17.12.2011
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 370/15
Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 27 October 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank van eerste aanleg te Antwerpen (Belgium)) — Deli Ostrich NV v Belgische Staat
(Case C-559/10) (1)
(Common Customs Tariff - Combined Nomenclature - Tariff classification - Frozen camel meat not from farm-raised animals - Classification under subheading 0208 90 40 (other game meat) or 0208 90 95 (other))
2011/C 370/24
Language of the case: Dutch
Referring court
Rechtbank van eerste aanleg te Antwerpen
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Deli Ostrich NV
Defendant: Belgische Staat
Re:
Reference for a preliminary ruling — Rechtbank van eerste aanleg te Antwerpen — Common Customs Tariff — Tariff headings — Camel meat not from farm-raised animals — Classification under subheading 0208 90 40 (game) or 0208 90 95 (other)?
Operative part of the judgment
The Combined Nomenclature constituting 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 1549/2006 of 17 October 2006, must be interpreted as meaning that camel meat must be classified under subheading 0208 90 40 as ‘other game meat’ if the camels from which that meat comes lived in the wild and were hunted.
(1) OJ C 55, 19.2.2011.
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