29.6.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities L 170/7 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1146/2002 of 25 June 2002 amending Regulation (EC) No 3050/95 temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on a number of products intended for the construction, maintenance and repair of aircraft THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu- nity, and in particular Article 26 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas: 1 By Regulation (EC) No 3050/95 () Common Customs Tariff duties for a number of products intended for the construction, maintenance and repair of aircraft were suspended in full. However, import duties for these pro- ducts are only suspended when they are subject to an end-use control in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 es- tablishing the Community Customs Code (?) (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Customs Code’) and of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Commu- nity Customs Code (°), that is to say, when they are used for aircraft only. Similar tariff suspensions combined with the same end- use provisions of the Customs Code were introduced in Section 1II, B, of the Preliminary Provisions of the Com- bined Nomenclature in connection with the GATT air- craft agreement. The end-use for these products was the manufacture, repair, maintenance, rebuilding, modifica- tion or conversion, not only of civil aircraft, but also of ground flying trainers for civil use. In view of the above it is appropriate to amend Regula- tion (EC) No 3050/95 in order to align its end-use provi- sion with the provisions of the Combined Nomenclature and to extend the autonomous tariff suspension intro- duced by Regulation (EC) No 3050/95 to ground flying trainers for civil use. The extension will also simplify the administration and control of the end-use for the eco- nomic operators and the customs authorities. Having regard to the economic importance of this Regu- lation, it is necessary to invoke the ground of urgency provided for in point I(3) of the Protocol annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaties establish- ing the European Communities on the role of national parliaments in the European Union, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 In Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 3050/95, the first sentence shall be replaced by the following: ‘The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for the products listed in the Annex shall be totally suspended, pro- vided that those products are intended for the construction, maintenance and repair of aircraft of an unladen weight ex- ceeding 2 000 kilograms and of ground flying trainers for civil use.’ Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica- tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 July 2002. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 25 June 2002. @ OJ L 320, 30.12.1995, p. 1. (*) O] L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 2700/2000 (OJ L 311, 12.12.2000, p. 17). () OJL 253,11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commis- sion Regulation (EC) No 444/2002 (O] L 68, 12.3.2002, p. 11). For the Council The President J. MATAS 1 PALOU