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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-1721/annex",
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  "legislation": "eur/2015/1721",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1721 of 22 September 2015 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-1721",
  "path": "annex",
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  "number": null,
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  "text": "Description of the goods\nClassification (CN code)\nReasons\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\nWhole clams (Meretrix meretrix, Meretrix lyrata) in the shell, having undergone a heat treatment, subsequently frozen, in tightly packed mesh bags, presented in 10 kg packages.\nDuring the heat treatment the clams are immersed in water at a temperature of between 98 °C and 100 °C for at least 7 minutes. During that immersion, the temperature of the inside of the clams reaches at least 90 °C for 90 seconds.\nThe product is not suitable for immediate consumption.\n1605 56 00\nClassification is determined by general rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature and the wording of CN codes 1605 and 1605 56 00.\nSimple scalding (blanching), consisting of a light heat treatment which does not entail cooking as such, does not exclude classification in Chapter 3 (see also the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature (CNEN) to Chapter 3, General, point 2). However, clams that have undergone a heat treatment leading to a temperature on the inside of the clams of at least 90 °C for 90 seconds cannot be considered as blanched but as cooked clams.\nThe product is therefore to be classified under CN code 1605 56 00 as prepared clams.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/1721/annex",
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  "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."
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