“Best-effort standard” HS/CN list for commodities
Quick “screening rule” (practical)
- Ch. 27 (2709/2710/2711) → CHED/GGB usually No
- Ch. 15 (1502, 1511–1514, 1518) and Ch. 12 (oilseeds) → CHED/GGB often Depends/Yes
- 2207 (ethanol), 3826 (biodiesel) → Depends (fuel vs food/feed/ABP chain)
Below is a best‑effort list of EU Combined Nomenclature (CN) commodity code headings / common subheadings that will likely apply to the products mentioned under A, B, and C. Focusing on the CN level (8 digits where reasonably standard) and keeping it practical for trading/ops screening.
Important: CHED/GGB (and what you called “CertEX consideration”) is not determined by the CN code alone. It depends on whether the goods fall under SPS/official controls (food/feed/ABP/plant health, “high-risk” regimes, etc.), plus origin/intended use. So: CN codes below tell you “what it is”; CHED tells you “whether it’s controlled”.
A) Mainstream energy products (typically CHED/GGB: No)
Crude oil
- 2709 00 — Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude
Refined petroleum products (broad umbrella used for many products)
- 2710 — Petroleum oils (other than crude) / preparations / waste oils
Gas oil / diesel (common CN ranges)
- 2710 19 43 – 2710 19 48 — Gas oils (often used as diesel/gasoil band in EU references)
(Note: exact 8‑digit depends on sulphur band / spec.)
Jet fuel / kerosene
- 2710 19 21 — Jet fuel
- 2710 19 25 — Other kerosene
(Both explicitly referenced as kerosene CN codes)
Heavy fuel oil
- 2710 19 62 – 2710 19 68 — Heavy fuel oil band used in EU references
LPG / petroleum gases
- 2711 12 — Liquefied: propane
- 2711 13 — Liquefied: butanes
- 2711 12 11 – 2711 19 00 — LPG band referenced in EU taxation tables
CHED/GGB expectation for A: generally No (not SPS/food/feed).
B) Biofuels & feedstocks (often CHED/GGB: Depends)
Denatured ethanol (fuel blending / industrial)
- 2207 20 00 — Ethyl alcohol, denatured, of any strength
- (Also relevant heading: 2207 10 for undenatured ≥80% vol, but in fuels the denatured line is common.)
Biodiesel / FAME / biodiesel blends (broad HS/CN heading)
- 3826 00 — Biodiesel and mixtures thereof (biodiesel heading at HS level; CN splits exist underneath)
Tallow (animal fats)
- 1502 10 — Tallow (CN sub-splits exist beneath; used widely for tallow)
“UCO / waste oils” (best-effort—classification varies a lot)
- Often ends up under Chapter 15 (animal/vegetable fats & oils) or “chemically modified / inedible mixtures” categories.
- A commonly encountered bucket for chemically modified/inedible mixtures is 1518 00 (note: exact CN depends on product description and lab properties).
CHED/GGB expectation for B: Depends, and this is where most surprises happen:
- If it’s treated as food/feed or animal by-product (ABP) related, or under a high‑risk regime → CHED/GGB can become Yes.
- If it’s clearly an industrial fuel component with no SPS relevance → often No, but you still need to confirm case-by-case.
C) Food/feed of non‑animal origin with elevated controls (often CHED/GGB: Yes/Depends)
You didn’t name specific products in C earlier (only “certain oils/seeds/ingredients”), so here are the most typical CN families that come up for edible oils / oilseeds that can be subject to official controls depending on origin/risk regimes:
Vegetable oils (examples)
- 1507 — Soya-bean oil
- 1508 — Groundnut oil
- 1511 — Palm oil
- 1512 — Sunflower/safflower/cotton-seed oil
- 1513 — Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil
- 1514 — Rapeseed/colza/mustard oil
(Exact 8‑digit depends on crude/refined/fractions.)
Oilseeds (examples)
- 1201 — Soybeans
- 1205 — Rapeseed/colza seed
- 1206 — Sunflower seed
- 1207 — Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits
CHED/GGB expectation for C: commonly Yes/Depends because food/feed items can fall under:
- mandatory pre‑notification regimes for certain origins/commodities,
- increased controls (contaminants, residues, etc.).
(Again: whether CHED is required is not “because of the CN code”, but because of the regulatory status of that commodity/origin/use.)