Commission Regulation (EC) No 2197/1999 of 15 October 1999 amending Regulations (EEC) No 548/89 and (EEC) No 812/89 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature

• CELEX: Regulation (EC) No 2197/1999
• Articles: 2

Article 1

In column 3 (reason) the second paragraph of points 1, 2 and 3 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 548/89, and the second paragraph of points 1, 2 and 3 of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 812/89 are replaced by the following paragraph:

"Classification as a nightdress is excluded, because the garment in question, by reason of its objective characteristics, may be worn equally in bed and elsewhere and, therefore, is not intended to be worn exclusively or essentially as night-wear."

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 15 October 1999.

For the Commission

Frederik BOLKESTEIN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 224, 25.8.1999, p. 5.

(3) OJ L 60, 3.3.1989, p. 31.

(4) OJ L 86, 31.3.1989, p. 25.

(5) Wiener S.I. GmbH v. Hauptzollamt Emmerich, [1997] ECR I-6495.