Document ID: 31985R3147

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3147/85
of 12 November 1985
on the tariff classification of certain poultry cuts and amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in poultrymeat (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Articles 3 and 5 (3) thereof,
Whereas partly boned poultry, cuts have recently come to account for an important part of the world's trade in poultrymeat;
Whereas according to the Common Customs Tariff annexed to Council Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3068/85 (3), unboned poultry cuts fall within subheading 02.02 B II;
Whereas partly boned poultry cuts are not of the same type and value as unprocessed, unboned poultry cuts which fall within subheadings 02.02 B II a) to e) of the Common Customs Tariff; whereas they should therefore be classified in subheading 02.02 B II g);
Whereas the tariff nomenclature applicable as a result of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 is set out in the Common Customs Tariff; whereas it should therefore be amended;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For the purposes of applying levies in the poultrymeat sector:
1. 'Poultry cuts, unboned (bone-in)', for the purposes of subheadings 02.02 B II a), b), c), d), and e) of the Common Customs Tariff shall be taken to mean the cuts specified therein, including all bones;
2. Poultry cuts as referred to in paragraph 1 which have been partly boned shall be classified in subheading 02.02 B II g) of the Common Customs Tariff.
Article 2
The following Additional Note 7 is hereby added in Chapter 2 of the Common Customs Tariff set out in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 950/68:
'7. (a) For the purposes of subheadings 02.02 B II a), b), c), d) and e), "poultry cuts, boned (bone-in)", shall be taken to mean the cuts specified therein, including all bones.
(b) Poultry cuts as referred to in (a) which have been partly boned shall fall within subheading 02.02 B II g).'
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1986.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 12 November 1985.

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