C-344/88
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WITTMANN
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (First Chamber) 28 March 1990 *
In Case C-344/88
REFERENCE to the Court under Article 177 of the EEC Treaty by the Finanz gericht München (Finance Court, Munich), Federal Republic of Germany, for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between
Erich Wittmann GmbH & Co. KG
and
Hauptzollamt Niirnberg-Fiirth (Principal Customs Office, Nuremberg-Fiirth),
on the interpretation of tariff subheading 84.59 E (machines and mechanical appliances), Heading 82.04 (other hand tools), Heading 90.17 (medical instruments and appliances), and tariff subheadings 71.16 A (imitation jewellery) and 73.31 B (nails, tacks, spiked cramps) in the Annex to Council Regulation No 3000/79 of 30 December 1979 amending Regulation No 2800/78 amending Regu lation No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (Official Journal 1979, L 342, P· 1),
THE COURT (First Chamber)
composed of: Sir Gordon Slynn, President of Chamber, R. Joliét and G. C. Rodriguez Iglesias, Judges,
(the grounds of the judgment are not reproduced)
Language of the case German.
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JUDGMENT OF 28. 3. 1990 —CASE C-344/88
in answer to the questions referred to it by the Finanzgericht München, by order of 27 June 1988, rules as follows:
(1) Subheading 71.16 A of the Common Customs Tariff must be interpreted as including, even before the entry into force of Commission Regulation No 3558/81 of 8 December 1981 on the classification of goods falling within subheading 76.16 A of the Common Customs Tariff, stud earrings of the kind referred to in that regulation.
(2) Subheading 84.59 E II of the Common Customs Tariff must be interpreted as including ear-piercing instruments.
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