Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (Chapter 27)
C 247 E/26 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31. 8. 1999 Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (Chapter 27) (1999/C 247 E/04) COM(1999) 87 final (Submitted by the Commission on 26 February 1999) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, in particular Article 28 thereof, Article 1 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2261/98 (2), suspends customs duties in respect of for undergoing a specific process; whether the said specific processes are described in additional note 4 to Chapter 27 of the combined nomenclature; subheading 2712 90 31 intended goods it in the Communtiy interest customs duties to extend the Whereas is suspension of subheading 2712 90 31 intended for de-oiling by fractional crystallisation to take account of eco-friendly technological developments and improve the competitiveness of European firms, to goods of In the schedule of duties in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, the following item shall be added to additional note 4 to Chapter 27: áp) solely for products under subheading 2712 90 31: de-oiling by fractional crystallisationí. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of the European Communities. its publication in the Official Journal of This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. (1) OJ L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1. (2) OJ L 292, 30. 10. 1998, p. 1