0308 22 — Frozen sea urchins "Strongylocentrotus spp., Paracentrotus lividus, Loxechinus albus, Echinus esculentus"

0308 Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and 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; flours, meals and pellets of aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, fit for human consumption: – Sea cucumbers (Stichopus japonicus, Holothuroidea): 0308 11 – – Live, fresh or chilled 0308 12 – – Frozen 0308 19 – – Other – Sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus spp., Paracentrotus lividus, Loxechinus albus, Echinus esculentus): 0308 21 – – Live, fresh or chilled 0308 22 – – Frozen 0308 29 – – Other 0308 30 – Jellyfish (Rhopilema spp.) 0308 90 – Other

This heading covers: (1) Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine. (2) Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, smoked, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process. The main kinds of aquatic invertebrates are sea urchins, holothurians (sea cucumbers) and jellyfish. The heading also covers parts of aquatic invertebrates (e.g., the gonads of sea urchins), provided they have not undergone any processing other than that referred to in item (1) or (2) above. The heading also covers flours, meals and pellets of aquatic invertebrates, fit or suitable for human consumption. The heading excludes aquatic invertebrates prepared or preserved by processes not provided for in this heading (e.g., aquatic invertebrates cooked in water or preserved in vinegar) (heading 1605).

Notes

English text as published in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/1832 (Combined Nomenclature). The EAEU tariff and the EU nomenclature copy these notes from the same convention. For a Russian declaration the binding version is the Russian one: Annex to Decision No 80 of the EEC Council of 14 September 2021.

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).