Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2000:612
Date: 2000-11-09
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Free movement of goods;Common customs tariff;Customs Union
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Germany

Summary of the Judgment 
Common Customs Tariff — Tariff headings — Satellite television receivers — Classifi­
cation between 1990 and 1992 under heading 8528 of the Combined Nomenclature 
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SUMMARY — CASE C-201/99 
The Combined Nomenclature of the Com­
mon Customs Tariff as set out in Annex I 
to Regulation No 2658/87 on the tariff and 
statistical nomenclature and on the Com­
mon Customs Tariff, as amended by the 
Annexes to Regulations Nos 2886/89, 
2472/90 and 2587/91, must be interpreted 
as meaning that between 1990 and 1992 
satellite television receivers, which are 
devices designed to convert television sig­
nals previously broadcast by satellite, 
received by aerials and processed by con­
verters, so that they can be treated in order 
to become visible on screen, were to be 
classified under tariff heading 8528 (televi­
sion receivers). 
(see paras 21, 25 and operative part) 
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