PREPARED FOODSTUFFS > BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR > Other fermented beverages (for example, cider, perry, mead, saké); mixtures of fermented beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages and non-alcoholic beverages, not elsewhere specified or included
1. This chapter does not cover: (a) products of this chapter (other than those of heading 2209) prepared for culinary purposes and thereby rendered unsuitable for consumption as beverages (generally heading 2103); (b) sea water (heading 2501); (c) distilled or conductivity water or water of similar purity (heading 2853); (d) acetic acid of a concentration exceeding 10% by weight of acetic acid (heading 2915); (e) medicaments of heading 3003 or 3004; (f) perfumery or toilet preparations (Chapter 33). 2. For the purposes of this chapter and of Chapters 20 and 21, the 'alcoholic strength by volume' shall be determined at a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius. 3. For the purposes of heading 2202, the term 'non-alcoholic beverages' means beverages of an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 0.5% vol. Alcoholic beverages are classified in headings 2203 to 2206 or heading 2208 as appropriate. 4. For the purposes of heading 2207, 'undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol or higher' means alcohol that has not had any denaturing agent added. Heading 2208 covers, inter alia, undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80% vol and spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages.
1. In this Section the term 'pellets' means products which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3 % by weight. 2. The expression 'food preparations' in this Section, unless the context otherwise requires, means preparations classified in headings 1601 to 2106.
Source: European Commission - CN Explanatory Notes (CNEN) and HS legal notes.
T-691/24
4 Mar 2026Agenţia Naţională de Administrare Fiscală (ANAF) and Direcţia Generală de Administrare a Marilor Contribuabili v Heineken România S.A.
Par ces motifs, LE TRIBUNAL (deuxième chambre, siégeant avec cinq juges) dit pour droit : La nomenclature combinée figurant à l’annexe I du règlement (CEE) n o 2658/87 du Conseil, du 23 juillet 1987, relatif à la nomenclature tarifaire et statistique et au tarif douanier commun, tel que modifiée par le règlement d’exécution (UE) n o 1101/2014 de la Commission, du 16 octobre 2014, et le règlement d’exécution (UE) 2015/1754 de la Commission, du 6 octobre 2015, doit être interprétée en ce sens que : relèvent des sous-positions tarifaires 22060031, 22060051 ou 22060081 de ladite nomenclature des boissons composées de jus de pommes fermenté à base de concentré, à un taux de 25 %, d’eau, de sirop de glucose-fructose, d’acide malique, de dioxyde de carbone, de métabisulfite de potassium et de divers arômes, dont la part d’alcool provenant de plantes autres que les pommes se situe entre 48 % et 53 %, mais qui présentent les caractéristiques organoleptiques du cidre et dont la destination correspond à celui‑ci. Półtorak Hesse Steinfatt Petrlík Dimitrakopoulos Ainsi prononcé en audience publique à Luxembourg, le 4 mars 2026. Signatures ( *1 ) Langue de procédure : le roumain.
C-532/14 and C-533/14
12 May 2016Toorank Productions BV v Staatssecretaris van Financiën
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 12 May 2016.#Toorank Productions BV v Staatssecretaris van Financiën.#References for a preliminary ruling — Common Customs Tariff — Classification for customs purposes — Combined Nomenclature — Tariff heading 2206 — Tariff heading 2208 — Alcoholic beverages obtained through fermentation followed by purification — Addition of additives to alcoholic beverages obtained through fermentation followed by purification — Beverages which have lost the properties of beverages falling under tariff heading 2206.#Joined Cases C-532/14 and C-533/14.