Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1977 of 26 October 2017 repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 876/2014 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1977of 26 October 2017repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 876/2014 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined NomenclatureTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs CodeOJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1., and in particular Articles 57(4) and 58(2) thereof,Whereas:(1)By Implementing Regulation (EU) No 876/2014Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 876/2014 of 8 August 2014 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature (OJ L 240, 13.8.2014, p. 12)., the Commission classified a portable battery-operated apparatus for capturing and recording still and video images under CN code 85258099 as other video camera recorders.(2)In its judgment in Joined Cases C-435/15 and C-666/15Judgment of the Court of Justice of 22 March 2017, GROFA and others, C-435/15 and C-666/15, ECLI:EU:C:2017:232., the Court of Justice ruled that Implementing Regulation (EU) No 876/2014 is invalid.(3)For reasons of legal certainty, provisions which have been declared invalid by the Court of Justice should be formally removed from the legal order of the Union.(4)Implementing Regulation (EU) No 876/2014 should therefore be repealed.(5)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: