CELEX: 51984PC0141(01)
Language: en
Date: 1984-03-26
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION CONCERNING THE CONCLUSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE HARMONIZED COMMODITY DESCRIPTION AND CODING SYSTEM

No C 120/2                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                   4. 5. 84
                                                          II
                                                  (Preparatory Acts)
                                             COMMISSION
             Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of the International
                     Convention on the harmonized commodity description and coding system
                                                 COM(84) 141 final
                           (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 3 April 1984)
                                                   (84/C 120/02)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas it is of essential interest to the Community
COMMUNITIES,                                                  to accede to this Convention, together with the most
                                                              important countries engaged in international trade,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 113 thereof,
                                                                                      Article 1
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                              The International Convention on the harmonized
                                                              commodity description and coding system, done at
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
                                                              Brussels on 14 June 1983, is hereby approved on
liament,
                                                              behalf of the European Economic Community.
Whereas the Customs Cooperation Council, at its               The text of the Convention is annexed to this
plenary session in June 1983, adopted the Inter-              Decision.
national Convention on the harmonized commodity
description and coding system;                                                        Article 2
                                                              The President of the Council is hereby authorized to
Whereas the purpose of this Convention is to faci-
                                                              designate the person empowered to deposit the
litate international trade and the collection,
                                                              instrument of acceptance in the name of the
comparison and analysis of statistics applicable to
                                                              European Economic Community at the time of
such trade;
                                                              accession to the Convention of the most important
                                                              trading partners of the Community.
Whereas this Convention is intended to replace, as
the international basis for customs tariffs and statis-
tical nomenclatures, the Convention on nomenclature                                   Article 3
signed in Brussels on 15 December 1950, which is              The Decision shall enter into force on the day on
currently used as the basis for the Common Customs            which the instrument of acceptance is deposited on
Tariff and NIMEXE;                                            behalf on the European Economic Community (*).
                                                               (') The date of entry into force of the Decision will be
                                                                   published in the Official Journal of the European
                                                                   Communities by the General Secretariat of the Council.