31.12. 87 No L 392/46 Official Journal of the European Communities 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 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 (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3985/87 (*} 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 organ- ization of the market in pigmeat (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3906/87 (*), 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 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 912/71 (*) 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 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1475/86 (%), 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 Comnmittee 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. (") OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1. (*) OJ No L 376, 31. 12. 1987, p. 1. () OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. () OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1987, p. 11. () O] No L 80, 2. 4. 1968, p. 5. () O] No L 98, 1. 5. 1971, p. 42. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President () OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 21. (*) OJ No L 133, 21. 5. 1986, p. 39.