Commission Regulation (EC) No 2626/1999 of 13 December 1999 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
Date: 1999-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, common customs tariff, customs regulations, prepared foodstuff, statistical nomenclature, tariff nomenclature

14. 12. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 321/3

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2626/1999

of 13 December 1999

amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomencla-
ture and on the Common Customs Tariff

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 2204/1999 (2), and in particular Article 9
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

It is necessary to make a distinction between mush-
rooms prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid of
subheading 2001 90 50 on the one hand and mush-
rooms otherwise prepared or preserved than by vingegar
or acetic acid of subheading 2003 10 on the other hand;

According to the text of the Harmonised System Expla-
natory Notes to heading No 2001, amongst other addi-
tivies, salt can be added to products of that heading. In
this case salt has been added for the purposes of the
preparation only;

In order to be able to make the distinction with prod-
ucts of subheading 2003 10, it seems necessary to limit
in products of subheading
the total content of salt
2001 90 50;

It seems appropriate to limit
maximum of 2,5 % by weight;

the salt content

to a

is necessary to clarify Additional Note No 1 to

It
Chapter 20 to reflect this decision;

(6)

(7)

Points 3 and 4 of the Annex to Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1196/97 (3), that previously served to classify
such products on the basis of their vinegar content,
irrespective of the salt content, should be repealed;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Additional Note 1 of Chapter 20 of the Combined Nomencla-
ture annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 is replaced by:

‘1. For the purposes of heading No 2001, vegetables, fruit,
nuts and other edible parts of plants prepared or
preserved by vinegar or acetic acid must have a content
of
free, volatile acid of 0,5 % by weight or more,
expressed as acetic acid. In addition mushrooms falling
under subheading 2001 90 50 should not have a salt
content exceeding 2,5 % by weight.’

Article 2

Points 3 and 4 of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1196/97
are hereby repealed.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st day following
that of 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, 13 December 1999.

For the Commission

Mario MONTI

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 278, 28.10.1999, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 170, 28.6.1997, p. 13.