CELEX: 51987PC0513(06)
Language: en
Date: 1987-10-22
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1837/80 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT

21. 12. 87                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               No C 344/17
                Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 on the common
                                    organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                      COM(87) 513 final
                             (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 9 November          1987)
                                                         (87/C 344/06)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           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 1837/80;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43
thereof,
                                                                   Whereas certain homogenized preparations of meat, meat
                                                                   offal or blood, preparations of animal blood, and stuffed
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                 pasta containing more than 20 % by weight of sausages and
                                                                   the like, meat and meat offal, including fats, are classified in
                                                                   subheadings of heading No 16.02 of the Common Customs
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social            Tariff presently in force, which are covered by Regulation
Committee,                                                         (EEC) No 1837/80; whereas, in the combined nomencla-
                                                                   ture based on the harmonized system, by way of
In cooperation with the European Parliament,                       simplification, single subheadings have been established for
                                                                   each of the aforementioned preparations; whereas it is
                                                                   desirable that the said preparations be covered by Council
Whereas the Community is a contracting party to the                Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the
International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity               common organization of the market in pigmeat (5), as last
Description and Coding System, hereinafter referred to as          amended by Regulation (EEC) No 000/88; whereas, as a
'the harmonized system', which is intended to replace the          consequence, they should no longer be covered by
Convention of 15 December 1950 on Nomenclature for the             Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80;
Classification of Goods in Customs Tariffs;
Whereas, from 1 January 1988, there is established by              Whereas numerous Regulations in the sheepmeat and
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (J) a combined                 goatmeat sector must be adapted in the light of the new
goods nomenclature based on the harmonized system                  nomenclature; whereas, under Article 15 of Regulation
which will meet the requirements both of the Common                (EEC) No 2658/87, the changes made may be of a technical
Customs Tariff and of the external trade statistics of the         nature only; whereas, accordingly, a provision should be
Community;                                                         introduced whereby all other adjustments to Council and
                                                                   Commission Regulations on the common organization of
                                                                   the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat should be made in
Whereas, as a consequence, it is necessary to express the          accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26 of
descriptions of goods and tariff heading numbers which             Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80, provided that such adjust-
appear in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 (2), as last         ments are required solely as a result of the introduction of
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 794/87 (3), according to            the harmonized system,
the terms of the combined nomenclature based on the
harmonized system;
Whereas certain edible flours and meals of meat or meat            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
offal are classified in subheadings of heading No 02.06 of
the Common Customs Tariff presently in force, which are
covered by Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80; whereas, in the
combined nomenclature based on the harmonized system,
by way of simplification, a single subheading has been                                        Article 1
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           Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is hereby amended as
                                                                   follows:
(!) OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1.                                (4) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
(3) OJ No L 79, 16. 3. 1987, p. 3.                                 (5) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.
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1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:                                   The common organization of the market in sheepmeat
                                                                             and goatmeat shall comprise a system and trading
   'Article 1                                                                system and cover the following products:
                         CN code                                               Description
                 (a)    0104 10 90         Live sheep, other than pure-bred breeding animals
                        0104 20 90         Live goats, other than pure-bred breeding animals
                        0204               Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen
                        0210 90 11         Meat of sheep and goats, with bone in, salted, in brine, dried or smoked
                        0210 90 19         Meat of sheep and goats, boneless, salted, in brine, dried or smoked
                 (b)    0104 10 10         Live sheep, pure-bred breeding animals
                        0104 20 10         Live goats, pure-bred breeding animals
                        0206 80 99         Edible offal of sheep and goats, fresh or chilled, other than offal of sheep and
                                           goats, frozen, other than offal for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products
                        0206 90 99         Edible offal of sheep and goats, frozen, other than offal for the manufacture of
                                           pharmaceutical products
                        0210 90 60         Edible meat offal of sheep and goats, salted, in brine, dried or smoked
                        1502 00 99         Fats of sheep and goats, unrendered, rendered or solvent-extracted
                 (c)    1602 90 71         Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal containing meat or offal of sheep
                                           or goats, uncooked; mixtures of cooked meat or offal and uncooked meat or offal
                 (d)    1602 90 79         Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal containing meat or offal of sheep
                                           or goats'
2. Article 12 (1) and (3) are replaced by the following:                     (b) Paragraph 3 is replaced by the following:
   ' 1 . The levy on fresh or chilled carcases falling within
                                                                                 '3. For frozen meat falling within subheadings
   subheadings 0204 10 00, 0204 21 00 and 0204 50 11 of
                                                                                 0204 42 10, 0204 42 30, 0204 42 50, 0204 42 90,
   the combined nomenclature, listed in Annex I, shall be
                                                                                 0204 43 00, 0204 50 53, 0204 50 55, 0204 50 59,
   free-at-Community-frontier offer price.'
                                                                                 0204 50 71 and 0204 50 79, listed in Annex I, the
   '3. The levy on live animals falling within subheadings                       levy shall be equal to the levy fixed for the product
   0104 10 90 and 0104 20 90 and on meat falling within                          referred to in paragraph 1, multiplied by a standard
   subheadings 0204 22 10, 0204 22 30, 0204 22 50,                               coefficient fixed for each of the products in
   0204 22 90, 0204 23 00, 0204 50 13, 0204 50 15,                               question.'
   0204 50 19, 0204 50 31, 0204 50 39, 0210 90 11 and
   0210 90 19, listed in Annex I, shall be equal to the levy
   on the product referred to in paragraph 1, multiplied by
   a standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in
                                                                         4. Article 15 is replaced by the following:
   question.'
