Starting next Monday, June 5, the validation of commodity codes in declarations G5, EXS and ETD will be strict. Declarations containing 6-character (Harmonized System WCO ) or 8-character (Combined Nomenclature EU ) commodity codes will be rejected. in which only one significant code is declared in the 'tariff heading' part (first four characters) followed by two or four zeros padded up to the minimum required. These pairs of zeros will only be allowed at the end of the commodity code when it is enabled for this purpose because it lacks tariff subclassifications.

The declared commodity code must exist in the database TARIC , available on our electronic site in the Integrated Application Tariff Consultation ( TARIC ) at the following link:

Tax Agency: Consult the applicable Integrated Tariff of the European Communities (TARIC)

As an example, as of the date of publication of this communication, the merchandise codes 842800, 84280000, 84281000 will not be allowed, and one of the enabled codes of 6 or 8 characters must be specified:

• In the harmonized system they would be: 842810, 842820, 842831 and 842832
• In the combined nomenclature they would be: 84281020, 84281080, 84282020, 84282080, 84283100 and 84283200

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