Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 18 July 2007 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Østre Landsret, Denmark) — Olicom A/S v Skatteministeriet

(Case C-142/06) (1)

(Common Customs Tariff - Tariff headings - Classification in the combined nomenclature - Automatic data processing machines - Combined network/modem cards - Definition of ‘specific function’)

(2007/C 211/10)

Language of the case: Danish

Referring court

Østre Landsret

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Olicom A/S

Defendant: Skatteministeriet

Re:

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Østre Landsret — Interpretation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ 1987 L 256, p. 1), as amended by Commission Regulation No 3009/95 of 22 December 1995 (OJ L 1995 L 319, p. 1) — Headings 8471 (automatic data-processing machines) and 8517 (telecommunication apparatus) — Network cards with double function, access to local area network and the Internet — Specific function

Operative part of the judgment

Combined cards designed to be inserted into portable computers must, after 1 January 1996, be classified as data-processing machines under heading 8471 of the Combined Nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff, contained in 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 3009/95 of 22 December 1995.

(1)  OJ C 143, 17.6.2006.