No L 387/36 Official Journal of the European Communities 31.12. 87 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 4132/87 of 9 Dccemberv 1987 determining the conditions for the inclusion of bourbon whiskey under subheadings 2208 30 11 and 2208 30 19 of the combined nomenclature THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1) and in particular Article 11 thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 of 28 June 1968 on the Common Customs Tariff (2), aslast amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3529/87 (3), established the Common Customs Tariff on the basis of the nomenclature of the Convention of 15 December 1950 concerning the nomenclature to be used for the classification of goods in customs tariffs; Whereas on the basis of Council Regulation (EEC) No 97/69 of 16 January 1969 on measures to be taken for the uniform application of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2055/84 (5), Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2552/69 (¢), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, determined the conditions for the inclusion of bourbon whiskey under subheading 22.09 C III a) of the Common Customs Tariff; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 has repealed and replaced, on the one hand, Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 in adopting the new tariff and statistical nomenclature (combined nomenclature) based on the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System and, on the other hand, Regulation (EEC) No 97/69; whereas it is consequently appropriate, for reasons of clarity, to replace Regulation (EEC) No 2552/69 by a new regulation taking over the new nomenclature as well as the new legal base; whereas, for the same reasons, it is appropriate to incorporate in this new text all the amendments made to date; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 covers bourbon whiskey under subheadings 2208 30 11 and 2208 30 19; whereas inclusion under that subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions; (1)OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1. () OJ No L 172, 22. 7. 1968, p. 1. (3) O No L 336, 26. 11. 1987, p. 3. (*)OJ No L 14, 21.1. 1969, p. 1. (5) O] No L 191, 19. 7. 1984, p. 1. (5) OJ No L 320, 20. 12. 1969, p. 19. whereas, in order to ensure uniform application of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff, provisions are required to determine those conditions; Whereas identification of bourbon whiskey is particularly difficult; whereas it can be made considerably easier if the exporting country gives an assurance that the. product exported corresponds to the description of the product in question; whereas, consequently, a product should not be included under the abovementioned subheadings unless it is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity which, being issued by a body acting under the responsibility of the exporting country, provides such an assurance; Whereas it is appropriate to specify. the form which such certificate must take and the conditions for-its use; whereas, furthermore, measures must be introduced to enable the Community to keep check upon the conditions of issue of the .. said certificate; whereas accordingly certain obligations should be imposed on the issuing authority; Whereas the certificate of authenticity should be drawn up in one of the official Community languages and, where appropriate, an official language of the exporting country; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Nomenclature Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The inclusion of bourbon whiskey under subheadings 2208 30 11 and 2208 30 19 of the combined nomenclature shall be subject to presentation of a certificate of authenticity meeting the requirements specified in this Regulation. Article 2 1.  Thecertificate corresponding to the specimen in Annex I shall be printed and drawn up in one of the official languages of the European Economic Community and, where appropriate, an official language of the exporting country. The size of the certificate shall be approximately 210 x 297 millimetres. The paper used shall be white with a yellow border and weigh not less than 40 grams per square metre. 2. Each certificate shall bear an individual serial number given by the issuing authority.