Commission Regulation (EC) No 1966/2003 of 7 November 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 834/95 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature

• CELEX: Regulation (EC) No 1966/2003
• Articles: 2

Article 1

In Column 3 (reasons) of the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 834/95 the following paragraph is added.

"Classification of the article in heading 9021 as orthopaedic appliance is excluded, because the hinges are not adjustable to a specific handicap of a patient. Moreover, the article does not show a high degree of precision.

Therefore, the article is an ordinary support for general use and it does not serve a specific medical purpose.

The adjustment of the article around the leg by two 'velcro-type' strips, does not serve any specific medical purpose, because the 'velcro-type' strips merely hold the knee-pad in place."

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 November 2003.

For the Commission

Frederik Bolkestein

Member of the Commission

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

(2) OJ L 281, 30.10.2003, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 84, 14.4.1995, p. 1.

(4) Judgment of the Court of Justice of 7 November 2002 in joined cases C-260/00 - C-263/00, Lohmann GmbH & Co. KG and Medi Bayreuth Weihermüller & Voigtmann GmbH & Co. KG v. Oberfinanzdirektion Koblenz (not yet published in the ECR).