31.10.2006 Official Journal of the European Union 1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1549/2006 of 17 October 2006 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 265887 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff ('), and in particular Articles 9 and 12 thereof, Whereas: (I)  Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 established a goods nomen- clature, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Combined Nomencla- ture’, to meet, at one and the same time, the requirements of the Common Customs Tariff, the external trade statistics of the Community and other Community policies concern- ing the importation or exportation of goods. (2)  Inthe interests of legislative simplification, it is appropriate to modernise the Combined Nomenclature and to adapt its structure. (3) It is necessary to amend the Combined Nomenclature in order to take account of the following: changes in require- ments relating to statistics and to commercial policy, changes made in order to fulfil international commitments, technological and commercial developments, the need to align or clarify texts, and the changes in the harmonised sys- tem nomenclature pursuant to the Recommendation of 26 June 2004 of the Customs Cooperation Council and the consequences thereof. (4)  In accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, Annex I to that Regulation should be replaced, with effect from 1 January 2007, by the complete version of the Combined Nomenclature, together with the autono- mous and conventional rates of duty resulting from meas- ures adopted by the Council or by the Commission. (5)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accord- ance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 265887 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2007. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 17 October 2006. () OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 996/2006 (OJ L 179, 1.7.2006, p. 26). For the Commission Lészl6 KOVACS Member of the Commission