{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1994-3115/annex-I/chapter-48/annotations/1/annotation/4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1994-3115/annex-I/chapter-48/annotations/1/annotation/4.json",
  "legislation": "eur/1994/3115",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 3115/94 of 20 December 1994 amending Annexes I and II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1994-3115",
  "path": "annex/I/chapter/48/annotations/1/annotation/4",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "In addition to handmade paper and paperboard, heading No 4802 covers only paper and paperboard made mainly from bleached pulp or from pulp obtained by a mechanical process and satisfying any of the following criteria:",
  "text": "For paper or paperboard weighing not more than 150 g/m2:\n(a) containing 10 % or more of fibres obtained by a mechanical process, and:\n1.. weighing not more than 80 g/m2; or\n2.. coloured throughout the mass; or\n(b) containing more than 8 % ash, and:\n1.. weighing not more than 80 g/m2; or\n2.. coloured throughout the mass; or\n(c) containing more than 3 % ash and having a brightness of 60 % or more; or\n(d) containing more than 3 % but not more than 8 % ash, having a brightness less than 60 %, and a burst index equal to or less than 2,5 kPa/g/m2; or\n(e) containing 3 % ash or less, having a brightness of 60 % or more, and a burst index equal to or less than 2,5 kPa/g/m2.\nFor paper or paperboard weighing more than 150 g/m2:\n(a) coloured throughout the mass; or\n(b) having a brightness of 60 % or more over, and\n1.. a caliper of 225 μm (microns) or less; or\n2.. a caliper more than 225 μm (microns) but not more than 508 μm (microns) and an ash content more than 3 %; or\n(c) having a brightness of less than 60 %, a caliper of 254 μm (microns) or less and an ash content more than 8 %.\nHeading No 4802 does not, however, cover filter paper or paperboard (including tea-bag paper) or felt paper or paperboard.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Brightness is to be measured by the Elrepho, GE or any equivalent internationally recognized brightness testing method."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1994/3115/annex/I/chapter/48/annotations/1/annotation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:59:54.248029+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}