Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2723/90 of 24 September 1990 replacing the codes established on the basis of the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature in force on 31 December 1987 with those established on the basis of the Combined Nomenclature in certain Regulations concerning the classification of goods

COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2723/90
of 24 September 1990
replacing the codes established on the basis of the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature in force on 31 December 1987 with those established on the basis of the Combined Nomenclature in certain Regulations concerning the classification of goods
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistica nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2472/90 (2), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 of 28 June 1968 on the Common Customs Tariff (3), repealed by Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, established the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff on the basis of the Convention of 15 December 1950 on nomenclature for the classification of goods in customs tariffs;
Whereas the Commission has adopted a number of Regulations concerning the classification of goods in the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff on the basis of Regulation (EEC) No 97/69 of the Council of 16 January 1969 on measures to be taken for uniform application of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff (4), replealed by Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87;
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 established a goods nomenclature called the Combined Nomenclature, which simultaneously meets the requirements of the Common Customs Tariff and of the external trade statistics of the Community, and is based on the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, replacing the Convention of 25 December 1950;
Whereas Article 15 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 lays down that the codes and descriptions of goods established on the basis of the Combined Nomenclature are to replace those established on the basis of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff in force on 31 December 1987;
Whereas those Regulations which are still of practical significance and whose transposition will involve no changes of substance should be amended accordingly and so to complement an initial series of Regulations which has been adopted by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 646/89 (5),