Introductory text

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 of 16 November 2009 setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty^f1, and in particular Article 53(1)(b) thereof,

Whereas:

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 80/2012^f2 sets out the list of biological or chemical substances provided for in Article 53(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009.

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 80/2012 should be amended in order to include in the list two substances for which there is at present no equivalent production within the customs territory of the Union.

Moreover, it is no longer necessary to maintain in the list a substance which is currently listed in Annex 3 to Part Three of 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^f3 concerning the pharmaceutical substances which are free of duty.

Implementing Regulation (EU) No 80/2012 should therefore be amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: