CELEX: 31971R2727
Language: en
Date: 1971-12-20
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2727/71 of the Council of 20 December 1971 amending, as regards tariff nomenclature, Regulation No 23 on the progressive establishment of a common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables and Regulations No 136/66/EEC, No 120/67/EEC, No 121/67/EEC, No 123/67/EEC, No 1009/67/EEC, (EEC) No 805/68, (EEC) No 2142/70 and (EEC) No 827/68, on the common organisation of the markets respectively in oils and fats, cereals, pigmeat, poultrymeat, sugar, beef and veal, fishery products and certain products listed in Annex II to the Treaty

1010                                Official Journal of the European Communities
No L 282/ 8                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                 23.12.71
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2727/71 OF THE COUNCIL ,
                                                 of 20 December 1971
               amending, as regards tariff nomenclature, Regulation No 23 on the progressive
               establishment of a common organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables and
              Regulations Nos 136/66/EEC, 120/67/EEC, 121/67/EEC, 123 /67/EEC, 1009/67/EEC,
               (EEC) No 805 /68, (EEC) No 2142/70 and (EEC) No 827/68, on the common organisation
               of the markets respectively in oils and fats, cereals, pigmeat, poultrymeat, sugar, beef
                   and veal, fishery products and certain products listed in Annex II to the Treaty
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas Annex B to Council Regulation No
                                                               120/67/EEC2 of 13 June 1967 on the common
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                   organisation of the market in cereals, as last amended
European Economic Community, and in particular                 by Regulation (EEC) No 1150/71 ,3 and theAnnex to
Article 43 thereof;                                            Council    Regulation       No       1009/67/EEC4  of   18
                                                               December 1967 on the common organisation of the
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;            market in sugar, as last amended by Regulation
                                                               (EEC ) No 1060/71 ,5 include a list , of products not
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                   covered by- Annex II to the Treaty in respect of
                                                               which the nomenclature of the Common Customs
Parliament ;
                                                               Tariff has been amended; whereas these lists should
Whereas the Member States are contracting parties to           be brought up to date ;
the Brussels Convention of 15 December 1950 on
Nomenclature for the Classification of Goods in
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Customs Tariffs ; whereas the Common Customs
Tariff was drawn up according to that nomenclature ;
                                                                                          Article 1
Whereas the Customs Cooperation Council may
recommend to the contracting parties amendments to             In Article 7 of Regulation No 23,6 as last amended by
the Convention and thus to the nomenclature which              Regulation (EEC) No 2423/70,7 the following phrase
forms part thereof;                                            shall be added : 'excluding sub-heading No 08.05 F'.
Whereas on 9 June 1970 the Customs Cooperation
                                                                                          Article 2
Council      recommended        amendments      to    the
nomenclature ; whereas the recommendation was
partially accepted by a Council Decision of 21 June            The list of goods in Article 1 of Council Regulation
1971 1 ; whereas - the nomenclature of the Common              No 136/66/EEC8 of 22 September 1966 on the
Customs - Tariff should be adapted accordingly in              common organisation of the market in oils and fats,
order to take account, in particular, of technical             as last amended 'by Regulation (EEC) No 2554/70,9
developments and of charges arising therefrom in               shall be amended as follows :
international trade ;
Whereas certain subheadings of the Common                      2  OJ No  117, 19.6.1967, p. 2269/67.
Customs Tariff relating to agriculture are no longer           3  OJ No  L 164, 22.7.1971 , p. 1 .
of economic relevance ; whereas in order to simplify           4  OJ No  308, 18.12.1967, p. 1 .
the Common Customs Tariff these subheadings                     5 OJ No  L 115, 27.5.1971 , p . 16.
should be deleted ;                                             6 OJ No  30, 20.4.1962 , p. 965/62.
                                                                7 OJ No  L 261 , 2.12.1970, p . 1 .
                                                               8  OJ No  172 , 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66.
1 OJ No L 137, 23.6.1971 , p . 10.                              9 OJ No  L 275, 19.12.1970, p. 5.
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1 . under (b):                                                   29.16 Carboxylic acids with alcohol, pheno aldehyde
                                                                        or ketone function and other single or complex
    — for 'ex 15.07' read ' 15.07 B, C D ',                              oxygen function carboxylic acids and their
    — for 'ex 15.17' read ' 15.17 B',                                    anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peracids,
                                                                         and their halogenated, sulphonated , nitrated
    — for 'ex 23.04' read '23.04 B';                                     or nitrosated derivatives :
2. under (c):                                                           A. Carboxylic acids with alcohol function :
    — for 'ex 15.07' read ' 15.07 A';                                               V. Gluconic acid and its salts and
                                                                                       esters
3 . under (d):                                                               ex VIII. Other :
    — for 'ex 07.01 N' read '07.01 N',                                                 — Glyceric acid, glycollic acid,
    — for 'ex 07.02' read '07.02 A',                                                       saccharonic acid, isosaccha­
                                                                                           ronic acid, heptasaccharic acid
    — for 'ex 07.03 A' read '07.03 A';                                                     and their salts and esters .'
