Council Regulation (EC) No 1930/2006 of 20 December 2006 amending Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
Date: 2006-12-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, common customs tariff, customs regulations, pharmaceutical product, suspension of customs duties, tariff nomenclature

30.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 406/9

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1930/2006

of 20 December 2006

amending Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on
the Common Customs Tariff

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity, and in particular Article 26 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

in the framework of

Following the negotiations
the
Uruguay Round, provision was made in the Combined
Nomenclature (CN),
laid down in Annex I to Council
Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (1), for an exemption from
tariff duties for pharmaceutical products falling under
Chapter 30 of the CN.

Sterile surgical or dental adhesion barriers, whether or not
absorbable, and appliances identifiable for ostomy use are
currently classified in different chapters of the CN and are
subject to a 6,5 % rate of duty. However, after 1 January
2007, they are to be classified in Chapter 30 of the CN as a
result of the amendments to the Nomenclature appended as
an annex to the
International Convention on the
Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System,
accepted pursuant to the Recommendation of 26 June
2004 of the Customs Co-operation Council.

For reasons of public health, it is in the Community interest
to extend autonomously to those goods the exemption for
pharmaceutical products falling under Chapter 30 of the
CN. That should be done by means of a suspension of
duties for an indefinite period.

(4) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 should therefore be amended

accordingly.

(5)

Since the amendment introduced by this Regulation is to be
applied from the same date as the CN for 2007, laid down
in Regulation (EC) No 1549/2006 (2),
this Regulation

should enter
1 January 2007.

into force immediately and apply from

(6)

In view of the economic importance of this Regulation, it is
necessary to rely upon the grounds of urgency provided for
in point I.3 of the Protocol annexed to the Treaty on
European Union and to the Treaties establishing the
European Communities on the role of national parliaments
in the European Union,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Section VI, Chapter 30 of Part Two (Schedule of customs duties)
of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 is hereby amended
as follows:

1)

in the entry for CN code 3006 10 30, the text in the third
column shall be replaced by the following:

‘6,5 (*)

(*)

Customs duty autonomously suspended for
indefinite period.’;

an

2)

in the entry for CN code 3006 91 00, the text in the third
column shall be replaced by the following:

‘6,5 (*)

(*)

Customs duty autonomously suspended for
indefinite period.’.

an

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 December 2006.

For the Council
The President
J. KORKEAOJA

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1758/2006 (OJ L 335, 1.12.2006, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 301, 31.10.2006, p. 1