Communication in accordance with Article 12(5)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992(1), on the information provided by the customs authorities of the Member States concerning the classification of goods in the customs nomenclature

(2001/C 333/04)

Binding tariff information ceases to be valid, in conformity with Article 17 of the Community Customs Code, from 1 January 2002 if it becomes incompatible with the interpretation of the customs nomenclature as a result of the following international tariff measures.

Amendments to the Harmonised System Explanatory Notes and the Competition of Classification Opinions approved by the Customs Cooperation Council (CCC documents Nos NC 0340, Annexes R/1 and S/1, and NC 0430, reports of the 26th and 27th meetings respectively of the HS Committee):

AMENDMENTS TO THE EXPLANATORY NOTES TO BE DONE UNDER AN ARTICLE 8 PROCEDURE OF THE HS CONVENTION AND CLASSIFICATION OPINIONS EDITED BY THE HS COMMITTEE OF THE WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANISATION

(26th and 27th HSC sessions in November 2000 and May 2001)

Documents Nos NC 0340 and NC 0430

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Information regarding the contents of these measures can be obtained from the Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union of the European Commission (Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200, B-1049 Brussels) or can be downloaded from the Internet site of this Directorate-General:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/taxation_customs/index_en.htm

(1) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1.