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Document 52009XC1113(01)
Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities
Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities
Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities
IO C 272, 13.11.2009, p. 8–9
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
13.11.2009 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 272/8 |
Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities
2009/C 272/02
Pursuant to Article 9(1)(a), second indent, of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities (2) are amended as follows:
On page 402:
9705 00 00 Collections and collectors’ pieces of zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, historical, archaeological, palaeontological, ethnographic or numismatic interest
The existing text is replaced by the following:
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This heading includes motor vehicles which are:
However, motor vehicles are deemed not to be of historical or ethnographical interest and are excluded from this heading when the competent authorities establish that the motor vehicles are not liable to evidence a significant step in the evolution of human achievements or illustrate a period of that evolution. Such vehicles must also possess the requisite characteristics for inclusion in a collection by:
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It also includes as collectors’ pieces of historical interest:
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Articles of a kind used as parts and accessories for the above-mentioned vehicles are classified in this heading if they are collectors’ pieces themselves, whether or not they are intended to be fitted into those vehicles. Proof can be supplied by appropriate documentation, for example, reference books or specialised literature, or by opinions from recognised experts. The above Explanatory Notes apply, mutatis mutandis, to motorcycles. Replicas are always excluded (generally Chapter 87).’ |
(2) OJ C 133, 30.5.2008, p. 1.