19. 6. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 169/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION No 1672/89 of 29 May 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on - the Common Customs Tariff THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Tfeaty establishing -the European Economic Community, and “in particular Article 113 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas ‘the ‘multilateral trade - negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), opened pursuant to the Ministerial Declaration adopted at Punta del Este on 20 September 1986, led to an interim result in the Tropical Products Negotiating Group at the Montreal Mid-term Review in-December 1988; Whereas the Community’s contribution to. this result on tropical products consists of three elements: firstly, a significant number of tariff reductions on a most- favoured-nation basis, secondly, the eclimination of a number of quantitative restrictions on tropical products™ applied by Member States and, thirdly, a series of - concessions for least-developed developing countries; - Whereas the Community has found that the concessions made by other countries participating in the negotiations constitute an acceptable result; Whereas the Punta del Este Ministerial Declaration - provides for the early implementation of results obtained in the area of tropical products and the Community has 2. The found it necessary, therefore, to implement this result on an - autonomous basis, pending the end of the current round of multilateral trade negotiations; Whereas it is foreseen that import measures are necessary - amending, on an autonomous basis, certain.rates of duty laid down in the combined nomenclature, established by Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1495/89 (2), HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1. The combined nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 is hereby amended in accordance with the Annex hereto. amendments - to combined nomenclature subheadings provided - for in this Regulation shall be applied as Taric subdivisions until their insertion in the combined nomenclature under the conditions laid down in Article 12 of Regulation(EEC) No 2658/87. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the-day of its publication in the Ofﬁctal Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 July 1989. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and dlrectly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 May 1989. For the Council The President C. ROMERO HERRERA (1) O No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1. 2) O] No L 148, 1. 6. 1989, p. 1.