# 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, Division 2.3.4: Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System (HS) including Combined Nomenclature

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

FULL TITLE
Harmonised commodity description and coding system
ABBREVIATION
HS; Harmonised System
ORIGINATING AUTHORITY
World Customs Organisation
LEGAL BASIS
International Convention on the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System
CURRENT STATUS
Operational
IMPLEMENTATION DATE
1 January 2007
AMENDMENT
In principle revised every five years. The latest version to be used.
STRUCTURE
7 466 headings, organised in four hierarchical levels
Level 1: sections coded by Roman numerals (I to XXI)
Level 2 chapters identified by two-digit numerical codes
Level 3: headings identified by four-digit numerical codes
Level 4: subheadings identified by six-digit numerical code
SUCCINCT DESCRIPTION
HS 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.
LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS
Harmonised System (HS): full agreement on six-digit-level; Combined Nomenclature (CN)
NST on 3-digit level
USAGE
Products
MEDIA THROUGH WHICH AVAILABLE
World Customs Organisation
Rue de l’Industrie, 26-39
1040 Brussels,
BELGIUM
www.wcoomd.org
Customs Cooperation Council, Brussels
LANGUAGES
All European Union official languages
ADDRESS OF RESPONSIBLE AGENCY
A subset of the codes used for electronic reporting will be maintained through the ERI Expert Group.
European Reference Data Management Service (ERDMS) operated by the European Commission.
REMARKS
The HS classification is further subdivided at European Union level into a classification called Combined Nomenclature (CN)
Example
730110
Sheet piling of iron or steel
310210
Mineral or chemical fertilisers, ammonium sulphate
Usage in the implementation manuals
CNI/GID/FTX(1)/C108/4440
CNI/GID/FTX(2)/C108/4440

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1744/annex/division/2/division/2.3/division/2.3.4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1744/annex/division-2/division-2.3/division-2.3.4
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