COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 895/97 of 20 May 1997 on the country nomenclature for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States (Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 of 22 May 1995 relating to the trading of goods by the Community and its Member States with non-member countries (1), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 476/97 (2), and in particular Article 21 (1) thereof,
Whereas in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 the introduction of the country nomenclature is the responsibility of the Commission;
Whereas the version thereof valid on 1 January 1996 was annexed to Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/96 (3); whereas from 1 January 1997 account should be taken of the inclusion of the French overseas departments and the Canary Islands in the statistical territories of France and Spain respectively; whereas minor amendments should be introduced to meet new statistical and technical requirements;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Statistics relating to the trading of goods with non-member countries,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The version valid on 1 January 1997 of the nomenclature of countries for the external trade statistics of the Community and statistics of trade between Member States is set out in Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1997.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 May 1997.