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REGULATION (EEC)No3065/75OFTHECOUNCIL
of24November 1975
amendingCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1445/72concerningthenomenclature
ofgoodsfortheexternaltradestatisticsoftheCommunityandstatisticsof
tradebetweenMemberStates(NIMEXE)
Whereasstatisticalsubdivisions introduced for
nationalpurposesshouldnotbeallowedtodivergein
awaywhichmighthindertheproperdevelopmentof
NIMEXE;whereas,therefore,thesenationalrequire­
mentsshouldbesatisfiedasfaraspossiblebymeans
ofoptionalitemsinNIMEXE :
WhereasMemberStatesshouldstillbepermittedto
collectnationaldatawheretheirrequirements aretoo
specifictobetakenaccountofinNIMEXEandwhere
measurestakentothisenddonothinderthedevelop­
mentofthelatter,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularArticle235
thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParlia­
ment(J);
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1445/72(2)of
24April1972concerningthenomenclature ofgoods
fortheexternaltradestatisticsoftheCommunityand
statisticsoftradebetweenMemberStates(NIMEXE)
stipulatesinArticle2(2)thattheCouncil,actingunan­
imouslyonaproposalfromtheCommission ,shalllay
downdetailedrulesfortheapplicationofNIMEXEby
theMemberStates;whereasamendments tocertain
provisionsoftheabovementioned Regulationshould
bemadeinfixingtheserulesinordertotakeaccount
oftheexperiencegainedsincetheentryintoforceof
theabovementioned Regulation ;
Whereasonlythroughtheapplicationinitsentirety
ofNIMEXEbytheCommunityanditsMember
StatescantheobjectivessetoutinRegulation (EEC)
No1445/72beattainedeffectivelyandwithina
reasonableperiod,providingtheimplicationsofany
changestoNIMEXEwouldbecoveredbyavailable
funds;
WhereastheapplicationinitsentiretyofNIMEXE
willassistthenegotiationswhichtheCommissionand
theMemberStatesaretoconductintheCustoms
Cooperation Counciltoestablishaharmonized
commoditydescriptionandcodingsystemforinterna­
tionaltradeandintheUnitedNationstoestablisha
nomenclature ofallgoodsandservices;Article1
Article2ofRegulation(EEC)No1445/72shallbe
replacedbythefollowing :
'Article2
1.NIMEXEshallbeusedbytheCommunity
andbytheMemberStatesforstatisticsrelatingto
theexternaltradeoftheCommunityandtotrade
betweenMemberStates.
2.UseoftheheadingsincludedinNIMEXEin
accordancewiththethirdindentofArticle5(1)is
optional.
3.MemberStatesmaycontinueuntil31
December1977tousetheirnationalnomencla­
turesforstatisticsrelatingtotheexternaltradeof
theCommunityandtotradebetweenMember
States.Inthatcasetheymust,however,ensurethat
eachheadingoftheirnationalnomenclature is
transposable intotheappropriateNIMEXE
heading.(>)OJNoC140,13.11.1974,p.68.
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4.Byderogationfromparagraphs 1,2and3,
Belgium,LuxembourgandtheNetherlandsneed
notapplyNIMEXEwhendrawingupstatisticson
theirmutualtrade.'
Article2
ThefollowingthirdindentshallbeaddedtoArticle5
(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No1445/72:
'—theinclusioninNIMEXEofstatisticalsubdivi­
sionsintroducedfornationalpurposeswhich
willatthesametimefacilitatethecorrelation
oradaptationreferredtointhesecondindent.'
Article3
Article6ofRegulation (EEC)No1445/72shallbe
replacedbythefollowing :
'Article6
1.WithoutprejudicetoArticle5,Member
Statesmaycontinuetousethestatisticalsubdivi­
sionsintroducedfornationalpurposesalreadyin
useonthedateonwhichthisRegulationenters
intoforce,andshallforwardalistthereoftothe
Commission withinthreemonthsofthedate.
2.EachMemberStatemayamendordeletethe
statisticalsubdivisionreferredtoinparagraph 1or
adoptfurthersubdivisionsfornationalpurposes
provideditinformstheCommission thereof
withinnotlessthanonemonthbeforetheentry
intoforceoftheproposedmeasure.
3.ShouldtheCommissionenvisageincluding
inNIMEXE,thestatisticalsubdivisionsreferredto
inparagraphs 1and2,itwillreferthematterto
theCommitteeinaccordancewithArticle5(2).'Article4
Preliminaryprovisions 1and2ofNIMEXEshallbe
replacedbythefollowing :
'1.TheNIMEXEheadingscorrespondeitherto
headingsofthenomenclature fortheclassification
ofgoodsincustomstariffs(BrusselsNomenclature
orBTN)orsubheadingsoftheCommonCustoms
Tariffnomenclature (CCT),insofarasthesehave
notbeengroupedtogetherorreplacedbystatis­
ticalsubdivisions ,ortostatisticalsubdivisions of
headingsoftheBTNorofsubheadingsofthe
nomenclature oftheCCT.Inaddition,certain
itemswhichdonotsocorrespondhavebeenintro­
ducedforspecificpurposes(forexample,goods
carriedbypost,goodsdeclaredasships'stores,
etc.).
TheapplicationofsomeoftheNIMEXEheadings
whichcorrespondtostatisticalsubdivisionsor
havebeenintroducedforspecificpurposesis
optional.
2.EachNIMEXEheadingcomprisesacode
number,atextand,whereappropriate ,asupple­
mentaryunit.However,theoptionalNIMEXE
headingshavenocodenumbers.'
Article5
IntheGermanversionofpreliminaryprovisions3
and5ofNIMEXEtheword'Warennummer 'shallbe
replacedbytheword'Warenposition '.
Article6
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24November1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
B.VISENTINI