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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1981-3149/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/1981/3149",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3149/81 of 30 October 1981 on the classification of goods within subheading 38.19 T of the Common Customs Tariff",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1981-3149",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3149/81\nof 30 October 1981\non the classification of goods within subheading 38.19 T of the Common Customs Tariff\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,\nHaving 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, as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 3 thereof,\nWhereas, 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 product consisting of D-glucitol (sorbitol) containing one part per thousand added 1,2-Benzisothiazol-3-one 1,1-dioxide (saccharin);\nWhereas subheading 38.19 T of the Common Customs Tariff annexed to Council Regulation (EEC) No 950/68, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3002/81, refers to D-glucitol (sorbitol) other than that falling within subheading 29.04 C III;\nWhereas the provisions of Note 1 (a) to Chapter 29 prescribe that the headings of that Chapter are to be taken to apply only to separate chemically defined organic compounds; whereas the addition of one part per thousand l,2-Benzisothiazol-3-one 1,1-dioxide (saccharin) makes it impossible for the product in question any longer to be considered as a separate compound;\nWhereas in the absence of a more specific heading this product must be classified in heading No 38.19 as a chemical product not elsewhere specified or included; whereas, within heading No 38.19, subheading 38.19 T should be chosen for the product in question;\nWhereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Common Customs Tariff Nomenclature,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No L 14, 21. 1. 1969, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No L 172, 22. 7. 1968, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No L 301, 22. 10. 1981, p. 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}