4. under (e):
                                                                                         Article 4
    — for 'ex 15.17' read ' 15.17 A',
    — for 'ex 23.04' read '23.04 A'.                            The list of goods in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Council Regu­
                                                                lation No 121/67/EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the com­
                                                                mon organisation of the market in pigmeat, as last
                         Article 3                              amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1261 /712 shall be
                                                                amended as follows :
1.     Annex A to Regulation No 120/67/EEC shall
be amended as follows :
                                                                1 . for 'ex 02.01 B II' read '02.01 B II (c)';
( a) for '07.06 B' read '07.06 A':
                                                                2. for 'ex 02.05 ' read '02.05 A and B ';
( b) the following description shall be substituted for
     the description of goods falling within heading            3 . The following description shall be substituted for
     No 11.09, of the Common Customs Tariff :                       the description of goods falling within sub­
                                                                    headings Nos '02.05 A and B':
     'Wheat gluten, whether or not dried';
                                                                    'Pig fat free of lean meat (not rendered or solvent­
 (c) the following subheading shall be inserted after               extracted), fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine,
     subheading No 23.02 A :                                        dried or smoked';
     '23.03 A I Residues from the manufacture of
                                                                4. The following description shall be substituted for
                  starch from maize ( excluding con­                the description of goods falling within sub­
                  centrated steeping liquors ), of a                heading No 15.01 A :
                  protein content, referred to dry mat­
                  ter, exceeding 40% by weight.'                    'Lard and other pig fat, rendered or solvent­
                                                                    extracted'.
2.     Annex B to Regulation No 120/67/EEC shall be
amended as follows : the following description shall                                      Article 5
be substituted for the description of goods falling
within headings Nos 29.14 and 29.16 of the Common
Customs Tariff :                                                The list of goods in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Council Regu­
                                                                lation No 123/67/EEC3 of 13 June 1967 on the com­
'29.14 Monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides ,              mon organisation of the market in poultrymeat, as
         halides, peroxides and peracids, and their             last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1261 /71 , shall
        halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitro­            be amended as follows :
        sated derivatives :
                                                                1 . for 'ex 02.05 ' read '02.05 C';
        ex A Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids :
                — Sorbitol esters                               2. for 'ex 16.02 B I' read ' 16.02 B I';
         ex B Unsaturated       acyclic  monocarboxylic
                acids :
                                                                1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2283/67.
                                                                - OJ No L 132, 18.6.1971 , p. 1 .
                — Sorbitol esters                               3 OJ No 117, 19.6.1 967, p. 2301/67.
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3 . The following description shall be substituted for           on the common organisation of the market in fishery
    the description of goods falling within sub­                 products shall be amended as follows :
    heading No 02.05 C :
                                                                 ( a) under (b):
    'Poultry fat (not rendered or solvent-extracted),
    fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or                 the following description shall be substituted for
    smoked';                                                           the description of goods falling . within heading
                                                                       No 03.02 :
4. The following description shall be substituted for                  'Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish,
    the description of goods falling . within sub­                     whether or not cooked before or during the
    heading No 15.01 B :                                               smoking process';
    'Poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted'.
                                                                 ( b) under (d):. for 'ex 05.15 ' read '05.15 ';
                          Article 6                               ( c) under (g): for 'ex 23.01 ' read '23.01 '.
 1 . The Common Customs Tariff heading numbers
listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 1009/67/EEC           2.     Annex V to Regulation (EEC) No 2142/70 shall
shall be amended as follows :         a                          be amended as follows :
 under (d) — for 'ex 17.02' read ' 17.02 C to F',                ( a) sub-heading No '03.01 A II Eels' shall be sub­
              — for 'ex 17.05 ' read ' 17.05 G':
                                                                       stituted for subheadings Nos 03,01 A II ( a)
                                                                       and (b);
 under (e) — for 'ex 23.03 ' read 'ex 23.03 B '.
