LegalizeCommission Regulation (EC) No 705/2005 of 4 May 2005 amending or repealing certain regulations on the classification of goods in the Combined Nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
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) Certain Commission Regulations concerning the classification of goods, adopted in order to ensure the uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature established by Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, refer to codes which no longer exist. They should therefore be updated by way of amendments which take into account the appropriate codes in force.
(2) Other Regulations have become redundant owing to changes to the descriptions of products and their related codes in the Harmonised System or in the Combined Nomenclature. They should therefore be repealed.
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The codes contained in the Regulations enumerated in Annex I to this Regulation are replaced by the codes of the Combined Nomenclature as shown in that Annex.
Article 2
In the table annexed to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3491/88 (2), point 2 is deleted.
In the table annexed to Commission Regulation (EC) No 883/94 (3), point 1 is deleted.
In the table annexed to Commission Regulation (EC) No 710/2000 (4), point 2 is deleted.
Article 3
The Commission Regulations listed in Annex II to this Regulation are repealed.
Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 4 May 2005.
For the Commission László KOVÁCS Member of the Commission
(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 493/2005 (OJ L 82, 31.3.2005, p. 1).
(2) OJ L 306, 11.11.1988, p. 18. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 936/1999 (OJ L 117, 5.5.1999, p. 9).
(3) OJ L 103, 22.4.1994, p. 7. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 936/1999.
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