19. 7. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 191/1 (Acts whose publication 15 obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2055/84 of 16 July 1984 amending Regulation (EEC) No 97/69 on measures to be taken for uniform application of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 28, 43, 113, 235 and 238 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commis- sion ('), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (%), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (?), Whereas practical experience of the operation of the Committee on Common Customs Tariff Nomencla- ture set up by Regulation (EEC) No 97/69 (%), as last amended by the 1979 Act of Accession, has shown that the Committee’s sphere of activity should be laid down in more detail and certain adjustments made to its operating procedures ; Whereas for this purpose and for the sake of simplicity and uniformity, Regulation (EEC) No 97/69 should be applied in all cases where measures must be taken in order to ensure uniform application of the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature ; whereas these cases result from Council Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 of 28 June 1968 on the Common Customs Tariff (%), as amended, or, as regards customs and agricultural matters, by specific Community rules ; Whereas, moreover, in order to increase the effective- ness of the Committee, it is advisable for it to be able to deliver opinions by a qualified majority on draft () OJ No C 317, 23. 11. 1983, p. 6. () OJ No C 77, 19. 3. 1984, p. 106. () O] No C 103, 16. 4. 1984, p. 1. (Y O] No L 14, 21. 1. 1969, p. I. () O] No L 172, 28. 7. 1968, p. 1. classification slips, on draft explanatory notes to the Common Customs Tariff, or on draft agreements on the classification of goods to be written into the minutes of the meeting concerned as submitted to it by the Commission representative, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 97/69 is hereby amended as follows : 1. Article 2 is replaced by the following : Article 2 1. The Committee may examine any matter concerning the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff referred to it by its chairman, either on his own initiative or at the request of the repre- sentative of a Member State. 2. For the purposes of this Regulation, “nomen- clature of the Common Customs Tariff” means the tariff nomenclature contained in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 and any other nomen- clature, whether or not with further subdivisions, drawn up by specific Community rules concerning customs and agricultural matters with a view to the application of tariff or other measures relating to trade in goods. The preceding subparagraph shall be without preju- dice to the application of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1445/72 of 24 April 1972 on the nomenclature of goods for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States (NIMEXE) (!).