The 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 was published in the Official Journal of the European Union L 235 of 8 August 2014.

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 9619 00 71 to 9619 00 89 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.