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( 1 ) OJ NO L 14 , 21 . 1 . 1969 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 40 , 11 . 2 . 1977 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 172 , 22 . 7 . 1968 , P . 1 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 315 , 24 . 11 . 1980 , P . 1 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 300/81

OF 29 JANUARY 1981

CLASSIFYING A CERTAIN PRODUCT UNDER SUBHEADING 04.02 A II OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 97/69 OF 16 JANUARY 1969 ON MEASURES TO BE TAKEN FOR UNIFORM APPLICATION OF THE NOMENCLATURE OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 280/77 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 3 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO ENSURE UNIFORM APPLICATION OF THE NOMENCLATURE OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF , PROVISION MUST BE MADE FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF A PRODUCT IN POWDER FORM , OBTAINED FROM SKIMMED MILK BY THE PARTIAL ELIMINATION OF LACTOSE AND MINERAL SALTS , FOR EXAMPLE BY MEANS OF ULTRAFILTRATION , HAVING THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGE COMPOSITION :

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DRY MATTER // MILK FAT // ASH // LACTOSE // PROTEINS ( 1 ) ( N BY 6.38 ) //

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96 % // 2 % // 5 % // 4-9 % // 80-85 % //

( 1 ) CASEIN AND LACTALBUMEN IN A PROPORTION OF 80 : 20 , RESPECTIVELY .

WHEREAS THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ANNEXED TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 950/68 ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3000/80 ( 4 ), PROVIDES FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF MILK AND CREAM , IN POWDER OR GRANULES , UNDER SUBHEADING 04.02 A II ;

WHEREAS THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , ALTHOUGH THE PROPORTIONS OF NATURAL MILK CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN ALTERED , RETAIN THE CHARACTER OF A PRODUCT OF HEADING NO 04.02 ;

WHEREAS THE RELEVANT SUBHEADING WITHIN HEADING NO 04.02 IS SUBHEADING 04.02 A II ;

WHEREAS THE PROVISIONS OF THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF NOMENCLATURE ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE PRODUCT IN POWDER FORM , OBTAINED FROM SKIMMED MILK BY THE PARTIAL ELIMINATION OF LACTOSE AND MINERAL SALTS , FOR EXAMPLE , BY MEANS OF ULTRAFILTRATION , HAVING THE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGE COMPOSITION :

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DRY MATTER // MILK FAT // ASH // LACTOSE // PROTEINS ( 1 ) ( N BY 6.38 ) //

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96 % // 2 % // 5 % // 4-9 % // 80-85 % //

( 1 ) CASEIN AND LACTALBUMEN IN A PROPORTION OF 80 : 20 , RESPECTIVELY .

SHALL BE CLASSIFIED WITHIN THE FOLLOWING SUBHEADING OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF :

04.02 MILK AND CREAM , PRESERVED , CONCENTRATED OR SWEETENED :

A . NOT CONTAINING ADDED SUGAR :

II . MILK AND CREAM , IN POWDER OR GRANULES .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE 21ST DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 29 JANUARY 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

KARL-HEINZ NARJES

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION