Commission Regulation (EC) No 2509/97 of 15 December 1997 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2509/97 of 15 December 1997 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2308/97 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas in Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1359/95 (3), the distinction between products falling within CN code 2106 and CN code 2208 10 00 was laid down by the alcoholic strength by volume of 0,5 % vol;
Whereas by the change of the Harmonized System on 1 January 1996, the 'compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages` are moved from heading 2208 to heading 2106 and 3302 respectively;
Whereas it seems to be necessary to reintroduce the distinction between 'compound alcoholic preparations, other than those based on odoriferous substances of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages of CN code 2106 90 20` having a alcoholic strength by volume of more than 0,5 % vol and those preparations having an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 0,5 % vol;
Whereas the provisions of this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee, Tariff and Statistical Nomenclature Section,