19.11.2008 Official Journal of the European Union L 308/1 (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory) REGULATIONS COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1138/2008 of 13 October 2008 concerning the implementation of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Cuba pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of GATT 1994, amending and supplementing Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas: (1) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (') established a goods nomenclature (hereinafter referred to as the Combined Nomenclature), and set out the conventional duty rates of the Common Customs Tariff. (2) By its Decision 2008/870/EC (3), the Council approved, on behalf of the Community, the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Cuba (the Agreement) with a view to closing negotiations initiated pursuant to Article XXIV:6 of GATT 1994. (3)  Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 should therefore be amended and supplemented accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 In Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, Annex 7 entitled ‘WTO tariff quotas to be opened by the competent Community authorities’, of Section III of Part Three of Annex I, shall be supplemented with the volumes shown in the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from the date of entry into force of the Agreement. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 13 October 2008. () O] L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. (3) See page 27 of this Official Journal. For the Council The President B. KOUCHNER