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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 200/82

of 27 January 1982

on the classification of goods falling within subheading 23.07 C 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 the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas, in order to ensure uniform application of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff, provisions must be laid down concerning the tariff classification of a premix consisting of oxytetracycline hydrochloride (INNM) (20 % by weight calculated on the dry product) on a base of calcium carbonate, used in the preparation of supplementary animal feedingstuffs;

Whereas heading No 23.07 of the Common Customs Tariff annexed to Council Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3300/81 (3), refers to preparations of a kind used in animal feeding;

Whereas the premix in question, although containing an active substance of a medicinal nature, is not prepared to be used as a veterinary medicament; whereas it has the characteristics of a product of a kind used in the preparation of animal feedingstuffs falling within heading No 23.07 (see also the Explanatory Notes to the CCC nomenclature, heading No 23.07, item II c)); whereas, within heading No 23.07, subheading 23.07 C should be chosen for such a product;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Common Customs Tariff Nomenclature,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The premix consisting of oxytetracycline hydrochloride (INNM) (20 % by weight calculated on the dry product) on a base of calcium carbonate shall be classified in the Common Customs Tariff under subheading:

23.07 Sweetened forage; other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding:

C. Other

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, 27 January 1982.

For the Commission

Karl-Heinz NARJES

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 14 21. 1. 1969, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 172, 22. 7. 1968, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 335, 23. 11. 1981, p. 1.

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 200/82 of 27 January 1982 on the classification of goods falling within subheading 23.07 C of the Common Customs Tariff

Modified by

Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/1999 of 27 April 1999 amending or repealing certain regulations on the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature