Introductory text

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87^f1 established a goods nomenclature, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Combined Nomenclature’ or ‘CN’, and set out the conventional duty rates of the Common Customs Tariff.

By Decision 2006/1894/EC^f2, the Council approved, on behalf of the Community, the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Brazil relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic in the course of accession to the European Community with a view to closing negotiations initiated pursuant to Article XXIV:6 of GATT 1994.

Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 should therefore be amended and supplemented accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: