CELEX: 51989PC0320
Language: en
Date: 1989-06-27
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 234/79 ON THE PROCEDURE FOR ADJUSTING THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF NOMENCLATURE USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

No C 199/8                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  4. 8. 89
                                                                II
                                                         (Preparatory Acts)
                                                    COMMISSION
               Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 234/79 on the
               procedure for adjusting the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature used for agricultural
                                                             products
                                                        COM(89) 320 final ,
                                         (Submitted by the Commission on 30 June 1989)
                                                          (89/C 199/16)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             provision should be made, in particular following such
                                                                     updating, for the corresponding descriptions and codes
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                in Council regulations to be adjusted by the Commission
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                     and for Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 234/79 to
thereof,                                                             be adapted accordingly,
Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 827/68 of the
Council of 28 June 1968 on the common organization of                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
the market in certain products listed in Annex II to the
Treaty (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                                             Article 1
3911/87 (2), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
                                                                     Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 234/79 is hereby
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                   replaced by the following:
Having regard         to  the    opinion   of  the   European         Article 2
Parliament,                                                          1.     The description of products and references to the
                                                                     headings or subheadings of the combined nomenclature
Whereas the combined nomenclature of goods                           in Council regulations may be adjusted in accordance
introduced        by Council        Regulation    (EEC)    No        with the procedure laid down in Article 38 of Regulation
2658/87 ( J ), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                No 136/66/EEC and in the corresponding Articles of
. . . (4), now meets the requirements of both the Common             the other regulations on the common organization of
Customs Tariff and external trade statistics nomen-                  markets if such adjustments are due to amendments to
clatures;                                                            the combined nomenclature.
Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87                     2.     For the purposes of this Regulation, the committee
makes superfluous the provisions of Article 2 (1) of                 established by Article 37 of Regulation No 136/66/EEC
Council Regulation (EEC) No 234/79 ( s );                            is hereby declared competent in respect of products
                                                                     covered by Regulation (EEC) No 827/68.'
Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87
provides that the combined nomenclature is to be
updated each year by the Commission; whereas                                                   Article 2
                                                                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
O     JO  No L 151, 30. 6. 1968, p. 16.                              following its publication in the Official Journal of the
O     OJ  No L 370, 30. 12. 1987, p. 36.                             European Communities.
(5)   OJ  No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1.
(4)   OJ  No L ....                                                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
O     OJ  No L 34, 9. 2. 1979, p. 2.                                 directly applicable in all Member States.