapter VII. Page VI-2915-1. Part (C).
Delete :
“Acid peroxides are compounds in which two acyl radicals are linked by two oxygen
atoms; their general formula is (RC(O)OOC(O)R).”
and substitute :
“Acid peroxides, also known as diacyl peroxides, are compounds in which two acyl
radicals are linked by two oxygen atoms; their general formula is RC(O)OOC(O)R1, in
which R and R1 may be the same or different.”
3.
Sub-Chapter VII. Page VI-2915-2. After part (E).
a)
Insert the following new Part (F) :
“(F) PEROXYESTERS
The general formula of peroxyesters is RC(O)OOR1, in which R and R1 are organic
radicals that may be the same or different.”
b)
4.
Current Parts (F) and (G) become Parts (G) and (H) respectively.
Heading 29.20. Page VI-2920-2. Part (D).
Insert the following new item (5) :
“(5) tert-Butylperoxy 2-ethylhexyl carbonate.”
5.
Heading 29.34. Page VI-2934-1. Part (B).
Insert the following new item :
“(4) Dehydrothio-p-toluidine (4-(6-methyl-1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)aniline).”.
6.
Heading 29.34. Page VI-2934-2. Part (D). Item (5).
Delete this item.
Renumber present items (6) to (8) as items (5) to (7), respectively.
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7.
Chemical structures of certain products described in the Explanatory Notes to Chapter 29.
Page VI-29-Annex-10. Part (D). New row for page VI-2909-4. After the row for “Ketone
peroxides”.
Insert the following new row :
Ether peroxides
1,1-di(tertbutylperoxy)cyclohexane
CHAPTER 30.
Heading 30.02. Page VI-3002-1.
Part (C) (1).
Second paragraph (after “after clotting.”).
Delete and substitute :
“The heading covers, inter alia, the following products derived from blood (including vascular
endothelial cells) : “normal” sera, human normal immunoglobulin, blood fractions and
truncated variants (parts) thereof with enzymatic properties/activity, plasma, thrombin,
fibrinogen, fibrin and other blood coagulation factors, thrombomodulin, blood globulins,
serum globulins, and haemoglobin. This group also includes modified thrombomodulins and
modified haemoglobins obtained by means of biotechnological processes, e.g.,
sothrombomodulin alfa (INN) and thrombomodulin alfa (INN), as well as cross-linked
haemoglobins such as hemoglobin crosfumaril (INN), hemoglobin glutamer (INN) and
hemoglobin raffimer (INN).”
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