COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/663of 26 April 2016 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature- "Official Journal of the European Union", No L 115/16 of 29.4.2016 - |
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
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), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
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(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p.
1.
Whereas:
(1) In order to ensure uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation.
(2) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has laid down the general rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature. Those rules apply also to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific provisions of the Union, with a view to the application of tariff and other measures relating to trade in goods.
(3) Pursuant to those general rules, the goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex should be classified under the CN code indicated in column (2), by virtue of the reasons set out in column (3) of that table.
(4) It is appropriate to provide that binding tariff information issued in respect of the goods concerned by this Regulation which does not conform to this Regulation may, for a certain period, continue to be invoked by the holder in accordance with Article 12(6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92(2). That period should be set at three months.
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(2) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92
of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (OJ L 302, 19.10.1992,
p. 1).
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column (2) of that table.
Article 2
Binding tariff information which does not conform to this Regulation may continue to be invoked in accordance with Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 for a period of three months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 April 2016.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Stephen QUEST
Director-General for Taxation and Customs Union
ANNEX
Description of the goods |
Classification (CN-code) |
Reasons |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
An electronic machine functioning
as an audio interface or a sound mixer (so-called "mixer-converter
analogue/digital pre-amplifier device"), with dimensions of approximately
48 x 18 x 9 cm. It consists of sound and effects processors, an analogue-to-digital
and digital-to-analogue converter and a microphone amplifier, in a housing
with operating and display elements and various analogue, optical and
digital inputs and outputs as well as FireWire ports. |
8543 70 90 |
Classification is determined by general
rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, note
5(E) to Chapter 84 and by the wording of CN codes 8543, 8543 70 and 8543
70 90. |