Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2946/86 of 24 September 1986 amending for the tenth time Regulation (EEC) No 3035/79 laying down conditions for the entry of flue-cured Virginia type, light air-cured Burley type (including Burley hybrids), light air-cured Maryland type and fire-cured tobacco, falling within subheading 24.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff
Date: 1986-09-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: tariff nomenclature, tobacco













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31986R2946

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2946/86 of 24 September 1986 amending for the tenth time Regulation (EEC) No 3035/79 laying down conditions for the entry of flue-cured Virginia type, light air-cured Burley type (including Burley hybrids), light air-cured Maryland type and fire-cured tobacco, falling within subheading 24.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff  


Official Journal L 275 , 26/09/1986 P. 0008 





*****COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2946/86  of 24 September 1986  amending for the tenth time Regulation (EEC) No 3035/79 laying down conditions for the entry of flue-cured Virginia type, light air-cured Burley type (including Burley hybrids), light air-cured Maryland type and fire-cured tobacco, falling within subheading 24.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 97/69 of 16 January 1969 on measures to be taken for uniform application of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff (1) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2055/84 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 4 thereof,  Whereas in the case of tobacco having the characteristics indicated in the text of subheading 24.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in countries or territories benefitting from the generalized system of preferences, transitional measures allowing the certificate of authenticity to be replaced by a certificate of origin type A, including an attestation of authenticity, were laid down by Article 8 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3035/79 (3) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3492/85 (4); whereas certain countries subsequently informed the Commission of the names of their official bodies authorized to issue certificates of authenticity; whereas those bodies should be included in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3035/79;  Whereas for the other GSP countries it is appropriate to extend from 31 December 1986 to 31 December 1987 the validity of the provisions laid down in Article 8 (2) so as to allow them to be included in Annex II if they so request;  Whereas appropriate amendments should therefore be made to that Regulation;  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Common Customs Tariff Nomenclature,  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  Article 1  Regulation (EEC) No 3035/79 is hereby amended as follows:  1. The following Article 6a shall be inserted:  'Article 6a  The States listed in Annex II shall send the Commission of the European Communities specimens of the stamps used by their issuing authorities and where approrpiate their authorized agents. The Commission shall forward this information to the customs authorities of the Member States.'  2. Article 8 (2) shall be replaced by:  '2. In the case of tobacco referred to in Article 1 originating in countries which benefit from the generalized system of preferences but are not listed in Annex II, the certificate may be replaced, until 31 December 1987, by a certificate of origin type A, including the attestation of authenticity.'  3. Annex II shall be replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.  Article 2  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1987.  However, for tobacco referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3035/79 originating in a country listed in the Annex to the present Regulation, with the exception of the United States of America and Canada, and despatched from that country before 1 January 1987, the provisions in force before that date shall continue to apply.  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  Done at Brussels, 24 September 1986.  For the Commission  COCKFIELD  Vice-President  (1) OJ No L 14, 21. 1. 1969, p. 1.  (2) OJ No L 191, 19. 7. 1984, p. 1.  (3) OJ No L 341, 31. 12. 1979, p. 26.  (4) OJ No L 334, 12. 12. 1985, p. 12.  ANNEX  'ANNEX II  1.2,3 //  //  // Exporting country  // Issuing authority  // 1.2.3 //  // Name  // Place where established (main office)  //  //  //  // 1  // 2  // 3  //  //  //  //  //  //  // United States of America  // Tobacco Association of United States or its authorized agents (1)   // Raleigh, North Carolina   // Canada  // Directorate General Food Production and Inspection, Agriculture Branch, Canada or its authorized agents (1)  // Ottawa   //   // Direction générale de la production et de l'inspection, Section Agriculture Canada or its authorized agents (1)   //   // Argentina   // Cámara de Tabaco de Jujuy or its authorized agents (1)   // San Salvador de Jujuy  // Bangladesh   // Tobacco Development Board or its authorized agents (1)   // Dacca   // Brazil   // Carteira de Comercio Exterior do Banco do Brasil or its authorized agents (1)  // Rio de Janeiro   // China   // Shanghai Import and Export Commodity Inspection Bureau of the People's Republic of China or its authorized agents (1)   // Shanghai   //   // Shandong Import and Export Commodity Inspection Bureau of the People's Republic of China or its authorized agents (1)   // Qingdao  //   // Hubei Import and Export Commodity Inspection Bureau of the People's Republic of China or its authorized agents (1)  // Hankou   //   // Guangdong Import and Export Commodity Inspection Bureau of the People's Republic of China or its authorized agents (1)   // Guangzhou   //   // Liaoning Import and Export Commodity Inspection Bureau of the People's Republic of China or its authorized agents (1)   // Dalian   //  // Yunnan Import and Export Commodity Inspection Bureau of the People's Republic of China or its authorized agents (1)  // Kunming   //   // Shenzhen Import and Export Commodity Inspection Bureau of the People's Republic of China or its authorized agents (1)   // Shenzhen   //   // Hainan Import and Export Commodity Inspection Bureau of the People's Republic of China or its authorized agents (1)   // Hainan   // Colombia  // Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio - División de Control de Normas y Calidades or its authorized agents (1)  // Bogota   // Guatemala   // Dirección de Comercio Interior y Exterior del Ministerio de Economía or its authorized agents (1)   // Guatemala City   // India   // Tobacco Board or its authorized agents (1)   // Guntur 1.2,3 //  //  // Exporting country  // Issuing authority  // 1.2.3 //  // Name  // Place where established (main office)  //  //  //  // 1  // 2  // 3  //  //  //  //  // Indonesia  // Lembaga Tembakau or its authorized agents (1):   //   //  // - Lembaga Tembakau Sumatra Utara   // Medan   //   // - Lembaga Tembakau Jawa Tengah   // Sala   //   // - Lembaga Tembakau Jawa Timur I   // Surabuya   //   // - Lembaga Tembakau Jawa Timur II   // Jembery   // Mexico   // Secretaria de Comercio or its authorized agents (1)   // Mexico City  // Philippines   // Philippine Virginia Tobacco Administration or its authorized agents (1)   // Quezon City   // South Korea  // Office of Monopoly, Republic of Korea or its authorized agents (1)   // Seoul   // Sri Lanka   // Department of Commerce or its authorized agents (1)   // Colombo  // Thailand   // Ministry of Commerce or its authorized agents (1)   // Bangkok   // Yugoslavia   // Institut za Duvan or its authorized agents (1)   // Belgrade   //    //   //  (1) When the office of an 'authorized agent' is in a place other than that given in column 3 as the place where the main office of the relevant issuing authority is established, the State concerned shall send the name and address of this authorized agent to the Commission of the European Communities, which shall inform the customs authorities of the Member States thereof.'