Commission Regulation (EC) No 964/1999 of 6 May 1999 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature
L 119/28 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 7. 5. 1999 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 964/1999 of 6 May 1999 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/ 87 (1) on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as last amended by Commis- sion Regulation (EC) No 861/1999 (2), 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 classi- fication 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 those rules also apply to any other nomenclature which is wholly or partly based on it or which adds any additional subdivision to it and which is established by specific Community provisions, with a tariff and other measures view to the application of 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 unter the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2, by virtue of the reasons set out in column 3; Whereas it is acceptance that binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States in respect of the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature and which do not conform to the rights established by this Regulation, can continue to be invoked, under the provisions in Article 12(6) of Council the Regulation Community Customs Code (3), three months by the holder; establishing for a period of (EEC) No 2913/92 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Tariff and Statist- ical Nomenclature Section of the Customs Code Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The goods described in column 1 of the annexed table are now classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the appropriate CN codes indicated in column 2 of the said table. Article 2 Binding tariff information issued by the customs authori- ties of Member States which do not conform to the rights established by this Regulation can continue to be invoked under the provisions of Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 for a period of three months. Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 6 May 1999. For the Commission Mario MONTI Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1. (2) OJ L 108, 27. 4. 1999, p. 11. (3) OJ L 302, 19. 10. 1992, p. 1. 7. 5. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 119/29 Description of goods (1) 1. An optoelectronic transmitter capable of converting radio frequency (RF) signals into optical signals. The apparatus also transmits these optical signals through a fibre optic cable trunk system by means of a laser using carrier- current is located in the transmission technology. It network of a cable TV system 2. An optoelectronic receiver capable of converting optical signals into radio frequency (RF) signals after transmis- sion by means of carrier-current technology through a fibre optic cable trunk system. It is located in the trans- mission network of a cable TV system. The RF output is used to serve several trunk lines in the local fibre service area ANNEX Classification (CN) code (2) 8517 50 10 Reason (3) Classification is determined by the provisions of General Rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature and the wording of CN codes 8517, 8517 50 and 8517 50 10 (see also the Explanatory Notes of the Harmonized System to heading 8517, III) 8517 50 10 Classification is determined by the provisions of General Rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature and the wording of CN codes 8517, 8517 50 and 8517 50 10 (see also the Explanatory Notes of the Harmonized System to heading 8517, III)