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Neckermann Versand AG v Hauptzollamt Frankfurt/Main-Ost (C-395/93)
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Neckermann Versand AG v Hauptzollamt Frankfurt/Main-Ost (C-395/93)

law://eu/cjeu/1993/c-395-93/para_8@2026-11-13

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Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · First Chamber
Case: C-395/93 · ECLI:EU:C:1994:318
Decided: 9 Aug 1994
Procedure: Preliminary reference
Applicant: Neckermann Versand AG
Defendant: Hauptzollamt Frankfurt am Main-Ost
Rapporteur: G. C. Rodríguez Iglesias
Advocate General: F. G. Jacobs
Bench: 2 judges
R. Joliet, G. C. Rodríguez Iglesias
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 61993CJ0395

Topics

Customs Union and Common Customs Tariff

Connections

Interprets 1: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
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Cites 7: Paul F. Weber (in liquidation) v Milchwerke Paderborn-Rimbeck eG (40/88); Erika Daiber v Hauptzollamt Reutlingen (200/84); Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3174/88 of 21 September 1988 amending Annex 1 to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff; Commission Regulation (EEC) No 893/93 of 13 April 1993 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature; Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1176/91 of 6 May 1991 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature; Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1911/92 of 9 July 1992 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature; Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff

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9 Aug 1994Reading

Judgment of 9 Aug 1994

8If that objective characteristic can be established at the time of customs clearance, the fact that it may also be possible to envisage another use for the garments will not preclude them from being classified for legal purposes as pyjamas.

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