Commission Regulation (EC) No 215/2009 of 18 March 2009 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
Date: 2009-03-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, broadcasting, common customs tariff, electricity storage device, motor vehicle

19.3.2009

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 215/2009

of 18 March 2009

concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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 laid down the general
rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomen­
clature. Those rules apply also 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 appli­
cation of tariff and other measures relating to trade in
goods.

Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in
column 1 of the table set out in the Annex should be
classified under the CN code indicated in column 2, by
virtue of the reasons set out in column 3 of that table.

is appropriate to provide that binding tariff

It
infor­
mation which has been issued by the customs authorities
of Member States in respect of the classification of goods
in
in the Combined Nomenclature but which is not
accordance with this Regulation can,
for a period of
three months, continue to be invoked by the holder,
under Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC)
No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the
Community Customs Code (2).

(5)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the
Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature
under the CN code indicated in column 2 of that table.

Article 2

Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of
Member States, which is not in accordance with this Regulation,
can continue to be invoked for a period of three months under
Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.

Article3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day
following that of 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, 18 March 2009.

For the Commission

László KOVÁCS
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.

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Description of the goods

(1)

A so-called ‘radio tuner module’, designed to be
incorporated in radio-broadcast receivers of the
kind used in motor vehicles, together with other
components such as a power supply unit, signal
processors,
channel
memorisation circuits.

amplifiers

audio

and

The module consists of a radio frequency block,
an intermediate frequency block and AM/FM
demodulation circuits.

The module isolates radio frequency and demo­
dulates the audio signal without any further
processing.

ANNEX

Classification
(CN code)

(2)

8527 29 00

Reasons

(3)

and 6 for

Classification is determined by General Rules 1,
2(a)
the
Combined Nomenclature and by the wording
of CN codes 8527 and 8527 29 00.

interpretation of

the

all

the

the module

As
necessary
has
components (a radio frequency block, an inter­
mediate frequency block and AM/FM demodu­
receiving and processing
lation circuits)
to be considered, by
radio-broadcasts,
is
virtue of General Rule 2(a),
the
essential character of a complete or finished
product of heading 8527. The module is
therefore to be classified under that heading.

to have

for
it

Classification under heading 8529 as a part
suitable for use solely or principally with an
therefore
apparatus
excluded.

heading 8527 is

of

The module is therefore to be classified under
heading 8527 as a radio-broadcast receiver not
capable of operating without an external source
of power, of a kind used in motor vehicles.