Commission Regulation (EC) No 216/2006 of  8 February 2006  amending Regulation (EC) No 2184/97 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
Date: 2006-02-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, telecommunications equipment, video communications

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 216/2006

of 8 February 2006

amending Regulation (EC) No 2184/97 concerning the classification of certain goods in the
Combined Nomenclature

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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), and in particular Article
9(1)(a) thereof,

(2)

(3)

October 2004 on the interpretation of this Note, Regu-
lation (EC) No 2184/97 is to be considered as incorrect.

Regulation (EC) No 2184/97 should therefore be
amended accordingly.

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

Whereas:

(1)

classification of

The
a video conferencing system
consisting of various components including two instal-
lation diskettes
in Commission Regulation (EC) No
2184/97 of 3 November 1997 concerning the classifi-
cation of certain goods
in the Combined Nomen-
clature (2) has
led to classifications under CN code
the video conferencing system and
8517 50 90 for
8524 91 10 for
the two installation diskettes. Since
Note 6 to Chapter 85 of the Combined Nomenclature
was amended with effect from 1 January 2002 and in
the HS Committee agreed in
view of

the fact

that

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Point 4 of the table set out in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No
2184/97 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this
Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 8 February 2006.

For the Commission

László KOVÁCS
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 2175/2005 (OJ L 347, 30.12.2005, p. 9).

(2) OJ L 299, 4.11.1997, p. 6.

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ANNEX

Classification
(CN code)

(2)

8517 50 90

Description of the goods

(1)

Set put up for retail sale comprising:
— an audio unit with a telephone handset,
— a telecommunication card,
— a video camera connectable to an automatic

data-processing machine,
— a network connection unit, and
— two diskettes with video telephony appli-

cation software.

The set enables an automatic data-processing
function
machine to perform an additional
(video telephony).

Reasons

(3)

and 6 for

Classification is determined by General Rules 1,
3(b)
the
Combined Nomenclature, and by the wording
of CN codes 8517, 8517 50 and 8517 50 90.

interpretation of

the

The essential character of the set is given by the
telecommunication apparatus (the audio unit
and telecommunication card).