CELEX: 51983PC0744
Language: en
Date: 1983-12-14
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) on the classification of goods under subheading 07.01 H of the Common Customs Tariff (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                           Proposal f or a
                                  COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
         on the c l a s s i f i c a t i o n of goods under subheading 07.01 H
                             of the Common Customs Tari f f
                  (submitted to the Council by the Commission)
 C0MC83) 744 f i n a l
 ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. I t i s proposed t ha t the Council should adopt, on the basi s of
   Ar t i c l e 3 paragraph 3 b) of Regulation             (EEC) No 97/69, a proposal
   for a regul at i on on the c l a s s i f i c a t i o n of goods under subheading'
   07.01 H of the Common Customs T a r i f f .
2. The approval of t h i s r egul at i on by the Council i s necessary in order
   to ensure the cor r ect and uniform appl i cat i on of the Nomenclature of
    the Common Customs Tar i f f with regard to the bulbs of "muscari
    comosum" (wild oni ons).
3 . Lacking the approval of the Nomenclature Committee of the CCT,
    the Commission has been unable to adopt the proposed measure.
 ---pagebreak---                                               Proposal f or a
                                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
           on t he c l a s s i f i c a t i o n of goods under subheading 07.01 H
                                     of t he Common Customs Tari f f
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty e s t a b l i s h i n g the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 97/69 of 16 January 1969
on measures to be taken for uniform a ppl i cat i on of the nomenclature of
the Common Customs Tar i f f (1), as l a s t amended by the Act of                   Accession
of Greece, and in p a r t i c u l a r Ar t i cl e 3 t he r eof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas in c der to ensure uniform appl i cat i on of the nomenclature of
the Common Customs T a r i f f , provi si ons must be lai d down concerning the
t a r i f f c l a s s i f i c a t i o n of fresh bulbs of the family Li l i a ceae , belonging
to the genus "Muscari", speci es "Comosum" (common names: " lampasciuolo",
"wild onions", " l i l a s de t e r r e " , " f eat he r hyaci nt h") , sometimes used in
f l o r i c u l t u r e as well as for food;
Whereas heading 07.01 of the Common Customs Tari f f annexed to Council
 Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 ( 2) , as l a s t amended by Regulation (EEC)
No ........... ( 3) , r e f e r s to veget abl es, fresh or c h i l l e d ;
Whereas the product in ques t i on, though sometimes used in f l o r i c u l t u r e ,
has the c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of goods f a l l i n g within heading 07.01; whereas,
within t h i s heading, subheading 07.01 H must be chosen;
Whereas since the Committee on Common Customs Ta r i f f Nomenclature has
not given i t s a s s e n t , the Commission i s unable to adopt the provisions
i t had envisaged under the procedure provided for in Ar t i cl e 3 of
Regulation (EEC) No 97/69,
(1) OJ No L 14, 21. 1.1969, p. 1.
(2) 0J No L 172, 22. 7.1968, p. 1.
(3) 0J No L
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                        Ar t i c l e 1
Fresh bulbs of the family Li l i a ceae belonging to the genus "Muscari",
speci es "Comosum" (common names "lampasciuol o", "wiId oni ons", " l i l a s
de t e r r e , " f eat h e r hy aci n t h " ) , s h al l be c l a s s i f i e d in the Common
Customs Tari f f under subheading:
07.01 Vegetables, f r esh or c h i l l e d :
         H. Onions, s h a l l o t s and g a r l i c .
                                        Ar t i c l e 2
 This Regulation s h a l l ent er i nt o force on the t w e n t y - f i r s t day
following i t s p u b l i ca t i o n in the Of f i ci a l Journal of the European
 Communities.
This Regulation s h a l l be binding in i t s e n t i r e t y and d i r e c t l y
appl i cabl e in a l l Member St a t e s .
 Done at Br us sel s ,                                             For the Council
                                                                   The Presi dent