TEA CUSTOMS CASE
March 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that a drink preparation may be officially traded as tea in the European Union (EU), even when tea makes up a tiny proportion of its ingredients. In a case involving Germany's Krings GmbH, judges said EU tariff rules do not insist that 'tea' must taste distinctively of tea, only a 'mild' tea taste.
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that a drink preparation may be officially traded as tea in the European Union (EU), even when tea makes up a tiny proportion of its ingredients. In a case involving Germany's Krings GmbH, judges said EU tariff rules do not insist that 'tea' must taste distinctively of tea, only a 'mild' tea taste.
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