PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2658/87 ON THE TARIFF AND STATISTICAL NOMENCLATURE AND ON THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF
Date: 1989-11-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, common customs tariff, tariff nomenclature

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) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

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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. 

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 . 

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Proposal  f o ra 

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 
OJ L 298,  31.TO.1988, p. 1 
(2) 

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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FICHE D'IMPACT  SUR LA COMPETITIVITE ET  L'EMPLOI 

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Le présent  projet de règlement ne vise qu'à modifier dans le règlement (CEE) n' 

2658/87 du Conseil, la date limite d'entrée  en vigueur de la codification 

TARIC 

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