Order — ECLI:EU:C:2010:763
Date: 2010-12-09
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Eighth Chamber
Subject matter: Free movement of goods;Common customs tariff;Customs Union
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Germany

Summary of the Order Common Customs Tariff – Tariff headings – MP3 media players (Council Regulation No 2658/87, Heading 8521) Heading 8521 of the Combined Nomenclature set out in Annex I to Regulation No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as amended by Regulation No 1549/2006, must be interpreted as meaning that MP3 media players are not to be classified under that heading, for the principal function of all such apparatus is the recording and reproduction of sounds. (see para. 26, operative part)