
Article 1 
In Chapter 20 of the Combined Nomenclature set out in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, the following Additional Note 9 is inserted:
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9. Seaweeds and other algae prepared or preserved by processes not provided for in Chapter 12, such as cooking, roasting, seasoning or adding sugar, fall in Chapter 20 as preparations of other parts of plants. Seaweeds and other algae, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground, are to be classified under heading 1212.
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Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 9 November 2012.
For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
Algirdas ŠEMETA
Member of the Commission