L 240/8 Official Journal of the European Union 26.9.2003 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1686/2003 of 25 September 2003 amending the Annexes to Council Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2004 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 of 10 December 2001 applying a scheme of generalised tariff prefer- ences for the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2004 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 814/2003 (), and in particular Article 35 thereof, Whereas: (1) Article 35 of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 lays down the procedure for updating the Annexes to the Regula- tion to take account of amendments to the Combined Nomenclature or changes in the international status or classification of countries or territories. (2)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1779/2002 of 4 October 2002 on the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Commu- nity and statistics of trade between Member States (°) includes data affecting the list in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001. Commission Regulation (EC) No 1832/2002 of 1 August 2002 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (*) includes data affecting the list in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001. These Regulations entered into force on 1 January 2003. (3)  The lists in Annexes I and IV to Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 should therefore be amended accordingly, with effect from 1 January 2003. (4)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Generalised Prefer- ences Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Annexes I and IV to Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2003. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 25 September 2003. 0] L 346, 31.12.2001, p. 1. () OJ L 116, 13.5.2003, p. 1. 0J L 269, 5.10.2002, p. 6. For the Commission Pascal LAMY Member of the Commission () OJ L 290, 28.10.2002, p. 1.