COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) N° 3993/87

of 23 December 1987

amending Regulation (EEC) N° 1785/81 on the common organization of the market in sugar

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) N° 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), as amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 3985/87 (2), and in particular Article 15 thereof,

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) N° 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) N° 1785/81 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 229/87 (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

Regulation (EEC) N° 1785/81 is modified as follows:

1.

Article 1 (1) is replaced by the following:

'1. The common organization of the markets in the sugar sector established by this Regulation shall cover the following products:

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2.

Article 8 (3) is replaced by the following:

'3. Paragraph 2 shall not apply to flavoured or coloured sugars falling within heading N° 1701 or to flavoured or coloured syrups falling within subheading 2106 90 59 of the combined nomenclature.'

3.

The second subparagraph of Article 16 (5) is replaced by the following:

'The levies applicable to maple sugar and to maple syrup falling within heading No 1702 of the combined nomenclature shall, however, be limited to the amount resulting from the application of the duty bound within GATT.'

4.

The second subparagraph of Article 16 (6) is replaced by the following:

'The fixed element per 100 kilograms of dry matter, shall be equal to one-tenth of the fixed element established pursuant to point B of Article 14 (1) of Council

Regulation N° 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market for cereals, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 3808/87, for the fixing of the import levy on the products falling within subheadings 1702 30 91, 1702 30 99, 1702 40 90 and 1702 90 50 of the combined nomenclature.'

5.

Article 19 (2) (a) is replaced by the following:

'(a) the refund applicable to the export of products falling within subheading 1702 30 91 of the combined nomenclature.'

6.

The first indent of Article 36 (2) (a) is replaced by the following:

'- raw preferential sugar which is not intended for refining and which falls within subheading 1701 11 90 and 1701 12 90 of the combined nomenclature, or'

7.

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

ANNEX

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ex 2008 99

--Other:

---Not containing added spirit:

----Not containing added sugar:

ex 2008 99 85

-----Maize (corn), other than sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata)

ex 2101

Extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea or maté and preparations with a basis of these products or with a basis of coffee, tea or maté; roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof

CN code

Description

ex 2102

Yeasts (active or inactive); other single-cell micro-organisms, dead (but not including vaccines of heading No 3002); prepared baking powders:

ex 2102 10

-Active yeasts:

--Bakers' yeast:

ex 2102 10 31

---Dried

ex 2102 10 39

---Other

ex 2102 20

-Inactive yeasts; other single-cell micro-organisms, dead:

--Inactive yeasts:

ex 2102 20 11

---In tablet, cube or similar form, or in immediate packings of a net capacity of 1 kg or less

ex 2102 20 19

---Other

ex 2103

Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard:

ex 2103 10 00

-Soya sauce

ex 2103 20 00

-Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces

ex 2103 90

-Other

ex 2105 00

Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa

ex 2106

Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included, excluding flavoured or coloured sugar syrups falling within subheadings 2106 90 30 to 2106 90 51, 2106 90 55 and 2106 90 59

ex 2202

Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading No 2009

ex 2205

Vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes flavoured with plants or aromatic substances

ex 2208

Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 % vol; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages:

ex 2208 20

-Spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc

ex 2208 50 91

aa

and

a

ex 2208 50 99

s

-Geneva

ex 2208 90 51

aa

to

a

ex 2208 90 79

s

-Other spirituous beverages

ex 2520

Gypsum; anhydrite; plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate) whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders:

ex 2520 20

-Plasters

ex 2839

Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates:

ex 2839 90

-Other

ex Chapter 29

ORGANIC CHEMICALS

ex Chapter 30

PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS

ex 3307

Pre-shave, shaving or after-shave preparations, personal deodorants, bath preparations, depilatories and other perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared room deodorizers, whether or not perfumed or having disinfectant properties:

-Preparations for perfuming or deodorizing rooms, including odoriferous preparations used during religious rites:

ex 3307 49 00

--Other

ex 3307 90 00

-Other