# “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.)