{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1982-3402/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/1982/3402",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3402/82 of 17 December 1982 on the classification of goods under subheading 38.19 X of the Common Customs Tariff",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1982-3402",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3402/82\nof 17 December 1982\non the classification of goods under subheading 38.19 X 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 the 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 to ensure uniform application of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff, provision should be made for the tariff classification of a base preparation for chewing gum, in the form of cylindrical pieces consisting (by weight) of 34 % butyl rubber, 15 % polyethylene, 13 % poly(vinyl acetate), 28 % vegetable resin and 10 % calcium carbonate;\nWhereas heading No 38.19 of the Common Customs Tariff, annexed to Council Regulation (EEC) No 950/68, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3000/82 includes inter alia preparations of the chemical and allied industries not elsewhere specified or included;\nWhereas the product in question has the characteristics of a preparation of the chemical or allied industries;\nWhereas, in the absence of a more specific heading, it must be classified in heading No 38.19; whereas, within that heading, subheading 38.19 X is appropriate;\nWhereas the provisions of 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 318, 15. 11. 1982, p. 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1982/3402/introduction",
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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."
}