Commission Regulation (EC) No 710/2000 of 3 April 2000 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
Date: 2000-04-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, common customs tariff, customs formalities, free movement of goods, import

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 710/2000

of 3 April 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 (1) on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on
the Common Customs Tariff, as last amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 254/2000 (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 Nomenclat-
ure. 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 appropriate that binding tariff information issued by
the customs authorities of Member States in respect of
the classification of goods in the Combined Nomencla-
ture 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
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, 3 April 2000.

For the Commission

Frederik BOLKESTEIN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 28, 3.2.2000, p. 16.

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

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Description of the goods

(1)

1. Matured (for four weeks approximately) pale
yellow cheese with no holes of a Cheddar type
with the following analytical characteristics (%
by weight):

— dry matter:
— fat content in the dry matter:
— proteins as is:
— water content by weight in the

non-fatty matter:

63
51,2
24

54,6

ANNEX

CN code

(2)

0406 90 21

Grounds

(3)

Classification is determined by the provisions of
General Rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of the
Combined Nomenclature and by the wording of
CN codes 0406, 0406 90 and 0406 90 21.

The product, which possesses the characteristics of
a Cheddar
classified in CN code
0406 90 21, regardless of the maturation time.

cheese

is

2. Citrus latifolia: limes, ranging from dark green
to pale yellow in colour, with a thin skin and a
characteristic acid smell and taste, ovoid, virtu-
ally without pips and generally weighing
between 70 and 120 g.

0805 90 00

1905 90 60

3. Prawn crackers in the form of hard, translucent
discs, partially cooked by steaming and dried in
an oven, made from starch, water, salt, sugar
(approxi-
(approximately 4 %), shrimp meat
mately 5 %) and containing flavour enhancer.

The product is ready for consumption only
after frying in oil or fat.

4. Cucumbers that have undergone a complete
lactic fermentation,
immersed in brine. The
brine contains, by weight, 8,4 % salt and 1 %
lactic acid.

The cucumbers are used for the preparation of
products known as ‘pickles’.

2005 90 80

The classification is determined by the General
Rules 1 and 6 for
the
Combined Nomenclature and by the wording of
CN codes 0805 and 0805 90 00.

the interpretation of

Citrus latifolia is a separate species of lime from
Citrus aurantifolia in CN code 0805 30 90.

Classification is determined by the provisions of
General Rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of the
Combined Nomenclature and by the wording of
CN codes 1905, 1905 90 and 1905 90 60.

treatment

is considered to be partial
The heat
cooking and the product
is therefore excluded
from heading 1901 (see HS Explanatory Notes to
heading 1901, II., exclusion note (e)).

Because of the addition of sugar and shrimp meat
the product has lost the characteristics of products
of CN code 1905 90 20.

Classification is determined by the provisions of
General Rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of the
Combined Nomenclature and by the wording of
CN codes 2005, 2005 90 and 2005 90 80.

The cucumbers which have undergone a complete
lactic fermentation are excluded from heading
0711, regardless of the salt content of the brine
(see the last paragraph of
the HS Explanatory
Notes to heading 0711 and the last paragraph of
CN Explanatory Notes to code 0711 40 00).