31. 10. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities 1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) . ' ' COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3174/88 of 21 September 1988 amending Annex I to 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 and, in particular, its Articles 9 and 12 (1), Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 established a goods nomenclature, hereinafter called the ‘combined nomenclature’, to meet, at one and the same time, the requirements both of the Common Customs Tariff and of the external trade statistics of the Community; Whereas it is necessary to amend the combined nomen- clature to take account of : — changes in requirements relatmg to statistics or commercial policy, — changes in the harmonized system nomenclature, — the need to align or clarify texts; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulaﬁon are in accordance with the opinion of the Nomencla- ture Committee; . Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 provides for the Commission to adopt each year by means of a Regulation, to apply from 1 January of the following year, a complete version of the combined nomenclature together with the corresponding autono- mous and conventional rates of duty of the Common Customs Tariff, as it results from measures adopted by the Council or by the Commission, " HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1989. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. \ Done at Brussels, 21 September 1988. (1) OIJNo L 256,7.9.1987, p. 1. For the Commission COCKFIELD Vice-Président \