THE PRODUCT IS AN ALCOHOLIC GINGER BEER WITH AN ALCOHOL LEVEL OF 4% ABV. IT HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND FORMULATED TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF 51% OF ITS ALCOHOL DERIVED FROM FERMENTATION AND MAXIMUM OF 49% FROM SPIRIT. IN REALITY THE PROPORTIONS ARE 51% FROM FERMENTATION AND 49% FROM DISTILLED SPIRIT. THE MANUFACTURING OF THE LIQUID CONSISTS OF THE ASSEMBLY AND BLENDING OF THE ABOVE COMPONENTS TO A CONTROLLED RECIPE IN A BLENDING TANK. THE MIXED PRODUCT IS THEN CHILLED AND CARBONATED TO AN EXCESS PRESSURE OF NOT MORE THAN 2.8 BAR AND FILLED INTO 330ML GLASS BOTTLES, CLOSED WITH A CROWN CLOSURE.

CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:- GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIRs) GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 2206 - OTHER FERMENTED BEVERAGES (FOR EXAMPLE, CIDER, PERRY, MEAD, SAKÉ); MIXTURES OF FERMENTED BEVERAGES AND MIXTURES OF FERMENTED BEVERAGES AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED GIR 5B HAS BEEN USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF PACKAGING. CN CODE 22060059- STILL, IN CONTAINERS HOLDING 2 LITRES OR LESS, OTHER THAN CIDER OR PERRY ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ADDITIONAL NOTE 10 TO CHAPTER 22 COMBINED NOMENCLATURE EXPLANATORY NOTES (CNENs) ECJ CASE C-150/08 (SIEBRAND BV)