No L 7/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 10. 1. 91 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 53/91 of 8 January 1991 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff 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 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3274/90 (%), and in particular Article 9 (1) thereof; Whereas the Council, by its Decision of 21 December 1990, approved, in the name of the Community, the conclusion of the Exchange of Letters complementing the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the United States of America under GATT Artticle XXIV.6; whereas by this Exchange of Letters the said Agreement is now exténded until 31 December 1991 ; Whereas the Agreement foresees import measures amen- ding certain rates of duty laid down in the combined nomenclature, established by Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 ; ' Whereas it is appropriate to amend the combined nomenclature to take account of the prolongation of the Agreement ; 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 combined nomenclature annexed to Council Regula- tion (EEC) No 2658/87, as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2472/90 ), is hereby amended in accordance with the Annex hereto. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1991. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 8 January 1991. () OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1. () OJ No L 315, 15. 11. 1990, p. 2. For the Commission Christiane SCRIVENER Member of the Commission () OJ No L 247, 10. 9. 1990, p. 1.