Commission Regulation (EC) No 1703/2000 of 31 July 2000 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
Date: 2000-07-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, mushroom-growing, polymer

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1703/2000

of 31 July 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 1264/2000 (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
Community Customs Code (3), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 955/1999 of the European Parliament
and of the Council (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
Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87
it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classi-
fication of the goods referred to in the Annex to this
Regulation.

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 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 that 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, 31 July 2000.

For the Commission

Pedro SOLBES MIRA

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 144, 17.6.2000, p. 6.

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

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Description

(1)

1. Mushrooms
blanched,
following specifications:

(Genus

prepared,
Agaricus)
immersed in a liquid with the

ANNEX

CN code

(2)

2003 10 30

— free, volatile acid, expressed as acetic acid:

0,5 % by weight
— sulphite: < 2 ppm
— salt: 2,6 % by weight

This product, which contains other preserving
agents,
immediate human
for
consumption.

suitable

is

2. Synthetic material composed of styrene-ethy-
lene/propylene-styrene
styrene-ethylene/
butylene-styrene block copolymers with a low
degree of unsaturation (iodine value of between
4 and 7).

or

4002 99 90

Grounds

(3)

Classification is determined by the provisions of
general rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of the
Combined Nomenclature, additional note 1 to
Chapter 20 and by the wording of CN codes
2003, 2003 10 and 2003 10 30.

Because of the salt content exceeding 2,5 % by
weight, the product is excluded from CN code
2001 90 50 in accordance with additional note 1
to Chapter 20 of the Combined Nomenclature.

Classification is determined by the provisions of
general rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of the
Combined Nomenclature, note 4(a) to Chapter 40
and by the wording of CN codes 4002, 4002 99
and 4002 99 90.

These block polymers meet all criteria of note 4(a)
to Chapter 40 and are classified as synthetic
rubbers of heading 4002.