Commission Regulation (EC) No 547/1999 of 12 March 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 2802/95 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
Date: 1999-03-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, customs regulations, pharmaceutical product, syrup, tariff nomenclature

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 547/1999

of 12 March 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 2802/95 concerning the classification of certain
goods in the Combined Nomenclature

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87
of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature
and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), as last amended
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2261/98 (2), and in
particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas in order to ensure uniform application of the
Combined Nomenclature annexed to the said Regulation,
it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classi-
fication of the goods referred to in the Annex to this
Regulation;

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has set down the
the Combined
general rules for the interpretation of
Nomenclature and those rules also apply to any other
nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or
which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is
established by specific Community provisions, with a
view to the application of
tariff and other measures
relating to trade in goods;

ture (3) classified product No 1 as a beverage without
taking account of its specific therapeutic and prophylactic
properties in the treatment of anaemia caused by iron
deficiencies; whereas it is necessary to amend the classi-
fication of this product which must be considered as a
medicament;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code
Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The classification of product No 1 in the Annex to Regu-
lation (EC) No 2802/95 shall be replaced by that in the
Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

Whereas the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No
2802/95 of 4 December 1995 concerning the classi-
fication of certain goods in the Combined Nomencla-

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 12 March 1999.

For the Commission

Mario MONTI

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 292, 30. 10. 1998, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 291, 6. 12. 1995, p. 5.

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Description of the goods

(1)

ANNEX

Classification
CN code

(2)

Reasons

(3)

An amber syrup, put up in 125 ml bottles, intended to treat
certain types of iron-deficiency anaemia.

3004 90 19

The product has the following composition (per 100 g):

— sodium feredetate: 4,13 g (1)
— sorbitol: 24 g
— glycerine: 13 g
— citric acid: 0,1 g
— ethyl alcohol 95(cid:190): 0,09 g
— flavouring agent: 0,01 g
— propyl parahydroxybenzoate: 0,01 g
— methyl parahydroxybenzoate: 0,08 g
— water: quant. suff.

Classification is determined by the provisions of general
rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of
the Combined
Nomenclature and by the wording of CN codes 3004,
3004 90 and 3004 90 19.

This product must be considered as a medicament because
of its composition and its use for therapeutic purposes.

(1) Sodium feredetate is a soluble ferric compound of crystallised sodium ethylenediamine tetra-acetate.