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  "legislation": "eur/1994/1966",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1966/94 of 28 July 1994 concerning the classification of certain goods in the combined nomenclature",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1994-1966",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1966/94\nof 28 July 1994\nconcerning the classification of certain goods in the combined nomenclature\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1737/94, and in particular Article 9 thereof,\nWhereas 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;\nWhereas 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;\nWhereas, pursuant to the said general rules, the goods described in column 1 of the table annexed to this Regulation must be classified under the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3;\nWhereas it is appropriate that, subject to the measures in force in the Community relating to double checking systems and to prior and retrospective Community surveillance of textile products on importation into the Community, binding tariff information in the matter of classification of goods in the combined nomenclature issued by the customs authorities of the Member States which do not conform to this Regulation may continue to be invoked in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 (6) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992, establishing the Community Customs Code, for a period of 60 days by the holder;\nWhereas the tariff and statistical nomenclature section of the Customs Code. Committee has not delivered an opinion with the time limit set by its chairman as regards products Nos 3, 5, 6, 7 in the annexed table;\nWhereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the tariff and statistical nomenclature section of the Customs Code Committee as regards products Nos 1, 2, 4 in the annexed table,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No L 182, 16. 7. 1994, p. 9."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No L 302, 19. 10. 1992, p. 1."
    }
  ],
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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."
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