                                                                 (b) the following description shall be substituted for
2.     The Annex to this Regulation shall be substituted               the description of , goods falling within heading
                                                                       No 03.02 :
for the .Annex to Regulation No 1009/67/EEC .
                                                                       '03.02 Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked
                          Article 7
                                                                               fish, whether or not cooked before or
                                                                               during the smoking process :
1 . The following description shall be substituted                             A. Dried, salted or in brine :
for the description of goods listed in Article 1 (d) of
                                                                                     I. "Whole, headless or in pieces :
Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 1 of 27 June
1968 on the common organisation of the market in                                         ( a) Herrings
beef and veal, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                                       (b) Cod      ■
No 1261 /71 :
                                                                                          (c) Anchovies (Engraulis sp.p.)
' 15.02 B I Unrendered fats of bovine cattle ; rendered                                  (d) Common halibut (Hippoglos­
              or solvent-extracted fats (including "pre­                                       sus vulgaris)
              mier jus") Obtained from those fats'.
                                                                                          (e) Salmon, salted or in brine
2. The following shall be substituted for Section                                          (f) Other
 (b) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 :
                                                                                    II. Fillets :
'Section ( b)
                                                                                         (a) Of cod
02.06 C I ( a). Meat of domestic bovine animals,                                         (b) Of salmon, salted or in brine
                  salted, in brine, dried or smoked :
                                                                             '       ' 1 (c) Of , lesser or Greenland halibut
                  1 . Unboned (bone-in)                                                        (Hippoglossus      reinhardtius),
                  2. Boned or boneless .'                                                      salted or in brine
                                                                                         (d) Other
                          Article 8                                            B., Smoked, whether or not cooked before
                                                                                    or during the smoking process :
 1.    The list of goods in Article 1 (2) of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 2142/702 of 20 October 1970                                      I. Herring
                                                                                    II . Salmon
 1 OJ No 148,. 28.6.1968, p. 24.                                                   III. Lesser      or    Greenland     halibut
 - OJ No L 236, 27.10.1970, p . 1 .                                                      (Hippoglossus reinhardtius)
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                  IV. Common         halibut       (Hippoglossus               CCT
                       vulgaris)                                              heading
                                                                                No .
                                                                                                           Description of goods
                    V. Other
              C. Livers and roes                                         08.05 F                  Areca (or betel) and cola
              D. Fish meal .'                                        ex  Chapter 9                (Unchanged)
                                                                     from 11.03 to
                                                                     ex 12.10                     (Unchanged)
                                                                     ex  15.02                   Fats of goats, unrendered; ren­
                                                                                                  dered     or   solvent-extracted   fats
                           Article 9
                                                                                                  (including 'premier jus') obtained
                                                                                                  from those unrendered fats
The list of goods in the Annex to Council Regulation                     15.03                    (Uñchanged)
(EEC) No 827/68 1 of 28 June 1968 on the common                          16.02                    (Unchanged)
organisation of the market in certain products listed                    16.03                   Meat extracts, meat juices and fish
in Annex II to the Treaty shall be amended as fol­                                                extracts    .
lows :
                                                                         18.01 and 18.02          (Unchanged)
        CCT
                                                                         22.07 B                  Cider, perry, mead and other
       heading                      Description of goods                                          fermented beverages, excluding
          No                                                                                      piquette
                                                                         23.01 A                  (Unchanged)
   02.01                   ( Unchanged)                                  23.02 B                  (Unchanged)
       A                   (Unchanged )                              ex  23.03                    Brewing and distilling dregs and
                                                                                                  waste ; residues of starch manu­
        B                  Offals :                                                               facture and . similar residues, ex­
                                                                                                  cluding residues from the manu­
            I              For the manufacture of pharma­                                         facture of starch from maize (ex­
                           ceutical products11                                                    cluding concentrated steeping
          II               Other :                                                                liquors), of a protein content,
                                                                                                  referred to the dry matter, ex­
               ( a)        Of horses, asses, mules and hinnies                                    ceeding 40% by weight
           ex (d)          Other, excluding offals of sheep              23.06                    Products of vegetable origin of a
                                                                                                  kind used for animal food, not
   02.04                   (Unchanged)                                                            elsewhere specified or inclpded :
   02.06                   (Unchanged)                                           A II             Acorns, horse chestnuts and
                                                                                                  pomace or marc of fruit, ex­
   04.05                   (Unchanged )                                                           cluding grape marc
       A                   (Unchanged)                                           B                Other
           II              Other eggs (than poultry eggs)                23.07                    Sweetened forage; other prep­
                                                                                                  arations of a kind used in animal
        B                  (Unchanged)
                                                                                                  feeding:
           II              Other eggs (than eggs suitable for                    A                Fish or marine mammal solubles
                           human consumption)
                                                                                 C                Other
   04.07                   Edible products of animal origin,
                           not elsewhere specified or included
   05.04                   ( Unchanged)
