17. 12. 94 Official Journal of the Buropean Communities No L 325/17 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3079/94 of 16 December 1994 on the country nomenclature for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75 of the Council of 24 June 1975 on the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1629/88 (%), and in particular Article 41 thereof, Whereas Article 35 of Regulation (EEC) No 1736/75 requires certain data to be compiled according to the current version of the country nomenclature given in Annex C thereto; Whereas Article 36 of the said Regulation requires the Commission to publish in the Official Journal of the European Communities the country nomenclature in the version thereof valid as from 1 January of each year; Whereas the version thereof valid on 1 January 1994 was annexed to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3478/93 (); whereas from 1 January 1995 account will have to be taken of the changes resulting from the coming into force of the agreement on the European Economic Area (¥); whereas minor amendments should be introduced to meet new statistical and technical requirements; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee o External Trade Statistics, ‘ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The version valid on 1 January 1995 of the country nomenclature for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States is set out in the Annex hereto. Anrticle 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1995. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 16 December 1994. () OJ No L 183, 14. 7. 1975, p. 3. () OJ No L 147, 14. 6. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 317, 18. 12. 1993, p. 32. For the Commission Henning CHRISTOPHERSEN Vice-President () OJ No L 1,3.1. 1994, p. 1.