Commission Regulation (EC) No 701/1999 of 31 March 1999 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
Date: 1999-03-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, electronic component, radio equipment, television equipment

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 701/1999

of 31 March 1999

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,

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
tariff and other measures
view to the application of
relating to trade in goods;

Whereas, pursuant to the said general rules, the goods
described in column 1 of the table annexed to the present
Regulation must be classified under the appropriate CN
codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set
out in column 3;

Whereas it is accepted that binding tariff information
issued by the customs authorities of Member States in
respect of the classification of goods in the Combined
Nomenclature and which do not conform to the rights

established by this Regulation, can continue to be
invoked, under the provisions in Article 12(6) of Council
the
Regulation
Community Customs Code (3),
three
months by the holder;

establishing
for a period of

(EEC) No

2913/92

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of the tariff and statistical
nomenclature section of the Customs Code Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The goods described in column 1 of the annexed table are
now classified within the Combined Nomenclature under
the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2 of the
said table.

Article 2

Binding tariff information issued by the customs author-
ities of Member States which do not conform to the rights
established by this Regulation can continue to be invoked
under the provisions of Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2913/92 for a period of three months.

Article 3

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, 31 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 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.

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ANNEX

Classification
(CN) Code

(2)

8517 90 82

Description of goods

(1)

1. Electronic assembly,

so-called Call Processor Pack,
consisting of a printed circuit board equipped with a
processor, memory modules and other electronic compo-
nents. The assembly contains a front panel with press
buttons and an LCD display. The assembly is designed
for use as a main module in an automatic telephone
exchange system having special plug connectors for this
purpose and customised components
(ASICs) which
contain specific software.

Reason

(3)

Classification is determined by the provisions of General
Rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of
the Combined
Nomenclature, Note 2b to Section XVI and the wording of
CN codes 8517, 8517 90 and 8517 90 82.

Although the processor is freely programmable (Note 5.A to
Chapter 84), the assembly represents a part of an automatic
telephone exchange system and not an automatic data
processing machine of Heading 8471 because of its specific
components, connectors and front panel
to
Chapter 84).

(Note 5.E.

2. Electronic assemby, so-called Core To Network Interface
Pack (CNI), consisting of
a printed circuit board
equipped with electronic components. The assembly
contains a front panel with press buttons and an LCD
display. The assembly is designed for use as an interface
between a Call Processor Pack and the network cards in
an automatic telephone exchange system having special
plug connectors and a customised component (ASICs)
which contains specific software.

8517 90 82

Classification is determined by the provisions of General
Rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of
the Combined
Nomenclature, Note 2b to Section XVI and the wording of
CN codes 8517, 8517 90 and 8517 90 82

The assembly represents a part of an automatic telephone
exchange system and not a product of Heading 8473
because of its specific components, connectors and front
panel.

3. Electronic assembly, so-called Input-Output Processor,
consisting of two interconnected printed circuit boards
equipped with a processor, RAM memories, EPROM and
other electronic components. The assembly contains a
front panel with press buttons and an LCD display. The
assembly is designed for use as an interface between the
special connectors of an automatic telephone exchange
system and standard SCSI/RS232/IEEE interfaces having
special plug connectors and customised components
(ASICs) which contain specific software. The assembly
contains a floppy disk drive and a hard disk drive.

8517 90 82

Classification is determined by the provisions of General
the Combined
Rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of
Nomenclature, Note 2b to Section XVI and the wording of
CN codes 8517, 8517 90 and 8517 90 82

The assembly represents a part of an automatic telephone
exchange system and not a product of Heading 8473
because of its specific components, connectors and front
panel.

4. A satellite receiver which receives scrambled and digital-
ised MPEG satellite television broadcast signals (images
and sound), converts them into analogue signals and
transfers them in a usable form to a connected television
receiver, videomonitor or data monitor.

The apparatus consists of:
(cid:190) a 950 to 2050 MHz tuner,
(cid:190) a unit

to decompress and descramble the MPEG
signals into analogue video signals and to transmit
the converted signals,

(cid:190) a front panel with keypad and LCD display.

8528 12 93

Classification is determined by the provisions of General
the Combined
Rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of
Nomenclature, Note 3 to Section XVI and the wording of
CN codes 8528, 8528 12 and 8528 12 93.

The reception of television signals is considered the prin-
cipal function of the product.

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Classification
(CN) Code

(2)

8528 12 93

Description of goods

(1)

5. An integrated receiver/decoder (addressable converter)
capable of receiving and decoding scrambled signals
through a cable network and converting them into radio
frequency (RF) signals.

includes a tuner,

filters, modulators, audio/video
It
processor, microprocessor with memory, FM receiver,
return path transmitter and smart card reader. It also
includes a keypad and a remote control as a means for
selecting channels.

i.e.
It also has control and communication functions,
downloading billing data, event purchasing, polling etc.
The apparatus will only unscramble encoded signals
assigned to a particular subscriber.

Reason

(3)

Classification is determined by the provisions of General
Rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of
the Combined
Nomenclature, Note 3 to Section XVI and the wording of
CN codes 8528, 8528 12 and 8528 12 93.

The reception of television signals is considered the prin-
cipal function of the product.