
Article 1 
The goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column (2) of that table.
Article 2 
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States which is not in accordance with this Regulation can continue to be invoked for a period of three months under Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
Article 3 
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, 25 July 2013.
For the Commission, On behalf of the President,
Algirdas ŠEMETA
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Description of the goods Classification(CN code) Reasons
(1) (2) (3)
Product consisting of green-lipped mussel powder (species Perna canalicula), fit for human consumption.It is presented in bags of 10 kg to 20 kg. 0307 99 80 Classification is determined by General Rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, Note 1 to Chapter 23 and the wording of CN codes 0307, 0307 99 and 0307 99 80.The product is fit for human consumption. Therefore, classification under heading 2301 is excluded (see also the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes to heading 2301, point (1)).The product has retained the essential characteristics of the original material (mussel powder). Classification under heading 2309 as a preparation used in animal feeding is therefore excluded in accordance with Note 1 to Chapter 23.Given the characteristics of the product it is to be classified under heading 0307 as ‘other flour or meal of molluscs, fit for human consumption’.