Council Regulation (EEC) No 3908/87 of 22 December 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 on the common organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) N° 3908/87
of 22 December 1987
amending Regulation (EEC) N° 1837/80 on the common  organization of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat
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 European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2),
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 Council Regulation (EEC) N° 2658/87 (3) established, from 1 January 1988, a combined goods  nomenclature based on the harmonized system which will meet the requirements both of the Common  Customs Tariff and of the external trade statistics of the Community;
Whereas, as a result, it is necessary to express the descriptions of goods and tariff heading  numbers which appear in Regulation (EEC) N° 1837/80 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N°  794/87 (5), 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 N° 02.06 of the Common Customs Tariff at present in force, which are covered by Regulation  (EEC) N° 1837/80; whereas, in the combined nomenclature, 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 coverd by Council Regulation
(EEC) N° 805/68 or  27 June 1968 on the common
(1) Opinion delivered on 18 December 1987 (not yet published in the  Official Journal).
(2) Opinion delivered on 16 December 1987 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
(3) OJ N° L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1.
(4) OJ N° L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1.
(5) OJ N° L 79, 16. 3. 1987, p. 3.
organization of the market in beef and veal (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 3905/87  (7); whereas, as a consequence, they should no longer be covered by Regulation (EEC) N° 1837/80;
Whereas certain 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, are classified in subheadings of heading N° 16.02 of the Common Customs  Tariff at present in force, which are covered by Regulation (EEC) N° 1837/80; whereas, in the  combined nomenclature, single subheadings have been established for each of the aforementioned  preparations; whereas it is desirable that the said preparations be covered by Council Regulation  (EEC) N° 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat (8), as  last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 3906/87 (9); whereas, as a result, they should no longer be  covered by Regulation (EEC) N° 1837/80;
Whereas numerous regulations in the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector must be adapted to take account  of use of the new nomenclature; whereas, under Article 15 of Regulation (EEC) N° 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 sheepmeat and goatmeat should be made in accordance with the  procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) N° 1837/80, provided that such adjustments  are required solely as a result of the introduction of the harmonized system,