L 329/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 14.12.2001 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) 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 () established a nomenclature of goods, hereafter referred to as ‘the Combined Nomen- clature’. (2)  Gel preparations designed to be used in human or veter- inary 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 instru- ments 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 nego- tiations on pharmaceutical products, Chapter 30 of the Combined Nomenclature is free of customs duties. The Contracting Parties to the Agreement on trade in phar- maceutical products have reached an understanding according to which they will provide, on an auto- nomous basis, duty free treatment for these gel prepara- tions. It is in the interest of the Community autono- mously 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 () OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commis- sion Regulation (EC) No 2031/2001 (OJ L 279, 23.10.2001, p. 1). that certain conditions laid down in Commission Regu- lation (EEC) No 245493 of 2 July 1993, laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (%) are met. The Customs Code Committee set up by Article 247 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (*) has determined that ‘bullion lead’ containing by weight anti- mony as the principal other element is classified within CN code 7801 91 00 resulting in the application of a duty rate of 2,5 %. It is in the commercial interest of the Community to provide, under the same conditions, the tariff treatment envisaged under CN code 7801 99 10 for both types of ‘bullion lead. (4)  The Contracting Parties to the Agreement on trade in civil aircraft have reached an understanding according to which they will provide, on an autonomous basis, duty free treatment for aircraft ground maintenance simula- tors falling within CN code 9023 00 80. (5)  Having regard to the economic importance of this Regu- lation, the grounds of urgency should be invoked that are provided for in point 1.3 of the Protocol on the role of national parliaments in the European Union annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaties establishing the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community. (6)  The measures provided for in this Regulation should be accompanied by end-use provisions if necessary. Regula- tion (EEC) No 2658/87 should therefore be amended accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Annex I, Part Two (Schedule of Customs Duties) to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 is hereby amended as follows: () OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 993/2001 (O] L 141, 28.5.2001, p. 1). () OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p.1. Regulation as last amended by Regula- tion (EC) No 2700/2000 of the European Parliament and otg the Council (O] L 311, 12.12.2000, p. 17).