Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2005:595
Date: 2005-10-06
Language of the case: Dutch
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: Netherlands

Summary of the Judgment Common Customs Tariff – Tariff headings – Explanatory notes to the Combined Nomenclature – Additional Note 1(f) to Chapter 10 concerning heading 1006 – Semi-milled rice (Council Regulation No 2658/87) The validity of Additional Note 1(f) to Chapter 10 of Annex I to Regulation No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff , as amended by Regulation No 2388/2000, concerning heading 1006 of the Combined Nomenclature, is not affected on the ground that it gives a definition of semi-milled rice which includes an element, concerning the germ of the rice grain, which is not mentioned in the Explanatory Note to the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System. (see paras 24, 37, operative part)