Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of the Council of 29 October 1975 on glucose and lactose
Modified by
  • Commission Regulation (EEC) no 222/88of 22 December 1987amending certain measures on the application of the common market organization in the milk and milk products sector following the introduction of the combined nomenclature, 31988R0222, February 1, 1988
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 2931/95of 19 December 1995amending Regulations (EEC) No 804/68, (EEC) No 2730/75, (EEC) No 776/78, (EEC) No 570/88, (EEC) No 584/92, (EEC) No 2219/92, (EC) No 2883/94, (EC) No 1466/95, (EC) No 1598/95, (EC) No 1600/95 and (EC) No 1713/95 as a result of the amendment of the combined nomenclature for certain milk products, 31995R2931, December 20, 1995
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1667/2006of 7 November 2006on glucose and lactose(Codified version), 32006R1667, November 11, 2006
Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of the Councilof 29 October 1975on glucose and lactose THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof;Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;Having regard to the Opinion of the European ParliamentOpinion delivered on 16 October 1975 (not yet published in the Official Journal).;Whereas, in order to avoid technical difficulties as regards customs treatment, the Council Decision of 12 December 1964OJ No 220, 31. 12. 1964, p. 3741/64. on the introduction of some amendments to the Common Customs Tariff, provided for glucose, glucose syrup, lactose and lactose syrup to fall within one heading and for chemically pure glucose and lactose to fall within another;Whereas, however, glucose and lactose falling respectively within subheadings 17.02 B II and 17.02 A II are listed in Annex II to the Treaty and are therefore subject to the system of trade with third countries provided for under the common organization of the markets to which they belong, while chemically pure glucose and lactose not listed in Annex II to the Treaty are subject to the system of customs duties, the economic incidence of which can be appreciably different;Whereas this situation creates difficulties which are the greater in that the products in question, whatever their degree of purity, are derived from the same basic products; whereas the criterion for customs classification between those products which are and those which are not chemically pure is a 99 % degree of purity; whereas products with a slightly higher or slightly lower degree of purity may have the same economic use; whereas, therefore, the application of different systems leads to distortions of competition which are all the greater because of interchangeability;Whereas the only solution to these difficulties is to follow the Council Decision of 12 December 1964 by giving the products the same economic treatment whatever their degree of purity or, to the extent that this would appear adequate, by harmonizing the treatment given to the two groups of products;Whereas the Treaty does not specifically provide the authority needed to take such action; whereas in these circumstances the necessary measures should be taken on the basis of Article 235 of the Treaty; whereas the most appropriate measures are to extend to chemically pure glucose the treatment given to other glucose under Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75See page 1 of this Official Journal. of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals, and to extend to chemically pure lactose the treatment given to other lactose under Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68OJ No L 148, 28, 6. 1968, p. 13. of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75OJ No L 74, 22. 3. 1975, p. 1.,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1The treatment provided by Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 and by the provisions adopted for the application of this Regulation for glucose and glucose syrup falling within subheadings 17023091, 17023099 and 17024090 of the combined nomenclature shall be extended to glucose and glucose syrup falling within subheadings 17023051 and 17023059 of the combined nomenclature.
Article 2The treatment provided by Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 and by the provisions adopted for the application of this Regulation for lactose and lactose syrup falling within subheading 17021900 of the combined nomenclature shall be extended to lactose and lactose syrup falling within subheading 17021100 of the combined nomenclature.
Article 3When the treatment given to glucose and glucose syrup falling respectively within subheadings 17023091, 17023099, 17024090 and 17021900 of the combined nomenclature is amended pursuant to Article 43 of the Treaty or in accordance with procedures established for the application of that Article, such amendments shall extend as appropriate to glucose and glucose syrup or to lactose or lactose syrup falling respectively within subheadings 17023051, 17023059 and 17021100 of the combined nomenclature, unless, in accordance with the same procedures, other measures are taken for the harmonizing of the treatment applicable to these products with the treatment applicable to those already mentioned.
Article 41.Council Regulation No 189/66/EECOJ No 218, 28. 11. 1966, p. 3713/66. of 24 November 1966 on glucose and lactose, is hereby repealed.2.References to the Regulation repealed by paragraph 1 shall be construed as references to this Regulation.
Article 5This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 1975.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.