Introductory text

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff^f1, and in particular Articles 9 and 12 thereof,

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 established a goods nomenclature, hereinafter called the ‘combined nomenclature’, to meet, at one and the same time, the requirements both of the Common Customs Tariff and of the external trade statistics of the Community;

Whereas Regulation (EC) No 3115/94 of 20 December 1994 amending Annexes I and II to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 which entered into force on 1 January 1995 took into account:

• changes in requirements relating to statistics and commercial policy, in particular by virtue of Council Decision 94/800/EC of 22 December 1994 concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Community, as regards matters within its competence, of the agreements reached in the Uruguay Round multilateral negotiations (1986-1994)^f2 and Council Regulation (EC) No 3231/94 of 22 December 1994 concerning certain measures resulting from the conclusion of negotiations under Article XXIV:6 and other measures necessary for simplification purposes^f3,

• the need to align or clarify texts;

Whereas it is necessary to implement, with effect from 1 July 1995, certain tariff measures, in particular for agricultural products as defined within the framework of the Uruguay Round multilateral negotiations;

Whereas it is appropriate for the Commission to adopt by means of a regulation to apply from 1 July 1995, a complete version of the combined nomenclature together with the corresponding autonomous and conventional rates of duty of the Common Customs Tariff, as it results from Decision 94/800/EC and Regulation (EC) No 3231/94 as well as other measures adopted by the Council or by the Commission^f4;

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 802/80^f5, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2723/90^f6, classified certain products as butter under subheading 0405 00 10 of te combined nomenclature; whereas this classification is no longer in line with the new structure of heading No 0405 of the combined nomenclature annexed to this Regulation; whereas Regulation (EEC) No 802/80 should therefore be repealed;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Tariff and Statistical Nomenclature Section of the Customs Code Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: