
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 is hereby amended as follows:

((a)) Article 3 (2), (3) and (4) shall be replaced by the following:
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2. The Taric subheadings shall be identified by the 9th and 10th digits which, together with the code numbers referred to in paragraph 1, form the Taric code numbers. In the absence of a Community subdivision, the 9th and 10th digits shall be “00”.

3. Exceptionally, additional Taric codes of four characters may be used for the application of specific Community measures which are not coded, or not entirely coded, at the 9th and 10th digit level.
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((b)) Article 5 (3) and (4) shall be replaced by the following:
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3. Member States may use subdivisions which meet national requirements; identifying codes shall be assigned to such subdivisions in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
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Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall be applied from 1 January 1996.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 19 July 1993.
For the Council
The President
W. CLAES