28.12.2013 Official Journal of the European Union L 354/201 II (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 1387/2013 of 17 December 2013 suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain agricultural and industrial products and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1344/2011 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, cultural products have renewed previous measures to a great extent. Therefore, in the interests of rationalising the implementation of the measures concerned, it is appropriate not to limit the period of validity of this Regulation, as its scope can be adapted and products can be added to or removed from Annex I to this Regu- lation by means of a Council Regulation. Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 31 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, (5)  In view of their temporary nature, the suspensions listed in Annex I to this Regulation should be reviewed system- atically, and at the latest five years after their date of application or renewal. Moreover, it might be necessary at any time to close certain suspensions, following a proposal of the Commission on the basis of a review carried out on its own initiative or at the request of one or more Member States if it is no longer in the Union’s interest to maintain the suspensions or due to technical product developments, changed circumstances or economic trends on the market. Whereas: (1) The Union production of the agricultural and industrial products set out in Annex I is currently inadequate or non-existent, and thus the needs of user industries in the Union cannot be met. (2) It is therefore in the interests of the Union to suspend partially or totally the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for those products. (6)  Statistics for certain products listed in Annex I to this Regulation are frequently expressed in pieces, square Council Regulation (EU) No 1344/2011 (") has been amended many times. In addition, following its amendment by Council Regulation (EU) No 1220/2012 (3), fishery products were removed from the scope of Regulation (EU) No 1344/2011. In the interest of transparency, Regulation (EU) No 1344/2011 should therefore be replaced in its entirety. meters or measurement units other than weight. However, there are no such supplementary units in the Combined Nomenclature laid down in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (%). It is therefore necessary to provide that not only the weight in kilograms or tonnes, but also the relevant supplementary units for the imports of the products concerned, are entered in the declaration for release for free circulation. (4)  Regulations suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain industrial and agri- (7)  Since the suspensions laid down in this Regulation must take effect on 1 January 2014, this Regulation should enter into force immediately upon its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and should apply from 1 January 2014. () Council Regulation (EU) No 13442011 of 19 December 2011 suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain agricultural, fishery and industrial products and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 (O] L 349, 31.12.2011, p. 1). (3) Council Regulation (EU) No 1220/2012 of 3 December 2012 on trade related measures to guarantee the supply of certain fishery products to Union processors from 2013 to 2015, amending Regu- lations (EC) No 104/2000 and (EU) No 1344/2011 (O] L 349, 19.12.2012, p. 4). (®) Council Regulation (EEC) No 265887 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (O] L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1).