Objeto
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Customs union – Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 – Tariff classification – Common Customs Tariff – Combined Nomenclature – Classification under subheading 9018 90 84 – Tourniquets – Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 – Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 – Second sentence of Article 252 – Validity
Resumen y fallo
On those grounds, the Court (Sixth Chamber) hereby rules: Subheading 90189084 of 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 Council Regulation (EC) No 254/2000 of 31 January 2000, in the versions resulting, successively, from Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1821 of 6 October 2016, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1925 of 12 October 2017 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1602 of 11 October 2018, must be interpreted as meaning that it does not cover tourniquets in the form of elastic straps fitted with a clip closure and a sliding buckle, intended to be placed on the arm of a patient to compress his or her veins in order to block the patient’s blood circulation. [Signatures] ( *1 ) Language of the case: German.