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27.6.70 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL140/15
REGULATION (EEC)No1203/70OFTHECOMMISSION
of26June1970
onclassificationofgoodsundersub-headingsNos48.07Cand48.15Bandunder
headingNo68.08oftheCommonCustomsTariff
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES,withtar,bitumen,asphaltorsimilarproducts,
whetherofnotcoatedwithmineralsubstances (sand,
slate,debris,stones,etc.);
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
97/691of16January1969onthemeasurestobe
takenforuniformapplicationofthenomenclatureof
theCommonCustomsTariff,andinparticular
Article3thereof;Whereasthearticlesinquestionareclassifiableunder
sub-headingsNos48.07Cor48.15Bandunder
headingNo68.08referredtoabove;whereas,
therefore,itappearstobenecessarytodrawa
dividinglinebetweenthem;,
Whereas,takingaccountofthecharacteristics ofthe
articlesinquestion,amongtheobjectivecriteria
whichmightbeappliedthetotalweightpersquare
metreismostlikelytoachievethedesiredpurpose;
whereasatotalweightlimitof3000gpersquare
metrecanreasonablybeused;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheCommittee
ontheCommonCustomsTariff,Nomenclature ;WhereastheCommonCustomsTariffannexedto
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No950/682of28June
1968,aslastamendedbyCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No765/703of27April1970,comprisesunder
sub-headingNo48.07Cpaperandpaperboard
tarred,bituminised,asphalted,reinforcedornot,
whetherornotcoatedwithsandorsimilarproducts,
inrollsorsheets,undersub-headingNo48.15B
otherpaperandpaperboard,cuttosizeorshape,
other,andunderheadingNo68.08articlesofasphalt
orofsimilarmaterial(forexample,ofpetroleum
bitumenorcoaltarpitch);HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Coveringmaterials(forroofs,inparticular)inrolls
orintheformofplatesorsheets,whetherornotcut
tosizeorshapeinaspecialmanner(suchasshingles
orshingle-board ),consistingofabaseofpaperor
roofingfelt,impregnatedandcoveredonbothsides
withtar,bitumen,asphaltorsimilarproducts,
whetherornotcoatedwithmineralsubstances (sand,
slatedebris,stones,etc),shallintheCommon
CustomsTariffbeclassifiedWhereasprovisionmustbemadetoensureuniform
applicationofthenomenclature oftheCommon
CustomsTariffwithaviewtoclassification of
coveringmaterials(forroofs,inparticular)inrollsor
intheformofplatesorsheets,whetherornotcutto
sizeorshapeinaspecialmanner(suchasshinglesor
shingle-board ),consistingofabaseofpaperor
roofingfelt,impregnatedandcoveredonbothsides
(a)iftheirweightexceeds3000gpersquaremetre
—underheadingNo68.08:
1OJNoL14,21.1.1969,p.1.
2OJNoL172,22.7.1968,p.1.
3OJNoL95,29.4.1970,p.1.Articlesofasphaltorofsimilarmaterial(for
example,ofpetroleumbitumenorcoaltar
pitch)

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(b)iftheirweightdoesnotexceed3000gpersquare
metreorifexcludedfromNo48.07bynote4to
Chapter48
—undersub-heading48.15:—undersub-headingNo48.07:
otherpaperandpaperboard,cuttosizeor
shape:
B.Other
Article2Paperandpaperboard,impregnated ,coated,
surface-coloured ,surface-decorated orprinted
(notbeingmerelyruled,linedorsquaredand
notconstitutingprintedmatterwithin
Chapter49)inrollsorsheets:
C.Tarred,bituminised,asphalted,reinforced
ornot,whetherornotcoatedwithsand
orsimilarproductsThisRegulationshallenterintoforceontheeighth
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26June1970.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
JeanREY