COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2946/86
of 24 September 1986
amending for the tenth time Regulation (EEC) No 3035/79 laying down conditions for the entry of flue-cured Virginia type, light air-cured Burley type (including Burley hybrids), light air-cured Maryland type and fire-cured tobacco, falling within subheading 24.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 97/69 of 16 January 1969 on measures to be taken for uniform application of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff (1) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2055/84 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 4 thereof,
Whereas in the case of tobacco having the characteristics indicated in the text of subheading 24.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in countries or territories benefitting from the generalized system of preferences, transitional measures allowing the certificate of authenticity to be replaced by a certificate of origin type A, including an attestation of authenticity, were laid down by Article 8 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3035/79 (3) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3492/85 (4); whereas certain countries subsequently informed the Commission of the names of their official bodies authorized to issue certificates of authenticity; whereas those bodies should be included in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3035/79;
Whereas for the other GSP countries it is appropriate to extend from 31 December 1986 to 31 December 1987 the validity of the provisions laid down in Article 8 (2) so as to allow them to be included in Annex II if they so request;
Whereas appropriate amendments should therefore be made to that Regulation;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Common Customs Tariff Nomenclature,
Regulation (EEC) No 3035/79 is hereby amended as follows:
1. The following Article 6a shall be inserted:
'Article 6a
The States listed in Annex II shall send the Commission of the European Communities specimens of the stamps used by their issuing authorities and where approrpiate their authorized agents. The Commission shall forward this information to the customs authorities of the Member States.'
2. Article 8 (2) shall be replaced by:
'2. In the case of tobacco referred to in Article 1 originating in countries which benefit from the generalized system of preferences but are not listed in Annex II, the certificate may be replaced, until 31 December 1987, by a certificate of origin type A, including the attestation of authenticity.'
3. Annex II shall be replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1987.
However, for tobacco referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3035/79 originating in a country listed in the Annex to the present Regulation, with the exception of the United States of America and Canada, and despatched from that country before 1 January 1987, the provisions in force before that date shall continue to apply.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.