Commission Regulation (EC) No 2492/96 of 23 December 1996 amending Annex I of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as resulting from Regulations (EC) No 3009/95 and (EC) No 1035/96
Date: 1996-12-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: CCT duties, World Trade Organisation, common customs tariff, customs regulations, tariff nomenclature, tariff quota













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Commission Regulation (EC) No 2492/96 of 23 December 1996 amending Annex I of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as resulting from Regulations (EC) No 3009/95 and (EC) No 1035/96  


Official Journal L 338 , 28/12/1996 P. 0016 - 0026 





COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2492/96 of 23 December 1996 amending Annex I of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as resulting from Regulations (EC) No 3009/95 and (EC) No 1035/96 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (1) of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2491/96 (2), and in particular Articles 9 and 12 thereof,Whereas the negotiations conducted with Argentina under Article XXIV (6) of the GATT following the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden have led to tariff reductions which are laid down in Council Decision 96/611/EC (3); whereas these reductions should be incorporated in Annex I of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, as resulting from Regulations (EC) No 3009/95 (4) and No 1035/96 (5);Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Tariff and Statistical Nomenclature Section of the Customs Code Committee,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:Article 1 Annex I of Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, as resulting from Regulation (EC) No 3099/95, is hereby amended as follows:1. in Part Two, the conventional rate of duty (column 4) for CN code 1508 10 10 is changed to '4,2`;2. in Part Three, Section I, Annex 2, CN codes 0805 30 20, 0805 30 30, 0808 10 51 to 0808 10 79, 0808 20 31, 0808 20 37 and 0808 20 47 are replaced as laid down in Annex I to this Regulation.Article 2 Annex I of Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, as resulting from Regulation (EC) No 1035/96, is hereby amended as follows:1. in Part Two, the conventional rate of duty (column 4) for CN code 1508 10 10 is changed to '3,3`;2. in Part Three, Section I, Annex 2, CN codes 0805 30 20, 0805 30 30, 0808 10 51 to 0808 10 79, 0808 20 31, 0808 20 37 and 0808 20 47 are replaced as laid down in Annex I to this Regulation;3. - in Part Three, Section I, Annex 2, for CN codes 2009 60 11, 2009 60 19, 2009 60 51 and 2009 60 90, in column 4, a reference to footnote (1) is inserted after the conventional rate of duty. The footnote reads:'(1) From 1 September 1996, WTO tariff quota: see Annex 7.`,- in Part Three, Section III, Annex 7 the tariff quota No 77a contained in Annex II to this Regulation is inserted in the appropriate place.Article 3 This Regulation enters into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.Article 1 is applicable from 1 January 1996.Article 2 is applicable from 1 July 1996.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 23 December 1996.For the CommissionMario MONTIMember of the Commission(1) OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1.(2) See page 14 of this Official Journal.(3) OJ No L 271, 24. 10. 1996, p. 31.(4) OJ No L 319, 30. 12. 1995, p. 1.(5) OJ No L 152, 26. 6. 1996, p. 1.ANNEX I >TABLE>ANNEX II >TABLE>