Commission Regulation (EC) No 184/2000 of 26 January 2000 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
Date: 2000-01-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, micro-computer

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 184/2000

of 26 January 2000

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 2626/1999 (2), and in particular Article 9
thereof,

Whereas:

ture and which does not conform to the provisions of
Regulation, can continue to be invoked, under the provi-
sions in Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
the
2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing
Community Customs Code (3), as last amended by Euro-
pean Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 955/
1999 (4), for a period of three months by the holder.

(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 Nomencla-
ture. 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 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 codes 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 Nomencla-

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The goods described in column 1 of the annexed table is
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 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, 26 January 2000.

For the Commission

Frederik BOLKESTEIN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 321, 14.12.1999, p. 3.

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

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Description of goods

(1)

ANNEX

Classification
(CN) code

(2)

Reason

(3)

Classification is determined by the provisions of General Rules 1
and 6 for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, Note
1p) to Section XVI and the wording of CN-codes 9503, 9503 90
and 9503 90 32

Even though most of the programs are in a two player mode and
the correct answers are scored, the device cannot be regarded as a
parlour game, but as an educational toy given the numerous
in-built programs for learning

A device,

in a laptop computer-type plastic case, comprising:

9503 90 32

— an electronic processing unit,
— a liquid crystal display (LCD)
— a keyboard,
— switches to control activity selection, sound volume and

display contrast,

— a loudspeaker,
— connections for a mouse and a printer

The device is presented together with a mouse

The device does not have its own operating system

The device integrates the following programs:

— more than 40 fixed programs for learning languages, writing,
reading and artithmetic, and for performing logic exercises,
— office programs, e.g. word processing and a daily planner,
— creation and execution of programmes written in BASIC

The features of the device may be expanded by using additional
cartridges

The device is aimed at children from nine years upwards