2000/41/EC: Commission Decision of 29 December 1999 concerning the validity of certain binding tariff information (notified under document number C(1999) 5135) (Only the English text is authentic)
Date: 1999-12-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: medical device, pharmaceutical product, tariff nomenclature

19. 1. 2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 13/27

COMMISSION DECISION

of 29 December 1999

concerning the validity of certain binding tariff information

(notified under document number C(1999) 5135)

(Only the English text is authentic)

(2000/41/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12
October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (1),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 955/1999 (2), and in
particular Articles 12(5)(a)(iii) and 249(4) thereof,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of
2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of
Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community
Customs Code (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1662/1999 (4), and in particular Article 9 thereof,

(1) Whereas the binding tariff information referred to in the
Annex to this Decision is
inconsistent with other
binding tariff information, and the tariff classification it
contains is incompatible with the general rules for the
interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature set out in
Section I A of Part I of Annex I to Council Regulation
(EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and
statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs
Tariff (5), as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No
2626/1999 (6);

(2) Whereas the said binding tariff information should cease
to be valid; whereas, therefore, the customs administra-
tions which issued the information should revoke it as
soon as possible and notify the Commission to that
effect;

(3) Whereas under Article 14(1) of Regulation (EEC) No
2454/93 the holder may make use for a given period of

time of the possibility of invoking such binding tariff
information which has ceased to be valid;

(4) Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are
in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code
Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

information referred to by number

in
The binding tariff
column 1 of the table set out in the Annex,
issued by the
customs authorities named in column 2 in respect of the tariff
classification shown in column 3, must be revoked as soon as
possible but not later than the 21st day following that of the
publication of this Decision in the Official Journal of the Euro-
pean Communities.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to Ireland and the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Done at Brussels, 29 December 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 119, 7.5.1999, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 197, 29.7.1999, p. 25.
(5) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 321, 14.12.1999, p. 3.

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

19. 1. 2000

Binding tariff information
(reference)

No. 1
UK 103353223

No. 2
IE 97N4-14-3173-02

ANNEX

Customs authority

Tariff classification

HM Customs and Excise
Tariff & Statistical Office
Southend-on-Sea
United Kingdom

Tariff Classification Unit
Customs & Excise Branch
Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Nenagh
Ireland

3006 10 90

9018 90 85

9021 90 90

No. 3
UK 100773801

HM Customs & Excise
Tariff & Statistical Office
Southend-on-Sea
United Kingdom