Commission Regulation (EC) No 2176/2002 of 6 December 2002 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2176/2002
of 6 December 2002
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), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1832/2002(2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 969/2002(3) introduced in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 a new Additional Note 1 to Chapter 39 and a new Additional Note 1 to Chapter 40 to clarify the conditions under which gloves, mittens and mitts, impregnated, coated or covered with cellular plastics or cellular rubber are classified in Chapters 39 or 40 of the Combined Nomenclature.
(2) It has shown that the expression "textile fabrics" used in these additional notes is not precise enough as to the materials these gloves, mittens and mitts can be made of.
(3) In order to specify the material and to ensure the uniform application of the nomenclature, the expression "textile fabrics" as used in the above mentioned additional notes should therefore be replaced by the expression "woven, knitted or crocheted fabrics, felt or nonwovens".
(4) Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 should be amended accordingly.
(5) For the sake of legal certainty this Regulation shall apply as from the same date as Regulation (EC) No 1832/2002.
(6) The measures foreseen in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,