No C 344/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 21. 12. 87 
CN code 
ex 0708 20 
0709 10 00 
0806 10 11 1 
0806 10 15 
0806 10 19 • 
ex 0807 10 
0809 10 00 Description 
Beans (of the species Phaseolus) (not including 
beans for shelling or shelled beans) 
Globe artichokes 
Fresh table grapes 
Melons 
Apricots Period 
1 June to 30 September 
15 March to 30 June 
1 July to 31 January 
1 July to 15 October 
5 June to 31 July' 
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 on the common 
organization of the market in pigmeat and Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 establishing the list 
of products for which sluice-gate prices are to be fixed and laying down the rules for fixing 
the sluicegate price for pig carcases 
COM(87) 513 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 9 November 1987) 
(87/C 344/04) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social 
Committee, 
In cooperation with the European Parliament, 
Whereas the Community is a contracting party to the 
International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity 
Description and Coding System, hereinafter referred to as 
'the harmonized system', which replaces the Convention of 
15 December 1950 on Nomenclature for the Classification 
of Goods in Customs Tariffs; 
Whereas, from 1 January 1988, there is established by 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of the 23 July 1987 
of the Council (J) a combined goods nomenclature based 
on the harmonized system which will meet the require­
ments both of the Common Customs Tariff and of the 
external trade statistics of the Community; 
Whereas, as a consequence, it is necessary to express the 
descriptions of goods and tariff heading numbers which 
appear in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1475/86 (3), according 
to the terms of the combined nomenclature based on the 
harmonized system; 
Whereas certain edible flours and meals of meat or meat 
offal are classified in subheadings of heading No 02.06 of 
the Common Customs Tariff at present in force, which are 
covered by Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75; whereas, in the 
combined nomenclature based on the harmonized system, 
by way of simplification, a single subheading has been 
established to cover all edible flours and meals of meat or 
meat offal; whereas it is desirable that the said flours and 
meals be covered by Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 
of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market 
in beef and veal (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 
No 000/88; whereas, as a consequence, they should no 
longer be covered by Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75; 
Whereas, since pig fats from bones or waste are not listed in 
Annex II to the Treaty, they are excluded from application 
of the provisions therein concerning agriculture, whilst lard 
and other pig fats obtained from other parts of the animal 
are subject thereto; whereas, in the harmonized system, 
fats from bones or waste are classified in the same heading 
of the nomenclature as lard and other pig fats; whereas, 
because of the technical development in the processing of 
animal fats, it is impossible to distinguish between fats 
from bones or waste and lard and other fats obtained from 
swine; whereas measures adopted for lard and other pig 
fats in respect of trade with third countries and the 
(!) OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. (3) OJ No L 133, 21. 5. 1986, p. 39. 
(4) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. 
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marketing rules adopted for lard and other pig fats should 
be extended to fats from bones or waste of swine; 
Whereas homogenized preparations of meat, meat offal or 
blood, preparations of animal blood, and stuffed pasta 
containing more than 20 % by weight of sausages and the 
like, meat and meat offal, including fats, may be classified, 
according to their essential character, in various subhead­
ings of heading No 16.02 of the Common Customs Tariff 
at present in force; whereas, in the combined nomenclature 
based on the harmonized system, by way of simplification, 
single subheadings have been established to cover homoge­
nized preparations that is to say preparations of blood of 
any animal and stuffed pasta containing more than 20 % by 
weight of sausages and the like, meat and meat offal, 
including fats of any kind or origin; whereas it is desirable 
that the said preparations falling within the aforemen­
tioned subheadings of the combined nomenclature be 
covered by Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75; 
Whereas the formulation of the description of goods and 
tariff numbers in terms of the combined nomenclature 
implies inter alia the adaptation of Council Regulation 
(EEC) No 2766/75 (J), as last amended by Regulation 
(EEC) No 1905/83 (2), as well as of Council Regulation 
(EEC) No 2767/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down general 
rules for the system of 'pilot products and derived products' 
enabling additional amounts to be fixed for pigmeat (3), as 
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1906/83 (4); 
whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2767/75 no longer reflects economic reality as regards the fixing of additional 
amounts; whereas it is appropriate, consequently, to fix 
sluice-gate prices for all products covered by Regulation 
(EEC) No 2759/75 and to repeal Regulation (EEC) 
No 2767/75; 
Whereas numerous Regulations in the pigmeat sector must 
be adapted in the light of the new nomenclature; whereas, 
under Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, the 
changes made may be of a technical nature only; whereas, 
accordingly, a provision should be introduced whereby all 
other adjustments to Council and Commission Regulations 
on the common organization of the market in pigmeat 
should be made in accordance with the procedure laid 
down in Article 24 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, 
provided that such adjustments are required solely as a 
result of the introduction of the harmonized system. 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
(!) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 25. 