                                                                             'Article 15
3. Article 13 is amended as follows:
                                                                             By way of derogation from Article 12, 13 and 14:
   (a) The introductory phrase to paragraph 1 is replaced
        by the following:
                                                                             (a) for products falling within subheadings 0104 10 90
        ' 1 . The levy on frozen meat falling within subhead-                    and 0104 20 90 the levies shall be limited to the
        ings 0204 30 00,0204 41 00 and 0204 50 51, listed in                     amount resulting from voluntary restraint agree-
        Annex I, shall be equal to the difference between:'                      ments :
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   (b) for products falling within heading No 0204 in                Commission acts concerning the common organization of
       respect of which the rate of duty has been bound              the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat wich result from the
       within GATT, the levies shall be limited to the               application of Article 1.
       amount resulting from such binding or to that
       resulting from voluntary restraint agreements.'
                                                                                                Article 3
5. Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.              This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                     following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                     European Communities.
                           Article 2
                                                                     Article 1 shall apply from 1 January 1988.
The Commission, in accordance with the procedure
provided for in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80,           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
shall make the necessary adaptations to Council or                   applicable in all Member States.
                                                             ANNEX
                                                            'ANNEX 1
                       CN code                                            Description
                     Section (a)         Meat of sheep and goats, fresh or chilled:
                     0204  10  00       —   Carcases and half-carcases of lamb
                     0204  21  00       —   Carcases and half-carcases of sheep other than those of lamb
                     0204  22  10       —   Short forequarters of sheep
                     0204  22  30       —   Chines and/or best ends of sheep
                     0204  22  50       —   Legs of sheep
                     0204  22  90       —   Other cuts with bone in of sheep
                     0204  23  00       —  Boneless cuts of sheep
                     0204  50  11       —   Carcases and half-carcases of goats
                     0204  50  13       —   Short forequarters of goats
                     0204  50  15       —   Chines and/or best ends of goats
                     0204  50  19       —   Legs of goats
                     0204  50  31       —   Other cuts with bone in of goats
                     0204  50  39       —   Boneless cuts of goats
                     Section (b)         Meat of sheep and goats salted, in brine, dried or smoked:
                     0210 90 11         — With bone in
                     0210 90 19         — Boneless
                     Section (c)         Meat of sheep and goats, frozen:
                     0204  30  00       —   Carcases and half-carcases of lamb
                     0204  41  00       —   Carcases and half-carcases of sheep, other than those of lamb
                     0204  42  10       —  Short forequarters of sheep
                     0204  42  30       —   Chines and/or best ends of sheep
                     0204  42  50       —  Legs of sheep
                     0204  42  90       —   Other cuts with bone in of sheep
                     0204  43  00       —  Boneless cuts of sheep
                     0204  50  51       —   Carcases and half-carcases of goats
                     0204  50  53       —  Short forequarters of goats
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                        CN code                                           Description
                      0204 50  55        —   Chines and/or best ends of goats
                      0204 50  59        —   Legs of goats
                      0204 50  71        —   Other cuts with bone in of goats
                      0204 50  79        —   Boneless cuts of goats'
               Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 on the common
                         organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables
                                                       COM(87) 513 final
                             (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 9 November           1987)
                                                           (87/C 344/07)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             character, in various subheadings of Chapter 8 of the
                                                                     Common Customs Tariff presently in force; whereas, in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                the combined nomenclature based on the harmonized
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43             system, by way of simplification, a single subheading has
thereof,                                                             been stablished to cover all other mixtures of dried fruits
                                                                     and of dried fruits and dried nuts; whereas it is desirable
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                   that the said mixtures be covered by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     No 426/86;
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee,                                                           Whereas numerous Regulations in the processed fruit and
                                                                     vegetables sector must be adapted in the light of the new
In cooperation with the European Parliament,                         nomenclature; whereas, under Article 15 of Regulation
                                                                     (EEC) No 2658/87, the changes made may be of a technical
Whereas the Community is a contracting party to the                  nature only; whereas, accordingly, a provision should be
International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity                 introduced whereby all other adjustments to Council and
Description and Coding System, hereinafter referred to as            Commission Regulations on the common organization of
'the harmonized system', which is intended to replace the            the market in processed fruit and vegetables should be
Convention of 15 December 1950 on Nomenclature for the               made in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
Classification of Goods in Customs Tariffs;                          22 of Regulation (EEC) No 426/86, provided that such
                                                                     adjustments are required solely as a result of the
                                                                     introduction of the harmonized system,
Whereas, from 1 January 1988, there is established by
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 i1) a combined
goods nomenclature based on the harmonized system
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
which will meet the requirements both of the Common
Customs Tariff and of the external trade statistics of the
Community;
                                                                                               Article 1
Whereas, as a consequence, it is necessary to express the
descriptions of goods and tariff heading numbers which               Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 is hereby amended as
appear in Council Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 (2), as last            follows:
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1928/87 (3), according
to the terms of the combined nomenclature based on the
harmonized system;
                                                                      1. Article 1 is replaced by the following:
Whereas mixtures of dried fruits, or of dried fruits and
dried nuts, may be classified, according to their essential
                                                                         'Article 1
 (!) OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1.                                      1. The common organization of the market in
 (2) OJ No L 49, 27. 2. 1986, p. 1.                                      products processed from fruit and vegetables shall cover
 (3) OJ No L 183, 2. 7. 1987, p. 32.                                     the following: