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13.4.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
103/15
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) No 312/2012
of 9 January 2012
amending Council Regulation (EU) No 973/2010 temporarily suspending autonomous Common
Customs Tariff duties on imports of certain industrial products into the autonomous regions of
the Azores and Madeira
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(1) Annex I is amended as follows:
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union,
(a) the CN codes listed in column 1 are replaced by the CN
codes listed in column 2;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 973/2010 of
25 October 2010 temporarily suspending the autonomous
1
2
Common Customs Tariff duties on imports of certain industrial
products into the autonomous regions of the Azores and
CN codes CN
codes
Madeira ( 1 ), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
7612 90 98 7612
90
90
Whereas:
8442 50 23 8442
50
20
(1) Regulation
(EU)
No
973/2010
temporarily
suspended
customs duties on the imports of certain industrial
8442 50 29 8442
50
20
products into the Azores and Madeira. The goods for
agricultural, commercial or industrial use to which the
8451 21 90 8451
21
00
suspension applies are set out in Annex I to Regulation
(EU) No 973/2010. The raw materials, parts and
8465 99 90 8465
99
00
components used for agricultural purposes, industrial
transformation or maintenance for which the suspension
8504 32 80 8504
32
00
applies are set out in Annex II to that Regulation. Those
goods are listed in the Annexes using the codes of the
Combined Nomenclature applicable for 2009 as set out
8515 80 91 8515
80
90
in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1031/2008 ( 2 ).
9017 30 10 9017
30
00
(2) The
Combined
Nomenclature
has
been
replaced
by
Commission Regulation (EU) No 861/2010 of
5 October 2010 amending Annex I to Council Regu
(b) the CN codes listed in column 1 are replaced by the CN
lation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical
codes listed in column 2;
nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff ( 3 )
and by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No
1006/2011 of 27 September 2011 amending Annex I to
1
2
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and
statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs
CN codes CN
codes
Tariff ( 4 ). As a consequence of those amendments,
7321 81 90 7321
81
00
certain technical adaptations to the CN codes listed in
Annexes I and II to Regulation (EU) No 973/2010 should
be made.
7323 93 90 7323
93
00

(3) Regulation
(EU)
No
973/2010
should
therefore
be
7326 20 80 7326
20
00
amended accordingly.
9008 10 00 9008
50
00
(4) As
certain
amendments
to
the
CN
codes
apply
from
1 January 2011, the corresponding amendments to
Regulation (EU) No 973/2010 should apply from that
(2) in Annex II CN code 7323 99 99 is replaced by CN code
date,
7323 99 00.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 2
Article 1
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Regulation (EU) No 973/2010 is amended as follows:
( 1 ) OJ L 285, 30.10.2010, p. 4.
It shall apply from 1 January 2012.
( 2 ) OJ L 291, 31.10.2008, p. 1.
( 3 ) OJ L 284, 29.10.2010, p. 1.
( 4 ) OJ L 282, 28.10.2011, p. 1.
However, Article 1(1)(a) shall apply from 1 January 2011.

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Official Journal of the European Union
13.4.2012
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 9 January 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO

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