(1)

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2288/83 of 29 July 1983 establishing the list of biological or chemical substances provided for in Article 60(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty ( 2 ) has been substantially amended several times ( 3 ). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Regulation should be codified.

(2)

Article 53(1)(b) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 provides for admission with relief from import duties for biological or chemical substances imported exclusively for non-commercial purposes by public establishments, or those departments of public establishments, or by officially authorised private establishments, whose principal activity is education or scientific research. Such admission with relief from import duties is limited, however, to biological or chemical substances for which there is no equivalent production in the customs territory of the Union and which are included in a list drawn up in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 247a of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code ( 4 ).

(3)

According to information obtained from the Member States there is no equivalent production in the customs territory of the Union of the biological or chemical substances listed in Annex I to this Regulation.

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Code Committee,