
Article 1 
The goods described in column 1 of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column 2 of that table.
Article 2 
Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States, which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of three months under Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following 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, 27 July 2007.
For the Commission
Danuta HÜBNER
Member of the Commission
ANNEX

Description of the goods Classification(CN code) Reasons
(1) (2) (3)
Product consisting of the cut, fermented and dried leaves and plant tips of the rooibos plant (Aspalathus linearis), also known as ‘Red Bush’.After harvesting, the green leaves and plant tips are cut into pieces of 2 to 5 mm in length. These are then bruised, fermented and dried.The product is mainly used to prepare infusions. 1212 99 70 Classification is determined by General Rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, and by the wording of CN codes 1212, 1212 99 and 1212 99 70.Classification in heading 1211 is excluded as the product is not used primarily for the purposes mentioned in the wording of this heading (‘… of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes’).Consequently, the product has to be classified as another vegetable product of a kind used primarily for human consumption, not elsewhere specified or included, of heading 1212.