Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 861/2014 of 5 August 2014 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff

In Chapter 96 of Part Two of the Combined Nomenclature set out in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, the following Additional note 1 is inserted: ‘1. Subheadings 96190071 to 96190089 include goods of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres. Those subheadings also include composite goods consisting of the following: (a) an inner layer (for example, of nonwovens) designed to wick fluid from the wearer's skin and thereby prevent chafing; (b) an absorbent core for collecting and storing the fluid until the product can be disposed of; (c) an outer layer (for example, of plastics) to prevent leakage of the fluid from the absorbent core.’ .

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.