Council Regulation (EC) No 2433/2001 of 6 December 2001 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 as regards suspension on an autonomous basis of the common customs tariff duties on certain industrial products

• Published date: 14 December 2001
• Subject Matter: Common customs tariff,Accession
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 329, 14 December 2001

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Council Regulation (EC) No 2433/2001 of 6 December 2001 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 as regards suspension on an autonomous basis of the common customs tariff duties on certain industrial products

Official Journal L 329 , 14/12/2001 P. 0004 - 0005

Council Regulation (EC) No 2433/2001

of 6 December 2001

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 as regards suspension on an autonomous basis of the common customs tariff duties on certain industrial products

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 26 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff(1) established a nomenclature of goods, hereafter referred to as "the Combined Nomenclature".

(2) Gel preparations designed to be used in human or veterinary medicine as a lubricant for parts of the body for surgical operations or physical examinations or as a coupling agent between the body and medical instruments are classifiable, until 31 December 2001, under code 3824 of the Harmonised System and as such subject to a customs duty of 6,5 %. Such products will be classifiable, from 1 January 2002, in Chapter 30 of the Combined Nomenclature, following the entry into force of the amendments to the nomenclature appended as an annex to the International Convention on the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System and accepted pursuant to the Recommendation of 25 June 1999. As an outcome of the Uruguay Round negotiations on pharmaceutical products, Chapter 30 of the Combined Nomenclature is free of customs duties. The Contracting Parties to the Agreement on trade in pharmaceutical products have reached an understanding according to which they will provide, on an autonomous basis, duty free treatment for these gel preparations. It is in the interest of the Community autonomously to extend this exemption from customs duties to these products.

(3) Unwrought lead for refining, containing 0,02 % or more by weight of silver ("bullion lead") falling within CN code 7801 99 10 is subject to a duty rate of "free" provided that certain conditions laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993, laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC)...