COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3518/93 of 21 December 1993 adjusting the code of a product referred to in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 on the common organization of the market in bananas

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 234/79 of 5 February 1979 on the procedure for adjusting the Common Customs Tariff nomenclature used for agricultural products (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3209/89 (2), and in particular Article 2 (1) thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2505/92 of 14 July 1992 amending Annexes I and II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (3), contains the combined nomenclature currently in force;

Whereas the combined nomenclature code used to describe frozen bananas in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 404/93 (4) is the code that was in force in 1992, and does not correspond to that in force since 1993; whereas, as a result, that code should be adjusted;

Whereas this adjustment should take effect on the date of entry into force of the aforementioned Regulation;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Bananas,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 404/93, the description of goods under CN code 'ex 0811 90 90 Frozen bananas', is hereby replaced by 'ex 0811 90 99 Frozen bananas'.

Article 2

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

It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1993.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 1993.

For the Commission

René STEICHEN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 34, 9. 2. 1979, p. 2.

(2) OJ No L 312, 27. 10. 1989, p. 5.

(3) OJ No L 267, 14. 9. 1992, p. 1.

(4) OJ No L 47, 25. 2. 1993, p. 1.