Reference for a preliminary ruling — Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 — Customs union and Common Customs Tariff — Combined Nomenclature — Heading 8543 70 — Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in Chapter 85 of the Combined Nomenclature — Subheadings 8543 70 10 and 8543 70 90 — Reading devices for electronic books with translation or dictionary functions
Summary and operative part
On those grounds, the Court (Seventh Chamber) hereby rules: The Combined Nomenclature in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 861/2010 of 5 October 2010, must be interpreted as meaning that a reading device for electronic books which has a translation or dictionary function must, where that function is not its principal function, that being a matter for the national court to ascertain, be classified under subheading 8543 70 90 and not under subheading 8543 70 10. [Signatures] ( *1 ) Language of the case: German.
Keywords
Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87Customs union and Common Customs TariffCombined NomenclatureHeading 8543 70Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in Chapter 85 of the Combined NomenclatureSubheadings 8543 70 10 and 8543 70 90