This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 11 July 2017.

For the Commission,

On behalf of the President,

Stephen QUEST

Director-General

Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union

( 1 ) OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1 .

( 2 ) Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff ( OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1 ).

( 3 ) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2494/96 of 23 December 1996 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature ( OJ L 338, 28.12.1996, p. 38 ).

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/1266 of 11 July 2017 repealing Regulation (EC) No 2494/96 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature