Ved kendelse af 30. august 2000, indgået til Domstolens Justitskontor den 6. september 2000, har Bayerisches Verwaltungsgericht Regensburg i medfør af artikel 234 EF forelagt fem præjudicielle spørgsmål om gyldigheden af Kommissionens forordning (EØF) nr. 525/93 af 8. marts 1993 om fastsættelse af de endelige regionale referencebeløb for producenter af sojabønner, raps-, rybs- og solsikkefrø for produktionsåret 1992/1993.
For the purposes of the answer to be given to the national court's question, it should first be observed that it 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 C-338/95 Wiener SI [1997], paragraph 10; Case C-339/98 Peacock [2000], paragraph 9, and Case C-479/99 CBA Computer [2001], paragraph 21).