Commission Regulation (EC) No 996/2006 of  29 June 2006  amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff

1.7.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 179/26
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 996/2006
of 29 June 2006
amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular Article 9(1)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In order to stabilise the markets and to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural community within the sugar sector, a fundamental review of the common organisation of the market in the sugar sector took place.
(2) In the light of these developments Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001 (2) on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector, was repealed and replaced by Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 (3).
(3) Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 makes it necessary to revise additional note 2 to Chapter 17 of the Combined Nomenclature set out in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87.
(4) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 should be amended accordingly.
(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,