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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 355/86

of 17 February 1986

amending the list in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2763/83 as regards arrangements for processing under customs control

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2763/83 of 26 September 1983 on arrangements permitting goods to be processed under customs control before being put into free circulation (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2110/85 (2), and in particular Article 2 (2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas certain processing operations which, before the entry into force of Regulation (EEC) No 2763/83, could be carried out on the basis of equivalent national arrangements, are not included in the Annex to the said Regulation; whereas the operations concerned involve the processing into tobacco powder of tobaccos falling within Chapter 24 of the Common Customs Tariff;

Whereas there exists an economic need for these kinds of processing operations to be allowed to continue under the arrangements for processing under customs control because the Community industry concerned has invested considerable sums in such operations;

Whereas it is necessary to maintain the competitiveness of the industries concerned in relation to processing firms in non-member countries in order to avoid the danger of cessation of these economic activities within the Community;

Whereas, therefore, the list in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2763/83 should be supplemented by adding to it the abovementioned operations covered by the temporary measures adopted by means of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 283/85 (3), which has now expired;

Whereas it is also necessary to make certain clarifications to the relevant entry on the list,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In the list in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2763/83 the eighth entry in columns I and II, shall be replaced as follows:

1.2 // // // Column I // Column II // // // 'Tobaccos falling within Chapter 24 of the Common Customs Tariff // Processing into tobacco powder and/or agglomerated tobacco in the form of sheets or strip falling within subheading 24.02 E of the Common Customs Tariff' // //

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 21st day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Luxembourg, 17 February 1986.

For the Council

The President

H. van den BROEK

(1) OJ No L 272, 5. 10. 1983, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 198, 30. 7. 1985, p. 3.

(3) OJ No L 30, 2. 2. 1985, p. 5.