Council Regulation A regulation is a legal act of the European Union that becomes immediately enforceable as law in all member states simultaneously. Regulations can be distinguished from directives which, at least in principle, need to be transposed into nation ...

(EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987, creates the goods nomenclature called the Combined Nomenclature, or in abbreviated form 'CN', established to meet, at one and the same time, the requirements both of the

Common Customs Tariff A common external tariff (CET) must be introduced when a group of countries forms a customs union. The same customs duties, import quotas, preferences or other non-tariff barriers to trade apply to all goods entering the area, regardless of which ...

and of the external trade statistics of the

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. The codes and the descriptions of goods established on the basis of the combined nomenclature shall replace those established on the basis of the nomenclatures of the Common Customs Tariff and the Nimexe. It is established on the basis of the

Harmonized System The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, also known as the Harmonized System (HS) of tariff nomenclature is an internationally standardized system of names and numbers to classify traded products. It came into effect in 1988 and has ...

. The combined nomenclature shall comprise : (a) the harmonized system nomenclature; (b) Community subdivisions to that nomenclature, referred to as 'CN subheadings' in those cases where a corresponding rate of duty is specified; (c) preliminary provisions, additional section or chapter notes and footnotes relating to CN subheadings. Each CN subheading shall have an eight digit code number : (a) the first six digits shall be the code numbers relating to the headings and subheadings of the harmonized system nomenclature; (b) the seventh and eighth digits shall identify the CN subheadings. The commission established an integrated tariff, of the European Communities, referred to as the ' TARIC code', based on the combined nomenclature. The combined nomenclature, together with the rates of duty and other relevant charges, and the tariff measures included in the Taric or in other Community arrangements shall constitute the common customs tariff referred to in Article 9 of the Treaty, which shall be applied on the importation of goods into the Community Member States may insert subdivisions after the CN subheadings for national statistical purposes, and after the Taric subheadings for other national purposes. The Commission shall be assisted by a Committee on Tariff and Statistical Nomenclature, called the 'Nomenclature Committee'. 'Favourable tariff arrangement' means any reduction or suspension, even under a tariff quota, of a customs duty or charge having equivalent effect or of an agricultural levy or other import charge provided for under the common agricultural policy or under the specific arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting form the processing of agricultural products. Commission shall adopt each year by means of a

Regulation Regulation is the management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends. In systems theory, these types of rules exist in various fields of biology and society, but the term has slightly different meanings according to context. ...

a complete version of the combined nomenclature together with the corresponding autonomous and conventional rates of duty of the

, as it results from measures adopted by the council or by the commission. said Regulation shall be published not later than 31 October in the Official Journal of the European Communities and it shall apply from 1 January of the following year. {, class="wikitable" , + List of published versions of the Combined Nomenclature , - ! Applies from !! Published in !! Title , - , 1 January 2019 ,
OJEU, L 273, 31 October 2018
, , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1602 of 11 October 2018 , - , 1 January 2020 ,
OJEU, L 280, 31 October 2019
, , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1776 of 9 October 2019 , - , 1 January 2021 ,
OJEU, L 361, 30 October 2020
, , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1577 of 21 September 2020 , - , 1 January 2022 ,
OJEU, L 385, 29 October 2021
, , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1832 of 12 October 2021

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