CELEX: 31970R1203
Language: en
Date: 1970-06-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1203/70 of the Commission of 26 June 1970 on classification of goods under sub-headings Nos 48.07 C and 48.15 B and under heading No 68.08 of the Common Customs Tariff

390                                  Official Journal of the European Communities
  27.6.70                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 140/ 15
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 1203 /70 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 26 June 1970
                  on classification of goods under sub-headings Nos 48.07 C and 48.15 B and under
                                     heading No 68.08 of the Common Customs Tariff
  THE   COMMISSION         OF     THE  EUROPEAN      COM­          with tar, bitumen, asphalt or similar products,
  MUNITIES,                                                        whether of not coated with mineral substances (sand,
                                                                   slate, debris, stones, etc.);
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                      Whereas the articles in question are classifiable under
 European Economic Community ;                                     sub-headings Nos 48.07 C or 48.15 B and under
                                                                   heading No 68.08 referred to above ; whereas,
                                                                   therefore, it appears to be necessary to draw a
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      dividing line between them ;,
 97/691 of 16 January 1969 on the measures to be
 taken for uniform application of the nomenclature of              Whereas, taking account of the characteristics of the
 the Common Customs Tariff, and in particular                      articles in question, among the objective criteria
 Article 3 thereof;                                               which might be applied the total weight per square
                                                                   metre is most likely to achieve the desired purpose ;
                                                                  whereas a total weight limit of 3 000 g per square
 Whereas the Common Customs Tariff annexed to                     metre can reasonably be used ;
 Council Regulation (EEC) No 950/682 of 28 June
 1968 , as last amended by Council Regulation (EEC)               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 No 765/703 of 27 April 1970, comprises under                      are in accordance with the Opinion of the Committee
 sub-heading No 48.07 C paper and paperboard                      on the Common Customs Tariff, Nomenclature ;
 tarred, bituminised, asphalted, reinforced or not,
 whether or not coated with sand or similar products,
 in rolls or sheets, under sub-heading No 48.15 B
 other paper and paperboard, cut to size or shape,                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 other, and under heading No 68.08 articles of asphalt
 or of similar material (for example, of petroleum
 bitumen or coal tar pitch);                                                                Article 1
                                                                  Covering materials (for roofs, in particular) in rolls
Whereas provision must be made to ensure uniform                  or in the form of plates or sheets, whether or not cut
 application of the nomenclature of the Common                    to size or shape in a special manner ( such as shingles
 Customs Tariff with a view to classification of                 or shingle-board), consisting of a base of paper or
covering materials (for roofs, in particular) in rolls or        roofing felt, impregnated and covered on both sides
in the form of plates or sheets, whether or not cut to           with tar, bitumen, asphalt or similar products,
size or shape in a special manner (such as shingles or           whether or not coated with mineral substances (sand,
shingle-board), consisting of a base of paper or                 slate debris, stones, etc), shall in the Common
roofing felt, impregnated and covered on both sides              Customs Tariff be classified
                                                                  ( a) if their weight exceeds 3 000 g per square metre
                                                                       — under heading No 68.08 :
1 OJ No L 14, 21.1.1969, p. 1 .                                             Articles of asphalt or of similar material (for
2 OJ No L 172, 22.7.1968, p. 1 .                                            example, of petroleum bitumen or coal tar
3 OJ No L 95 , 29.4.1 970, p. 1 .                                           pitch)
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(b) if their weight does not exceed 3 000 g per square               or if excluded from No 48.07 by note 4 to
    metre                                                            Chapter 48
                                                                     — under sub-heading 48.15 :
    — under sub-heading No 48.07 :
                                                                        other paper and paperboard, cut to size or
         Paper and paperboard, impregnated, coated,                     shape :
         surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed                 B. Other
         (not being merely ruled, lined or squared and
         not constituting printed matter within
         Chapter 49 ) in rolls or sheets :                                            Article 2
         C. Tarred, bituminised, asphalted, reinforced          This Regulation shall enter into force on the eighth
             or not, whether or not coated with sand            day following its publication in the Official Journal
             or similar products                                of the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 26 June 1970.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                                     The President
                                                                                        Jean REY