In the Official Journal of the European Union L 179 of 10.7.2009 are published the (EC) Regulations n. 598/2009 e 599/2009 imposing, respectively, definitive countervailing and anti-dumping duties on imports of biodiesel originating in the United States of America and collecting definitively the provisional (countervailing and anti-dumping) duties established last March with the Regulations (EC) n. 193/2009 and 194/2009. The amount of the countervailing duties ranges between 29,1 % and 41,1 % for each tonne of product, while the amount of the anti-dumping duties range between 68,6 % and 172,2 % per tonne net.

Fermented alcohol-based beverages corresponding originally to heading 2206 of the Combined Nomenclature 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 (EEC) No 2587/91 of 26 July 1991), must be classified under heading 2208 of the Combined Nomenclature (‘Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80% vol; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages …"), rather then under heading 2208, when a certain proportion of distilled alcohol, water, sugar syrup, aromas, colourings and, in some cases, a cream base have been added to them, so that the result is a loss of the taste, smell and/or appearance of a beverage produced from a particular fruit or natural product.

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