Commission Regulation (EC) No 964/1999 of 6 May 1999 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
Date: 1999-05-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, electronic device, optics, radio equipment, tariff nomenclature

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 964/1999

of 6 May 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 (1) on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the
Common Customs Tariff, as last amended by Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 861/1999 (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
General Rules for the interpretation of the Combined
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 unter the appropriate CN
codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set
out in column 3;

Whereas it is acceptance 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 Statist-
ical 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 authori-
ties 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, 6 May 1999.

For the Commission

Mario MONTI

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 108, 27.4.1999, p. 11.

(3) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.

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Description of goods

(1)

1. An optoelectronic transmitter capable of converting radio
frequency (RF) signals into optical signals. The apparatus
also transmits these optical signals through a fibre optic
cable trunk system by means of a laser using carrier-
current
is located in the transmission
technology. It
network of a cable TV system

2. An optoelectronic receiver capable of converting optical
signals into radio frequency (RF) signals after transmis-
sion by means of carrier-current technology through a
fibre optic cable trunk system. It is located in the trans-
mission network of a cable TV system.

The RF output is used to serve several trunk lines in the
local fibre service area

ANNEX

Classification
(CN) code

(2)

8517 50 10

Reason

(3)

Classification is determined by the provisions of General
Rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of
the Combined
Nomenclature and the wording of CN codes 8517, 8517 50
and 8517 50 10 (see also the Explanatory Notes of
the
Harmonized System to heading 8517, III)

8517 50 10

Classification is determined by the provisions of General
Rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of
the Combined
Nomenclature and the wording of CN codes 8517, 8517 50
and 8517 50 10 (see also the Explanatory Notes of
the
Harmonized System to heading 8517, III)