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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1744/annex/division-2/division-2.3/division-2.3.4",
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  "legislation": "eur/2019/1744",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1744 of 17 September 2019 on technical specifications for electronic ship reporting in inland navigation and repealing Regulation (EU) No 164/2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1744",
  "path": "annex/division/2/division/2.3/division/2.3.4",
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  "number": "2.3.4",
  "heading": "Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System (HS) including Combined Nomenclature",
  "text": "FULL TITLE\nHarmonised commodity description and coding system\nABBREVIATION\nHS; Harmonised System\nORIGINATING AUTHORITY\nWorld Customs Organisation\nLEGAL BASIS\nInternational Convention on the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System\nCURRENT STATUS\nOperational\nIMPLEMENTATION DATE\n1 January 2007\nAMENDMENT\nIn principle revised every five years. The latest version to be used.\nSTRUCTURE\n7 466 headings, organised in four hierarchical levels\nLevel 1: sections coded by Roman numerals (I to XXI)\nLevel 2 chapters identified by two-digit numerical codes\nLevel 3: headings identified by four-digit numerical codes\nLevel 4: subheadings identified by six-digit numerical code\nSUCCINCT DESCRIPTION\nHS convention is a classification of goods by criteria based on raw material and the stage of production of commodities. HS is the heart of the whole process of harmonisation of international economic classifications being jointly conducted by the United Nations Statistics Division and Eurostat. Its items and sub-items are the fundamental terms on which industrial goods are identified in product classifications. Objectives: to harmonise (a) external trade classifications to guarantee direct correspondence; and (b) countries external trade statistics and to guarantee that those are comparable internationally.\nLINKED CLASSIFICATIONS\nHarmonised System (HS): full agreement on six-digit-level; Combined Nomenclature (CN)\nNST on 3-digit level\nUSAGE\nProducts\nMEDIA THROUGH WHICH AVAILABLE\nWorld Customs Organisation\nRue de l’Industrie, 26-39\n1040 Brussels,\nBELGIUM\nwww.wcoomd.org\nCustoms Cooperation Council, Brussels\nLANGUAGES\nAll European Union official languages\nADDRESS OF RESPONSIBLE AGENCY\nA subset of the codes used for electronic reporting will be maintained through the ERI Expert Group.\nEuropean Reference Data Management Service (ERDMS) operated by the European Commission.\nREMARKS\nThe HS classification is further subdivided at European Union level into a classification called Combined Nomenclature (CN)\nExample\n730110\nSheet piling of iron or steel\n310210\nMineral or chemical fertilisers, ammonium sulphate\nUsage in the implementation manuals\nCNI/GID/FTX(1)/C108/4440\nCNI/GID/FTX(2)/C108/4440",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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