Council Regulation (EC) No 2433/2001 of 6 December 2001 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 as regards suspension on an autonomous basis of the common customs tariff duties on certain industrial products
Date: 2001-12-06
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: CCT duties, industrial product, suspension of customs duties

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2433/2001

of 6 December 2001

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 as regards suspension on an autonomous basis of the
common customs tariff duties on certain industrial products

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 26 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987
on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the
Common Customs Tariff (1) established a nomenclature
of goods, hereafter referred to as ‘the Combined Nomen-
clature’.

Gel preparations designed to be used in human or veter-
inary medicine as a lubricant for parts of the body for
surgical operations or physical examinations or as a
coupling agent between the body and medical
instru-
ments are classifiable, until 31 December 2001, under
code 3824 of
the Harmonised System and as such
subject to a customs duty of 6,5 %. Such products will
be classifiable, from 1 January 2002, in Chapter 30 of
the Combined Nomenclature, following the entry into
force of the amendments to the nomenclature appended
as an annex to the International Convention on the
Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System
and accepted pursuant to the Recommendation of 25
June 1999. As an outcome of the Uruguay Round nego-
tiations on pharmaceutical products, Chapter 30 of the
Combined Nomenclature is free of customs duties. The
Contracting Parties to the Agreement on trade in phar-
maceutical products have reached an understanding
according to which they will provide, on an auto-
nomous basis, duty free treatment for these gel prepara-
tions. It is in the interest of the Community autono-
mously to extend this exemption from customs duties to
these products.

that certain conditions laid down in Commission Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993, laying down
provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs
Code (2) are met. The Customs Code Committee set up
by Article 247 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (3) has
determined that ‘bullion lead’ containing by weight anti-
mony as the principal other element is classified within
CN code 7801 91 00 resulting in the application of a
duty rate of 2,5 %. It is in the commercial interest of the
Community to provide, under the same conditions, the
tariff treatment envisaged under CN code 7801 99 10
for both types of ‘bullion lead’.

The Contracting Parties to the Agreement on trade in
civil aircraft have reached an understanding according to
which they will provide, on an autonomous basis, duty
free treatment for aircraft ground maintenance simula-
tors falling within CN code 9023 00 80.

Having regard to the economic importance of this Regu-
lation, the grounds of urgency should be invoked that
are provided for in point 1.3 of the Protocol on the role
of national parliaments in the European Union annexed
to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaties
establishing the European Community,
the European
Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic
Energy Community.

The measures provided for in this Regulation should be
accompanied by end-use provisions if necessary. Regula-
tion (EEC) No 2658/87 should therefore be amended
accordingly,

(4)

(5)

(6)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(3)

Unwrought lead for refining, containing 0,02 % or more
by weight of silver (‘bullion lead’) falling within CN code
7801 99 10 is subject to a duty rate of ‘free’ provided

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 2031/2001 (OJ L 279, 23.10.2001, p. 1).

Annex I, Part Two (Schedule of Customs Duties) to Regulation
(EEC) No 2658/87 is hereby amended as follows:

(2) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula-

tion (EC) No 993/2001 (OJ L 141, 28.5.2001, p. 1).

(3) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p.1. Regulation as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 2700/2000 of the European Parliament and of the
Council (OJ L 311, 12.12.2000, p. 17).

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1. In Chapter 30, footnote 1 shall be inserted in column 3 for
CN code 3006 70 00, and the following footnote text shall
be inserted at the bottom of the page:

‘(1) Customs duty autonomously suspended for an indefinite

3. In Chapter 90:

— Footnote 1 shall be inserted in column 3 for CN code
9023 00 80 and the following footnote text shall be
inserted at the bottom of the page:

period.’

2. In Chapter 78:

— Footnote 1 shall be inserted in column 3 for CN code
7801 91 00 and the following footnote text shall be
inserted at the bottom of the page:

‘(1) Customs duty autonomously suspended,

for an
indefinite period, for lead for refining, containing
0,02 % or more by weight of silver (bullion lead)
(TARIC code 7801 91 00 10).

Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions
laid down in the relevant Community provisions
[see Articles 291 to 300 of Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 2454/93 (OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1) and
subsequent amendments].’

‘(1) Customs duty autonomously suspended,

for an
indefinite period, for “aircraft ground maintenance
simulators,
code
for
9023 00 80 10).

(TARIC

civil

use”

Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions
laid down in the relevant Community provisions
[see Articles 291 to 300 of Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 2454/93 (OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1) and
subsequent amendments].’

— Current footnote 1 becomes footnote 2.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

— Current footnote 1 becomes footnote 2;

It shall apply from 1 January 2002.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 6 December 2001.

For the Council

The President

R. DAEMS