31985R0210

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 210/85

of 25 January 1985

classifying goods in subheading 21.07 G I d) 1 of the Common Customs Tariff

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having 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 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2055/84 (2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas, in order to ensure that the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature is applied uniformly, measures must be taken concerning the classification of the following products put up for sale by retail:

(a) pills having the following composition (per pill):

1.2.3 // - vitamin A // 2 000 // UI // - vitamin C // 60 // mg // - vitamin D // 200 // IU // - vitamin E // 12 // IU // - vitamin B1 // 1,1 // mg // - vitamin B2 // 1,2 // mg // - vitamin B6 // 2 // mg // - niacinamide // 13 // mg // - calcium pentothenate // 4,3 // mg // - vitamin B12 // 3 // mcg // - folic acid // 50 // mcg // - biotin // 100 // mcg // - iron // 10 // mg // - zinc // 7,5 // mg // - manganese // 2 // mg // - copper // 1 // mg // - molybdenum // 150 // mcg // - iodine // 75 // mcg // - selenium // 50 // mcg // - chromium // 50 // mcg // - sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) // 33 // % // - water approximately // 7 // %;

(b) effervescent pills having the following composition (per pill):

1.2.3 // - vitamin B1 // 1,1 // mg // - vitamin B2 // 1,5 // mg // - vitamin B6 // 1,4 // mg // - vitamin B12 // 5 // mcg // - vitamin C // 75 // mg // - vitamin E // 7 // mg // - niacinamide // 11 // mg // - calcium pentothenate // 10 // mg // - sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) // 48 // % // - effervescent salts, orange flavouring and saccharin; // //

Whereas heading No 30.03 of the Common Customs Tariff annexed to Council Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3400/84 (4), relates in particular to medicaments;

Whereas heading No 21.07 relates to food preparations not elsewhere specified or included;

Whereas the products in question do not comply with the provisions of note 1 to Chapter 30 and therefore cannot be regarded as medicaments of heading No 30.03;

Whereas they have the characteristics of food supplement containing vitamins and mineral salts and intended to keep the body in good health and should be regarded as food preparations; whereas in absence of a more specific heading, they should be classified in heading No 21.07; whereas, within that heading, subheading 21.07 G I d) 1 is the most appropriate;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Common Customs Tariff Nomenclature,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The following products for sale by retail:

(a) pills having the following composition (per pill):

1.2.3 // - vitamin A // 2 000 // UI // - vitamin C // 60 320, 10. 12. 1984, p. 1.

// - vitamin E // 12 // IU // - vitamin B1 // 1,1 // mg // - vitamin B2 // 1,2 // mg // - vitamin B6 // 2 // mg // - niacinamide // 13 // mg // - calcium pentothenate // 4,3 // mg // - vitamin B12 // 3 // mcg // - folic acid // 50 // mcg // - biotin // 100 // mcg // - iron // 10 // mg // - zinc // 7,5 // mg // - manganese // 2 // mg // - copper // 1 // mg // - molybdenum // 150 // mcg // - iodine // 75 // mcg // - selenium // 50 // mcg // - chromium // 50 // mcg // - sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) // 33 // % // - water approximately // 7 // %;

(b) effervescent pills having the following composition (per pill):

1.2.3 // - vitamin B1 // 1,1 // mg // - vitamin B2 // 1,5 // mg // - vitamin B6 // 1,4 // mg // - vitamin B12 // 5 // mcg // - vitamin C // 75 // mg // - vitamin E // 7 // mg // - niacinamide // 11 // mg // - calcium pentothenate // 10 // mg // - sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) // 48 // % // - effervescent salts, orange flavouring and saccharin; // //

shall be classified in the Common Customs Tariff under subheading

21.07 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included:

G. Other:

I. Containing no milk fats or containing less than 1,5 % weight of such fats:

(d) containing 30 % or more but less than 50 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose):

1. Containing no starch or containing less than 5 % by weight of starch.

Article 2

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, 25 January 1985.

For the Commission

COCKFIELD

Member of the Commission // mg // - vitamin D // 200 // IU

(1) OJ No L 14, 21. 1. 1969, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 191, 19. 7. 1984, p. 1. (3) OJ No L 172, 22. 7. 1968, p. 1. (4) OJ No L