26.6.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L1531 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1297/2000 of 19 June 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain industrial and agricultural products THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com- munity, and in particular Article 26 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas: (1) Itis in the interest of the Community to suspend partially or totally the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for a number of new products not listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 (1). (2) A number of products which are referred to in the said Regulation should be withdrawn from the list in the Annex because it is no longer in the Community’s interest to maintain suspension of autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties, or because they are exempt from duty under GATT or because the description needs to be altered in the light of technical developments. (3) For the sake of clarity, products whose descriptions need to be altered should be regarded as new products, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 is hereby amended as follows: 1. the products set out in AnnexI to this Regulation are inserted; 2. the products for which the codes are set out in Annex II to this Regulation are deleted. 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 July 2000. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 19 June 2000. () O] L 158, 29.6.1996, p.1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 20/2000 (OJ L 8, 12.1.2000, p. 1). For the Council The President L. CAPOULAS SANTOS