27. 9. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2551/93 of 10 August 1993 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 Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statisti- cal nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (!), and in particular Articles 9 and 12 thereof, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 established a goods nomenclature, hereinafter called the ‘combined nomenclature’, to meet, at one and the same time, the requirements both of the Common Customs Tariff and of the external trade statistics of the Community; Whereas it is necessary to amend the combined nomenclature to take account of : — changes in requirements relating to statistics or commercial policy, — changes in the harmonized system nomenclature, — the need to align or clarify texts; Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 provides for the Commission to adopt each year by means of a Regulation, to apply from 1 January of the following year, a complete version of the com- bined nomenclature together with the corresponding autonomous and conventional rates of duty of the () OJ No L 256, 7.9. 1987, p. 1. Common Customs Tariff, as it results from measures adopted by the Council or by the Commission (2); Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Nomencla- ture Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Annex [ to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1994. (2) Incorporated in the Annex to this Regulation are amend- ments resulting from the adoption of the following meas- ures : — Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3800/92 of 23 December 1992 (OJ No L 384, 30. 12. 1992, p. 8), — Commission Regulation (EEC) No 183/93 of 29 January 1993 (OJ No L 22, 30. 1. 1993, p. 58), — Commission Regulation (EEC) No 558/93 of 10 March 1993 (OJ No L 58, 11. 3. 1993, p. 50), — Council Regulation (EEC) No 697/93 of 17 March 1993 (OJ No L 76, 30. 3. 1993, p. 12), — Council Regulation (EEC) No 1574/93 of 14 June 1993 (OJ No L 152, 24. 6. 1993, p. 1), — Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1667/93 of 29 June 1993 (OJ No L 158, 30. 6. 1993, p. 25), — Council Regulation (EEC) No 1891793 of 12 July 1993 (OJ No L 172, 15.7. 1993, p. 1), — Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1959/93 of 19 July 1993 (OJ No L 177, 21.7. 1993, p. 12).