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Ref : EIC 230/2

22 August 2012

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 666/2012
European Union (EU)* : Amendments to the Implementation Provisions of the Community Customs Code

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 271/2010 of 11 June 2010, the European Commission (the Commission) has adopted a Regulation amending Annexes 30a, 37, 38 and 44c of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 which laid down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 for establishing the Community Customs Code. Details are set out in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 756/2012 (the Regulation), which can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:223:0008:0030:EN:PDF

2.The Regulation shall apply from 1 January 2013, except Annex IV which shall apply from 1 January 2012.

ENQUIRIES

3. For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.

Yours faithfully,


 

(Miss Anita WONG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

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