1. 11. 90 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 304/5 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3156/90 of 29 October 1990 amending Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 288/82 in respect of the liberalization of certain products which are subject to national quantitative restrictions THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, Having regard to the instruments establishing common organization of agricultural markets and to the instru- ments concerning processed agricultural products adopted under Article 235 of the Treaty, in particular those provi- sions thereof which allow for derogation from the general principle that all quantitative restrictions or measures having equivalent effect may be replaced solely by the measures provided for in those same instruments, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas the common commercial policy must be based on uniform principles ; whereas the common rules for imports laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 288/82 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1243/86 (3), are an important aspect of that policy ; whereas the liberalization of imports, that is to say the absencé of any quantitative restrictions, subject to exceptions and derogations provided for in Community rules, is the starting point for common rules in this field; Whereas the quantitative restrictions which exist in the Member States are listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 288/82; Whereas the economic and trade situation is such that a number of quantitative restrictions still applied by certain Member States may be abolished, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The products set out in Annex A to this Regulation are hereby deleted from Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 288/82. In the case of quantitative restrictions on products listed in Annex B to this Regulation, the name ‘Japan’ is hereby deleted from the description of the geographical scope of the said Annex L Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official ]ournal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 29 October 1990. () OJ No L 35, 9. 2. 1982, p. 1. () OJ No L 113, 30. 4. 1986, p. 1. For the Council The President A. BATTAGLIA