CELEX: 51987PC0513(05)
Language: en
Date: 1987-10-22
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2777/75 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN POULTRYMEAT

21. 12. 87                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               No C 344/15
                Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 on the common
                                           organization of the market in poultrymeat
                                                       COM(87) 513 final
                              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 9 November         1987)
                                                          (87/C 344/05)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            No 000/88; whereas, as a consequence, they should no
                                                                    longer be covered by Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 43            Whereas certain homogenized preparations of meat, meat
thereof,                                                            offal or blood, preparations of animal blood, and stuffed
                                                                    pasta containing more than 20 % by weight of sausages and
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                  the like, meat and meat offal, including fats, are classified in
                                                                    subheadings of heading No 16.02 of the Common Customs
                                                                    Tariff presently in force, which are covered by Regulation
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social             (EEC) No 2777/75; whereas, in the combined nomencla-
Committee,                                                          ture based on the harmonized system, by way of
                                                                    simplification, single subheadings have been established for
In cooperation with the European Parliament,                        each of the aforementioned preparations; whereas it is
                                                                    desirable that the said preparations be covered by Council
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the
Whereas the Community is a contracting party to the                 common organization of the market in pigmeat (5), as last
International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity                amended by Regulation (EEC) No 000/88; whereas, as a
Description and Coding System, hereinafter referred to as           consequence, they should no longer be covered by
'the harmonized system', which replaces the Convention of           Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75;
15 December 1950 on Nomenclature for the Classification
of Goods in Customs Tariffs;
                                                                    Whereas numerous Regulations in the poultrymeat sector
                                                                    must be adapted in the light of the new nomenclature;
Whereas, from 1 January 1988, there is established by               whereas, under Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) No 2658/
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (*) a combined                  87, the changes made may be of a technical nature only;
goods nomenclature based on the harmonized system                   whereas, accordingly, a provision should be introduced
which will meet the requirements both of the Common                 whereby all other adjustments to Council and Commission
Customs Tariff and of the external trade statistics of the          Regulations on the common organization of the market in
Community;                                                          poultrymeat should be made in accordance with the
                                                                    procedure laid down in Article 17 of Regulation (EEC)
Whereas, as a consequence, it is necessary to express the           No 2777/75, provided that such adjustments are required
descriptions of goods and tariff heading numbers which              solely as a result of the introduction of the harmonized
appear in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 (2), as last          system,
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1475/86 (3), according
to the terms of the combined nomenclature based on the
harmonized system;                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas certain edible flours and meals of meat or meat
offal are classified in subheadings of heading No 02.06 of                                    Article 1
the Common Customs Tariff presently in force, which are
covered by Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75; whereas, in the
combined nomenclature based on the harmonized system,               Regulation (EEC) No Till IIS        is hereby amended as
by way of simplification, a single subheading has been              follows:
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            1. Article 1 (1) is replaced by the following:
in beef and veal (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                        ' 1 . The common organization of the market in
                                                                        poultrymeat shall cover the following products:
(!) OJ No  L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ No  L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 77.
(3) OJ No  L 133, 21. 5. 1986, p. 39.
(4) OJ No  L  148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.                              (*) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.
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                       CN code                                                 Description
              (a)     0105                Live poultry, that is to say, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese,
                                          turkeys and guinea fowls
              (b) ex 0207                 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading No 0105 fresh, chilled or frozen,
                                          excluding livers falling within subheadings 0207 3100, 0207 39 90 and 0207 50
              (c)     0207 31  00         Poultry livers, fresh, chilled or frozen
                      0207 39  90
                      0207 50
                      0210 90  71         Poultry livers salted, or in brine, dried or smoked
                      0210 90  79
              (d)     0209 0090           Poultry fat (not rendered), fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked
              (e)     1501 00 90          Poultry fat, rendered, whether or not pressed or solvent-extracted
              (f)     1602 31             Other prepared or preserved meat, or offal of poultry of heading No 0105'
                      1602 39
2. Article 5 (2) is replaced by the following:                            shall make the necessary adaptations to Council or
                                                                          Commission acts concerning the common organization of
   '2. By way of derogation from the provisions of                        the market in poultrymeat which result from the appli-
   paragraph 1, for products falling within subheadings                   cation of Article 1.
   0207 3 1 0 0 ,   0207 39 90, 0207 50, 0210 90 7 1 ,
   0210 90 79,      150100 90,       1602 3 1 , 1602 39 19,
   1602 39 30 and 1602 39 90, of the combined nomencla-                                                 Article 3
   ture, in respect of which the rate of duty has been bound
   within GATT, the levies shall be limited to the amount                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
   resulting from that binding.'                                          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                          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
provided for in Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75                 applicable in all Member States.