Council Regulation (EEC) No 3909/87 of 22 December 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 426/86 on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 3909/87
of 22 December 1987
amending Regulation (EEC) N° 426/86  on the common organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables
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 European 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 the 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 Council Regulation (EEC) N° 426/86 of 24 February 1986 on the common  organization of the market in products processed from fruit and vegetables (4), as last amended by  Regulation (EEC) N° 1928/87 (5), according to the terms of the combined nomenclature, based on the  harmonized system;
Whereas mixtures of dried fruits, or of dried fruits and nuts, may be classified, according to  their essential character, in various subheadings of Chapter 8 of the Common Customs Tariff at  present in force; whereas, in the combined nomenclature, by way of simplification, a single  subheading has been established to cover all other mixtures of dried
fruits and of dried fruits and  nuts; whereas it is desirable
that the said mixtures te covered by Regulation (EEC) N° 426/86;
Whereas numerous regulations in the processed fruit and vegetables 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 processed fruit and vegetables should be made in accordance with the  procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EEC) N° 426/86, provided that such adjustments are  required solely as a result of the introduction of the harmonized system,