Document ID: 31987R4160

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 4160/87 of 29 December 1987 amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 391/68 and No 2764/75 as a consequence of the introduction of the combined nomenclature
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEANCOMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3985/87 (2) and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 15 (1) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3906/87 (4), and in particular Article 4 (6) thereof, Whereas, with effect from 1 January 1988, Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 establishes, on the basis of the Harmonized System, a combined goods nomenclature which will meet the requirements both of the Common Customs Tariff and of the external trade statistics of the Community; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 391/68 of 1 April 1968 laying down detailed rules for intervention buying-in in pigmeat (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 912/71 (6) and Council Regulation (EEC) No 2764/75 of 29 October 1975, laying down the rules for calculating a component of the levy on pig carcases (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1475/86 (8), must be adapted to take account of the use of the new combined nomenclature based on the Harmonized System; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 391/68 is hereby replaced by the Annex hereto.
Article 2
Article 3a of Regulation (EEC) No 2764/75 is replaced by the following: 'Article 3a''Pig carcases'' shall be taken to mean carcases or half-carcases of domestic swine which have been bled and eviscerated and from which the bristles and hooves have been removed. Half-carcases are derived from whole carcases by division through the centre of each cervical, dorsal, lumbar and sacral vertebra, and through the centre of the sternum and the ischio-pubic symphysis. These carcases and half-carcases may be with or without head, feet, flare fat, kidneys, tail or diaphragm. Half-carcases may be with or without spinal cord, brain or tongue. Carcases and half-carcases of sows may be with or without udders (mammary glands).'
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1988.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 December 1987.

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