COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
COM(89) 547 final 
Brussels, 9 November 1989 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical 
nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 
establishes, with effect from January 1988, a goods 
nomenclature called the combined nomenclature to meet the 
requirements both of the Common Customs Tariff and of the 
external trade statistics of the Community. 
t On the basis of the combined nomenclature, the Commission 
established an integrated tariff of the European Communities 
referred to as the "Taric". Article 5 ( 4 ) of the 
abovementioned Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 states that 
Member States which adopt subdivisions for national purposes 
other than statistics may, on informing the Commission, 
defer the use of Taric subheadings and the corresponding 
10th and 11th digits until 31 December 1989 at the latest. 
The aim of the attached draft regulation is to amend the 
date 31 December 1989 to take account of one Member State's 
difficulty in integrating the Taric into its national tariff 
by 1 January 1990 and its difficulty in adapting its 
statistical management system by 1 January 1991. 
The aim of this proposal is therefore to defer the deadline 
for the entry into force of the Taric code to 1 January 
1991 . 
Proposal fora 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff 
and statistical nomenclature and on the 
Common Customs Tariff 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 
Community and in particular Article 113 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission» 
Uhereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 C1>» 
as last amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2174/88 of 21 
September 1988 (2), establishes a goods nomenclature called the 
combined nomenclature; 
whereas the Commission established an integrated tariff of the 
Euorpean Communities, hereinafter referred to as the "Taric", 
based on the combined nomenclature; 
Whereas Article 5(4) of the abovementioned Regulation states that 
Member States may defer the use of Taric subheadings and the 
corresponding 1 0«th and 11th digits until 31 December 1989; 
Whereas this date should be extended until 31 December 1990 
because of technical difficulties that have arisen in a Member 
State ; 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION; 
Article 1 
The date 31 December 1989 in Article 5(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 
2658/87 shall be replaced by 31 December 1990. 
(1) OJ L 2 56, 7.9.1987, p. 1 
(2) OJ L 298, 31.TO.1988, p. 1 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following 
its publication in the Official Journal of the European 
Communities. 
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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2658/87 du Conseil, la date limite d'entrée en vigueur de la codification 
TARIC 
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