COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 4000/87 of 23 December 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 on the common organization of the market in eggs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
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 Article 15 thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 establishes, with effect 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 the nomenclature of goods for the external trade statistics of the Community;
Whereas, as a consequence, it is necessary to express the descriptions of goods and tariff heading numbers which appear in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1475/86 (4), according to the terms of the combined nomenclature; whereas these adaptations do not call for any amendment of substance,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 is modified as follows:
1.
Article 1
is replaced by the following:
'1. The common organization of the market in eggs shall cover the following products:
CN code
Description
a)
0407 00 11
0407 00 19
0407 00 30
aa
a
s
Poultry eggs in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked
b)
0408 11 10
0408 19 11
0408 19 19
0408 91 10
0408 99 10
aa
A
A
a
A
A
s
Eggs not in shell and egg yolks suitable for human consumption, fresh, dried, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter'
2. For the purposes of this Regulation:
(a) 'eggs in shell' means poultry eggs in shell, fresh, preserved, or cooked, other than eggs for hatching specified in (b);
(b) 'eggs for hatching' means poultry eggs for hatching;
(c) 'whole products' means birds' eggs not in shell, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter suitable for human consumption;
(d) 'separated products' means birds' egg yolks, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetened matter suitable for human consumption;
(e) a 'quarter' means a period of three months beginning on 1 February, 1 May, 1 August or 1 November.'
2.
Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
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, 23 December 1987.