CELEX: C2006/224/34
Language: en
Date: 2006-09-16 00:00:00
Title: Case C-209/06: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 8 May 2006 — Canon Deutschland GmbH v Hauptzollamt Krefeld

16.9.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 224/19
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Finanzgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 8 May 2006 — Canon Deutschland GmbH v Hauptzollamt Krefeld
   (Case C-209/06)
   (2006/C 224/34)
   Language of the case: German
   Referring court
   Finanzgericht Düsseldorf
   Parties to the main proceedings
   
      Applicant: Canon Deutschland GmbH
   
      Defendant: Hauptzollamt Krefeld
   Question referred
   Should a camcorder, which at the time of importation is unable to record video signals from an external source, be classified under subheading 8525 4099 of the Combined Nomenclature, if its video interface can subsequently be reconfigured as a video input by using certain software, even though the manufacturer and the seller neither have mentioned nor support this possibility? (1)
   
   
      (1)  Interpretation of Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and of the Common Customs Tariff (OJ 1987 L 256, p. 1).