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Ref : EIC 230/3
30 January 2013
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 109/2013
European Union (EU) * : Classification of Certain Goods in the Combined Nomenclature (CN)
The European Commission (the Commission) has adopted two Regulations concerning the classification of certain goods in its commodity classification system, the Combined Nomenclature (CN). The Regulations stipulate the CN classification of digital media receivers, digital audio streamers and denatured ethyl alcohols to ensure uniform application of the CN by Member States' customs authorities. Details are set out in the Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) No 69/2013 and 70/2013 respectively, which can be accessed through the following links:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:026:0001:0004:EN:PDF
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:026:0005:0006:EN:PDF
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2.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Anita WONG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
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