COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(91) 465 final 
Brussels, 22 November 1991 
Proposal for a 
rnilKfÇIL REGULATION (EEC! 
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 
on the tariff and statistical nomenclature 
and on the Common Customs Tariff 
(presented by the Commission) 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
The Customs Cooperation Council has recommended that the contracting 
parties to the Convention should amend the nomenclature of the Harmonized 
System. 
These amendments have an effect on the schedule of community tariff 
concessions under the GATT. 
The revised schedule of concessions based on the Harmonized System which 
resulted from negotiations conducted pursuant to Article XXVIII of the GATT 
should be made as neutral as possible. It is for this reason that in some 
cases the commission proposes reducing customs duties in order to avoid 
economically unjustified tariff adjustments. 
It none the less seems necessary to transpose into the tariff the transfer 
of lactosérum protein concentrates from the present CN code 3504 00 00 to 
the new subheading 3502 90 without changing the rate of duty applied to 
them. 
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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 
on the tariff and statistical nomenclature 
and on the Common Customs Tariff 
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community 
and in particular Article 113 thereof, 
Having regard to the Customs Cooperation Council's recommendation of 
5 July 1989 recommending certain amendments to the nomenclature of the 
Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding system. 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87,* as last amended by 
Regulation (EEC) No .../..,2 established on the basis of the Harmonized 
System a goods nomenclature known as the Combined Nomenclature; 
Whereas the Customs Cooperation Council has recommended that the 
nomenclature of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System 
should be amended; 
Whereas the revised schedule of tariff concessions based on the Harmonized 
System which resulted from negotiations conducted pursuant to 
Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) should 
be made as neutral as possible; 
1 OJ No L 256, 7.9.1987, p.l, 
2 OJ No L 
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Whereas it has been decided to transfer lactosérum protein concentrates 
from their current classification under HS code 3504 00 to HS code 3502 90; 
whereas the Combined Nomenclature should therefore be amended, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. The Combined Nomenclature attached to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 is 
hereby amended in accordance with the Annex. 
2. The amendments to Combined Nomenclature subheadings provided for in this 
Regulation shall be applied as Taric subdivisions until their insertion 
in the Combined Nomenclature under the conditions laid down in 
Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of 
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 January 1992. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in 
all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, For the Council 
The President 
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ANNEX 
CN code 
1 
3502 
3502 10 
to 
3502 10 99 
3502 90 
3502 90 10 
to 
3502 90 70 
3502 90 80 
3502 90 90 Description 
2 
(unchanged) 
- other: 
(unchanged) 
- lactosérum 
protein 
concentrates 
(unchanged) Rate of duty 
autonomous 
(%) 
3 
12 conventional 
(%) 
4 
5.3 Supplementary 
unit 
5 
--, 
Taric code for 1992: 3502 90 80 * 00 

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