(2) OJ No L 190, 14. 7. 1983, p. 1. 
(3) OJ No L 282, 1.11. 1975, p. 29. 
(4) OJ No L 190, 14. 7. 1983, p. 4. Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. Article 1 (1) is replaced by the following: 
'1. The common organization of the market in 
pigmeat shall comprise a price and trading system and 
cover the following products: 
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(b) ex 
ex 
ex 
ex 
ex 0103 
0203 
0206 
0209 00 
0210 
1501 00 11 
1501 00 19 Description 
Live swine, of domestic species, other than pure-bred breeding animals 
Meat of domestic swine, fresh, chilled, or frozen 
Edible offal of domestic swine, other than for the manufacture of pharmaceutical 
products, fresh, chilled or frozen 
Pig fat free of lean meat (not rendered), fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, 
dried or smoked 
Meat and edible meat offal of domestic swine, salted, in brine, dried or smoked 
Lard and other pig fat, rendered, whether or not pressed or solvent extracted 
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(c) CN code 
1601 00 
1602 10 00 
1602 20 90 
1602 41 10 
1602 42 10 
1602 49 ll->50 
1602 90 10 
1602 90 51 
1902 20 30 Description 
Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations 
based on these products 
Homogenized preparations of meat, meat offal or blood 
Preparations or preserves of liver of any animal, other than goose or duck 
Other preparations and preserves containing meat or offal of domestic swine 
Preparations of blood of any animal 
Other preparations or preserves containing meat or meat offal of domestic swine 
Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared, containing more 
than 20 % by weight of sausages and the like, of meat and meat offal of any kind, 
including fats of any kind or origin' 
In Article 3, the text of the third paragraph is replaced 
by the following: 
'Intervention agencies shall buy in carcases or half-
carcases, fresh or chilled (subheading 0203 11 10 of the 
combined nomenclature); they may buy in bellies 
(streaky), fresh or chilled (subheading ex 0203 19 15), 
and unrendered pig fat, fresh or chilled (subheading ex 
0209 00 11).' 
3. Article 10 is amended as follows: 
(a) Paragraph 2(b) is replaced by the following: 
'(b) a second component equal to 7 % of the average 
offer price determined on the basis of imports 
effected during the 12 months preceding 1 May 
of each year. However, for products falling 
within heading Nos ex 1602 and ex 1902, the 
aforesaid percentage shall be 10 %. 
This component shall be calculated once a year 
for the 12 months beginning 1 August.' 
(b) Paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: 
'3. By way of derogation from the provisions of 
paragraphs 1 and 2, for products falling within 
subheadings 0206 30 21, 0206 30 31, 0206 4191, 
0206 49 91, 1501 00 11, 1601 00 10 and 1602 20 90 
in respect of which the rate of duty has been bound 
within GATT, the levies shall be limited to the 
amount resulting from that binding.' 
4. Article 12 is amended as follows: 
(a) Paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: 
'3. For products liste'd in Article 1 (1), other than 
pig carcases, sluice-gate prices shall be derived from the sluice-gate prices for pig carcasses on the basis of 
the ratio fixed for these products under Article 
10 (4).' 
(b) the second indent of paragraph 4 is deleted. 
5. Article 13 is amended as follows: 
(a) The second subparagraph of paragraph 1 is deleted, 
(b) Paragraph 4 is deleted. 
Article 2 
Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 and the Annex 
thereto are hereby repealed. 
Article 3 
Regulation (EEC) No 2767/75 is hereby repealed. 
Article 4 
The Commission, in accordance with the procedure 
provided for in Article 24 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, 
shall make the necessary adaptations to Council or 
Commission acts concerning the common organization of 
the markets in pigmeat which result from the application of 
Article 1. 
Article 5 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official of the European 
Communities. 
Articles 1, 2 and 3 shall apply from 1 January 1988. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States.