25.6.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 164/1 | (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory) REGULATIONS COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 595/2008 of 16 June 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 temporarily suspending the autonomous common customs tariff duties on certain industrial, agricultural and fishery products THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, (5)  Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 should therefore be amended accordingly. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 26 thereof, (6)  Having regard to the economic importance of this Regu- lation, it is necessary to rely on the grounds of urgency Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 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 estab- Whereas: lishing the European Communities. (1) It is in the Community’s interest to suspend partially or totally the autonomous common customs tariff duties on a number of new products not listed in the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 (1). (7)  Since the suspensions laid down in this Regulation have to take effect from 1 July 2008, this Regulation should apply from the same date and enter into force imme- diately, (20 The CN and TARIC codes 5603121020 and 8504 40 84 20 for two products which are listed in HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 should be withdrawn from that list because it is no longer in the Community’s interest to maintain suspension of autonomous common customs tariff duties. Atticle 1 The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 is hereby amended (3)  In addition, the descriptions of eight products need to be as follows: altered in order to take account of technical product developments and economic trends on the market. Those products should be considered as withdrawn 1. the rows for the products listed in Annex I to this Regu- from the list and should as a consequence be inserted lation shall be inserted: in it as new products. (4)  Experience has shown the need to provide for an expiry 2. the rows for the products for which the CN and TARIC date for the suspensions listed in Regulation (EC) No codes are given in Annex II to this Regulation shall be 1255/96 to ensure that account is taken of technological deleted. and economic changes. That should not exclude the premature termination of certain measures or their conti- nuation beyond that period, if economic reasons are submitted, in accordance with the principles laid down Article 2 in the Commission Communication of 1998 concerning This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi- autonomous tariff suspensions and quotas (?). cation in the Official Journal of the European Union. (") OJ L 158, 29.6.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 1527/2007 (O] L 349, 31.12.2007, p. 7). () O] C 128, 25.4.1998, p. 2. It shall apply from 1 July 2008.