Commercial Information Circular

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Ref.: EIC 230/3

20 February 2017

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 142/2017

European Union (EU)* : Classification of Certain Goods in the Combined Nomenclature (CN)

The European Commission has adopted three Regulations concerning the classification of certain goods in its commodity classification system, the Combined Nomenclature (CN). The Regulations stipulate the CN classification of notepads consisting of plastic holders, paper and ballpoint pens; battery-powered toy locomotives and wooden track sets, as well as sweetener tablets composed of steviol glycosides, sodium carbonate, sodium citrate and leucine in order to ensure uniform application of the CN by Member States' customs authorities. Details are set out in the Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) 2017/209, 2017/226 and 2017/268 respectively, which can be accessed through the following links:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R0209&from=EN
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R0226&from=EN
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R0268&from=EN

ENQUIRIES

2.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5556.

Yours faithfully,

(Charles LO)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU member countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.