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Combined Nomenclature 2021 – overview of changes

Eglė Pučkuvienė
Tariff classification specialist, Lithuania
Virginija Dordzikienė
Tariff classification specialist, Lithuania
Published 20 Aug 2020
Combined Nomenclature 2021 – overview of changes
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The new version of the Combined Nomenclature 2021 is already approved and will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union in October or November 2020. It will be applicable from 1 January 2021. We overview the changes, which are indeed not many this year.

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