L 288/30 Official Journal of the European Communities 1.11.2001 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2150/2001 of 31 October 2001 amending Regulation (EC) No 1901/2000 with regard to the simplification of the statement of net THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3330/91 of 7 November 1991 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States ('), as last amended by European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1624/2000 (3), and in particular Article 23(4) thereof, Whereas: (1) The quantity of goods is a reliable and stable item of information which is necessary for comparisons of inter- national trade. (2)  The quantity units are used for checking the reliability of the data collected and for calculating indices. (3)  Pursuant to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1901/ 2000 () laying down certain provisions for the imple- mentation of Regulation (EEC) No 3330/91, of the quantity units, net mass, in kilograms, is the main indi- cator and should in principle be mentioned for every type of goods. This is not the most appropriate unit of measurement for certain products. The parties respon- sible for providing information should therefore be exempted from indicating net mass in such cases. (4)  Regulation (EC) No 1901/2000 already contained a list of products for which the parties responsible for providing information are not required to specify the net mass. That list must be adapted to take account of the changes deriving from the annual update of the Combined Nomenclature and, as far as possible, extended to include other goods. This Regulation should therefore be amended in succession. (5)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are conso- nant with the opinion of the Committee on statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1901/2000 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 January 2002. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 31 October 2001. 0] L 316, 16.11.1991, p. 1. () O] L 187, 26.7.2000, p. 1. 0] L 228, 8.9.2000, p. 28. For the Commission Pedro SOLBES MIRA Member of the Commission