                                                                     a Inclusion in this sub-heading is subject to conditions to be laid
   05.15 B                 (Unchanged)                                 down by the competent authorities .
ex 07.05                   (Unchanged )
   07.06 B                 (Description unchanged)
                                                                                                  Article 10
ex 08.01                   (Unchanged in English) '
                                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
                                                                     following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                     European Communities.
3 OJ No L 151 , 30.6.1968, p. 16.                                    It shall apply from 1 January 1972.
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     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
     States .
     Done at Brussels, 20 December 1971 .-
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                               The President
                                                                                M. PEDINI
                                                ANNEX
               CCT
              heading                                • Description of goods
                No
        17.04                 Sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa:
                              B. Chewing gum
                              C. White chocolate
                              D. Other
     ex 18.06                 Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa
     ex 19.02                 Preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, of a kind used as
                              infant food or for dietetic or culinary purposes, containing less than
                              50% by weight of cocoa
     ex 19.08                 Pastry, biscuits, cakes and other fine bakers' wares, whether or not
                              containing cocoa.in any proportion
        21.06                 Natural yeasts (active or inactive); prepared baking powders:
                              A. Active natural yeasts:
                                  II. Bakers' yeast
     ex 21.07                 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included
     ex 22.02                 Lemonade, flavoured spa waters and flavoured aerated waters, and
                              other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit and .vegetable
                              juices falling within heading No 20.07
     ex 22.06                 Vermouths, and other wines of fresh grapes flavoured with aromatic
                              extracts
        22.09                 Spirits (other than those of heading No 22.08); liqueurs and other
                              spirituous beverages; compound alcoholic preparations (known as
                              'concentrated extracts') for the manufacture of beverages :
                              C. Spirituous beverages:
                                  ex V. Other
        29.04                 Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or
                              nitrosated derivatives :
                              C. Polyhydric alcohols:
                                   II. Mannitol
                                  III. Sorbitol
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       CCT
      heading                              Description of goods
        No
  29.10           Acetáis and hemiacetals and single or complex oxygen-function
                  acetals and hemiacetals, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated
                  or nitrosated derivatives:
                  ex B. Other:
                         — Methyl glucosides
  29.14           Monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides
                  and peracids, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or
                  nitrosated derivatives:
                  ex A. Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids:
                         — Mannitol esters and sorbitol esters
                  ex B. Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids:
                         — Mannitol esters and sorbitol esters
■ 29.15           Polycarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and
                  peracids, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated
                  derivatives :
                  A. Acyclic polycarboxylic acids:
                      ex V. Other
                             — Itaconic acid and its salts and esters
  29.16           Carboxylic acids with alcohol, phenol, aldehyde or ketone function
                  and other single or complex oxygen-function carboxylic acids and
                  their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peracids, and their
                  halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives : .
                  A. Carboxylic acids with alcohol function :
                             I. Lactic acid and its salts and esters
                           IV. Citric acid and its salts and esters
                      ex VIII. Other:
                                — Glyceric acid, glycollic acid, saccharonic acid, iso­
                                   saccharonic acid, heptasaccharic acid and their salts
                                   and esters
  29.35           Heterocyclic compounds; nucleic acids:
                  ex Q. Other:
                         — Anhydric compounds of mannitol or sorbitol, excluding
                         maltol and isomaltol
  29.43           Sugars, chemically pure, other than sucrose, glucose and lactose;
                  sugar ethers and sugar esters, and their salts, other than products of
                  headings Nos 29.39, 29.41 and 29.42 :
                  ex B. Other:
                         — Sorbose and its salts and esters
  29.44           Antibiotics :
                  A. Penicillins
  38.19           Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied
                  industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural
                  products), not elsewhere specified or included; residual products of
                  the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included:
                      Q. Foundry core binders based on synthetic resins
                  ex T. Other:
                         — Sorbitol cracking products