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Commission Regulation (EEC) No 731/93 of 26 March 1993 concerning the classification of certain goods in the combined nomenclature

EU Regulation No 731/1993 · Adopted 26 March 1993 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Commission Regulation (EEC) No 731/93

of 26 March 1993

concerning the classification of certain goods in the combined nomenclature

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87f1 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 558/93f2, and in particular Article 9,

Whereas in order to ensure uniform application of the combined nomenclature annexed to the said Regulation, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the classification of the goods referred to in the Annex to this Regulation;

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has set down the general rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature and these rules also apply to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivisions to it and which is established by specific Community provisions, with a view to the application of tariff or other measures relating to trade in goods;

Whereas, pursuant to the said general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table annexed to the present Regulation must be classified under the appropriate CN code indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the nomenclature Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1.

f2

OJ No L 58, 11. 3. 1993, p. 50.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Annex Annex

1

The goods described in column 1 of the annexed table are now classified within the combined nomenclature under the appropriate CN code indicated in column 2 of the said table.

2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st day after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Signature

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

DescriptionClassification CN codeReason
(1)(2)(3)
Annelida (Polychaetes), commonly known as segmented worms, found in marine shoreline habitats X1and sometimes known as ‘marine worms’, generally used as fishing bait F10106 90 00

The classification is determined by the provisions of general rules 1 and 6 on the interpretation of the combined nomenclature and by the wording of CN codes 0106, 0106 00 and 0106 90 00

These animals are not considered to be aquatic invertebrates within the meaning of F2CN code 0307 or 0308