No L 124/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 15. 5. 90 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1264/90 of 14 May 1990 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3179/80 on postal charges to be taken into consideration when determining the customs value of goods sent by post THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing- the European Economic Community,. Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1224/80 of 28 May 1980 on the valuation of goods for customs purposes ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4046/89 (%), and in particular Article 15 thereof, Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3179/80 () . provides that, in view-of the-special nature of the charges for international postal services, all such charges levied up to the place of destination of goods sent by-post shall be included "in the customs value of these goods; Whereas the nature of the charges for certain express consignments are not the same as those for other interna- tional postal services in so far as the latter services do not provide for the conclusion of global contracts with the customer ; Whereas it is not appropriate to discriminate for customs valuation purposes between express consignments carried by the postal services or by other operators -offering a similar service; Whereas it is therefore appropriate to exclude charges for certain express postal consignments from the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 3179/80 and to amend Article 1 of that Regulation accordingly ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Customs Valuation Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation . (EEC) No 3179/80 is hereby amended as. _ follows :. 1. the following paragraph is added to Article 1: ‘3. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to goods carried by the express postal services mentioned in the Annex.’ 2. the Annex to this Regulation is added to the Regula- tion. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1990. This -Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels,. 14 May 1990. () OJ No L 134, 31. 5. 1980, p. 1. () OJ No L 388, 30. 12. 1989, p. 24. () OJ No L 335, 12. 12. 1980, p. 62. For the Commission Christiane SCRIVENER Member of the Commission