Commission Regulation (EC) No 2376/1999 of 9 November 1999 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
Date: 1999-11-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, classification, frozen product, prepared foodstuff

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10. 11. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2376/1999

of 9 November 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 1835/1999 (2), and in particular Article 9
thereof,

Whereas:

this Regulation, can continue to be invoked, under the
provisions in Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC)
No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the
last amended by
Community Customs Code (3), as
Council and European Parliament Regulation (EC) No
955/1999 (4),
three months by the
holder;

for a period of

(5)

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

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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

it

Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has set down the general
rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomen-
clature. Those rules also apply to any other nomencla-
ture 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;

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 CN goods indicated in
column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3;

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 Nomen-
clature and which does not conform to the provisions of

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 CN
codes indicated in column 2 of the said table.

Article 2

Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of
Member States which does not conform to the provisions of
this Regulation can continue to be invoked under the provi-
sions 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 20th 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, 9 November 1999.

For the Commission

Frederik BOLKESTEIN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 224, 25.8.1999, p. 5.

(3) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 119, 7.5.1999, p. 1.

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CN code

(2)

1602 32 30

Reason

(3)

Classification is determined by General Rules 1 and 6 for the
interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, Note 2 to Chapter
16, Note 1(a) to Chapter 19 and the wording of CN codes 1602,
1602 32 and 1602 32 30

The product is to be considered as a meat preparation coated
with a thin layer of dough in accordance with the Harmonised
System Explanatory Notes to heading 1602, paragraph 2. 3

Description

(1)

Frozen food preparation in the form of a small ball of meat
enclosed in pastry, open at the base, with part of a prawn
protruding from the top. The dough is wrapped round a cooked
mixture of chicken meat, pieces of onion, seasoning and the rest
of the prawn

The composition of the product is as follows (percentage by
weight):

— chicken meat: 48,2
— prawn: 13,3
— onion: 9,7
— dough: 28,8

The product is ready to eat after cooking in fat or oil