HS code 9701: Paintings, drawings and pastels, executed entirely
Heading 9701 of the EU Combined Nomenclature 2026, in chapter 97, with the official text of every 6-digit subheading and 8-digit CN code below it.
Official description
9701Paintings, drawings and pastels, executed entirely by hand, other than drawings of heading 4906 and other than hand-painted or hand-decorated manufactured articles; collages, mosaics and similar decorative plaques
Place in the nomenclature: 97 Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques > 9701
Explanatory note (Eurostat)
Paintings, e.g. oil paintings, watercolours and pastels, and drawings executed entirely by hand (excl. technical drawings and the like of heading 4906, and hand-painted or hand-decorated manufactured articles); collages, mosaics and similar decorative plaques
- Subheadings (6 digits)
- 6
- CN codes (8 digits)
- 6
Subheadings and CN codes in heading 9701
- 9701 21Of an age exceeding 100 years | Paintings, drawings and pastels
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Paintings, e.g. oil paintings, watercolours and pastels, and drawings executed entirely by hand, over 100 years old (excl. technical drawings and the like of heading 4906, and hand-painted or hand-decorated manufactured articles)
- 9701 21 00 Paintings, drawings and pastels
- 9701 22Of an age exceeding 100 years | Mosaics
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Mosaics, over 100 years old
- 9701 22 00 Mosaics
- 9701 29Of an age exceeding 100 years | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Collages and similar decorative plaques, over 100 years old (excl. mosaics)
- 9701 29 00 Other
- 9701 91Other | Paintings, drawing and pastels
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Paintings, e.g. oil paintings, watercolours and pastels, and drawings executed entirely by hand (excl. over 100 years old, and technical drawings and the like of heading 4906, and hand-painted or hand-decorated manufactured articles)
- 9701 91 00 Paintings, drawing and pastels
- 9701 92Other | Mosaics
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Mosaics (excl. over 100 years old)
- 9701 92 00 Mosaics
- 9701 99Other | Other
Explanatory note (Eurostat): Collages and similar decorative plaques (excl. over 100 years old, and mosaics)
- 9701 99 00 Other
The first 6 digits are the Harmonized System, shared worldwide: a US HTS code that starts with the same 6 digits sits under the same subheading. The last 2 digits are the EU's own CN split.
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Source
Source: EU Combined Nomenclature 2026 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1926), © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/. Reformatted by WISEPIM: indent dashes removed and parent lines joined. Only the Official Journal is authentic.