10It is settled case-law that, in the interests of legal certainty and ease of verification, the decisive criterion for the classification of goods for customs purposes is in general to be sought in their objective characteristics and properties as defined in the wording of the relevant heading of the Common Customs Tariff and of the notes to the sections or chapters (Case 145/81 Hauptzoüamt Hamburg-Jonas v Wünsche [1982] ECR2493, paragraph 12; Case 40/88 Weber v Milchwerke Paderbom-Rimbeck [1989] ECR 1395, paragraph 13; and Case C-395/93 Neckermann Versand v Hauptzollamt Frankfurt am Main-Ost [1994] ECR I-4027, paragraph 5).
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