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.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

SPA:L377UMBE18.96

FF: 5UEN; SETUP: 01; Hoehe: 460 mm; 117 Zeilen; 2898 Zeichen;

Bediener: JUTT Pr.: B;

Kunde: L 377 EN 18 - 40800

(1) OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 376, 31. 12. 1987, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 49.

(4) OJ No L 133, 21. 5. 1986, p. 39.

ANNEX

'ANNEX I

CN code

Description

ex 0403

Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added cocoa

ex 1806

Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa

ex 1901

Food preparations of goods of heading Nos 0401 to 0404, containing cocoa powder, not elsewhere specified or included

ex 1902 11 00

Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared, containing eggs

ex 1904

Prepared food, obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example, corn flakes); cereals, other than maize (corn), in a grain form, pre-cooked or otherwise prepared containing cocoa

ex 1905

Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products:

ex 1905 20

-Gingerbread and the like

ex 1905 30

-Sweet biscuits; waffles and wafers

ex 1905 40 00

-Rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products

ex 1905 90 40

ex 1905 90 50

ex 1905 90 60

ex 1905 90 90

aa

A

a

A

s

-Other

ex 2105 00

Ice cream and other edible ice, containing cocoa

ex 2208 90

Spirits, liqueurs, and other spirituous beverages containing eggs or egg yolk

ex 3502 10

-Egg albumin:

--Other:

ex 3502 10 91

---Dried (in sheets, scales, flakes, powders etc.)

ex 3502 10 99

---Other'

SPA:L377UMBE19.96

FF: 5UEN; SETUP: 01; Hoehe: 270 mm; 73 Zeilen; 1522 Zeichen;

Bediener: JUTT Pr.: B;

Kunde: 40800 England 19

Amendments and corrections
August 18, 1988	Corrected by 31987R4000R(01)
August 18, 1988	Corrected by 31987R4000R(02)
August 18, 1988	Corrected by 31987R4000R(03)
January 1, 1988	Entry into force - See Art 2
January 1, 1988	Repealed by 388R3207

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