No L 275/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 9. 86 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2946/86 of 24 September 1986 amending . for the tenth time Regulation (EEC) No 3035/79 laying down conditions for the entry of flue-cured Virginia type, light air-cured Burley type (including Burley hybrids), light air-cured Maryland type and fire-cured tobacco, falling within subheading 24.01 A of 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 97/69 of 16 January 1969 on measures to be taken for uniform application of the nomenclature of the Common Customs Tariff (') as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2055/84 (%), and in particular Articles 3 and 4 thereof, Whereas in the case of tobacco having the characteristics indicated in the text of subheading 24.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in countries or terri- tories benefitting from the generalized system of prefer- ences, transitional measures allowing the certificate of authenticity to-be replaced by a certificate of origin type A, including an attestation of authenticity, were laid down by Article 8 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3035/79 (® as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3492/85 (*); whereas certain countries subsequently informed the Commission of the names of their official bodies authorized to issue certificates of authenticity; whereas those bodies should be included in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3035/79; Whereas for the other GSP countries it is appropriate to extend from 31 December 1986 to 31 December 1987 the validity of the provisions laid down in Article 8 (2) so as to allow them to be included in Annex II if they so request ; Whereas appropriaté amendments should therefore "be made to that Regulation ; ) OJ No L 14, 21. 1. 1969, p. 1. ) OJ No L 191, 19. 7. 1984, p. 1. ) O] No L 341, 31. 12. 1979, p. 26. O] No L 334, 12. 12. 1985, p. 12. Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Common Customs Tariff Nomenclature, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 3035/79 is hereby amended as follows : 1. The following Article 6a shall be inserted : Article 6a The States listed in Annex II shall send the Commis- sion of the European Communities specimens of the stamps used by their issuing authorities and where approrpiate their authorized agents. The Commission shall forward this information to the customs authori- ties of the Member States.’ 2. Article 8 (2) shall be replaced by: ‘2. In the case of tobacco referred to in Article 1 originating in countries which benefit from the generalized system of preferences but are not listed in Annex II, the certificate may be replaced, until 31 December 1987, by a certificate of origin type A, including the attestation of authenticity.’ 3. Annex II shall be replaced by the Annex to this Regu- lation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 _]anuary 1987. However, for tobacco referred to in Article 1 of Regula- tion (EEC) No 3035/79 originating in a country listed in the Annex to the present Regulation, with the exception of the United States of America and Canada, and despatched from that country before 1 January 1987, the provisions in force before that date shall continue to apply.