CELEX: 51991PC0465
Language: en
Date: 1991-11-22
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                      C0M(91) 465 final
                                      Brussels, 22 November 1991
                         Proposal for a
                   rnilKfÇIL REGULATION (EEC!
             amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87
          on the tariff and statistical nomenclature
               and on the Common Customs Tariff
                 (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak--- EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The Customs Cooperation Council has recommended that the contracting
parties to the Convention should amend the nomenclature of the Harmonized
System.
These amendments have an effect on the schedule of community tariff
concessions under the GATT.
The revised schedule of concessions based on the Harmonized System which
resulted from negotiations conducted pursuant to Article XXVIII of the GATT
should be made as neutral as possible.  It is for this reason that in some
cases the commission proposes reducing customs duties in order to avoid
economically unjustified tariff adjustments.
It none the less seems necessary to transpose into the tariff the transfer
of lactosérum protein concentrates from the present CN code 3504 00 00 to
the new subheading 3502 90 without changing the rate of duty applied to
them.
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                               Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                    amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87
                 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature
                      and on the Common Customs Tariff
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community
and in particular Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the Customs Cooperation Council's recommendation of
5 July 1989 recommending certain amendments to the nomenclature of the
Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding system.
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87,* as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No .../..,2 established on the basis of the Harmonized
System a goods nomenclature known as the Combined Nomenclature;
Whereas the Customs Cooperation Council has recommended that the
nomenclature of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
should be amended;
Whereas the revised schedule of tariff concessions based on the Harmonized
System which resulted from negotiations conducted pursuant to
Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) should
be made as neutral as possible;
1  OJ No L 256, 7.9.1987, p.l,
2  OJ No L
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Whereas it has been decided to transfer lactosérum protein concentrates
from their current classification under HS code 3504 00 to HS code 3502 90;
whereas the Combined Nomenclature should therefore be amended,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                 Article 1
1. The Combined Nomenclature attached to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 is
   hereby amended in accordance with the Annex.
2. The amendments to Combined Nomenclature subheadings provided for in this
   Regulation shall be applied as Taric subdivisions until their insertion
   in the Combined Nomenclature under the conditions laid down in
   Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87.
                                 Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 January 1992.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States.
Done at Brussels,                               For the Council
                                                The President
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                                                                       ANNEX
CN code       Description               Rate of duty       Supplementary
                                                              unit
                                 autonomous   conventional
                                    (%)              (%)
   1               2                  3            4               5
3502
3502 10
to
3502 10 99  (unchanged)
3502 90     - other:
3502 90 10
to
3502 90 70  (unchanged)
3502 90 80  - lactosérum              12           5.3             --,
              protein
              concentrates
3502 90 90  (unchanged)
Taric code for 1992:  3502 90 80 * 00
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