"No L 10/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 1. 88 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 79/88 of 13 January 1988 laying down quality standards for lettuces, curled-leaved endives, broad-leaved (Batavian) endives and sweet peppers THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72 of 18 May 1972 on the common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3910/87 (%), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof, - Whereas the quality standards for lettuces, curled-leaved endives and broad-leaved (Batavian) endives are laid down in Annex II/5 of Commission Regulation No 23 on the progressive establishment of a common organization of the market in fruit and vegetables (°) ; whereas those stan- dards were amended by Regulation No 51/65/EEC (¥); Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2397/76 () lays down quality standards for sweet peppers ; Whereas a change has occurred in the production and marketing of these products, particularly as regards the requirements of consumer and wholesale markets; whereas the common quality standards for lettuces, curled-leaved endives, broad-leaved (Batavian) endives and sweet peppers should therefore be changed to take those new requirements into account; Whereas in the case of lettuces, curled-leaved endives, broad-leaved (Batavian) endives, such changes entail alte- ration of the definition of the supplementary quality class as laid down by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1194/69 (%) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 897/77 () whereas account should be taken, in defining that class, of the economic importance to producers of the products concerned and of the need to meet consumer require- ments ; Whereas the standards are applicable at all stages of marketing ; whereas transportation over a long distance, storage for a certain length of time or the various handling operations may bring about deterioration due to the biological development of the products or their tendency to perish ; whereas, therefore, account should be taken of such deterioration when applying the standards of marketing stages following dispatch; () OJ No L 118, 20. 5. 1972, p. 1. () OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1987. () OJ No 30, 20. 4. 1962, p. 965/62. ( OJ No 55, 3. 4. 1965, p. 793/65. () OJ No L 270, 2. 10. 1976, p. 13. () OJ No L 157, 28. 6. 1969, p. 1. () OJ No L 88, 31. 3. 1987, p. 17. Whereas in the interests of clarity and certainty as to legal requirements and for ease of use the standards thus changed should be consolidated in a single text; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The quality standards for lettuces, curled-leaved endives and broad-leaved (Batavian) endives falling within subhea- dings 0705 11 and 0705 29 00 of the combined nomen- clature and for sweet peppers falling within subheading 0709 60 10 of the combined nomenclature are set out in Annexes I and II respectively. Those standards shall apply at all marketing stages, under the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72. : However, at stages following dispatch the products may show, in relation to the standards prescribed a slight lack of freshness and turgescence and slight alteration due to their biological development and their tendency to perish. Article 2 Regulation No 23 is hereby amended as follows : — in Article 2 (3) the words ‘lettuces, curled-leaved endives and broad-leaved (Batavian) endives’ are deleted ; — Annex II/5 is deleted. Article 3 Regulation (EEC) No 1194/69 is hereby amended as follows : — in Article 1, the words ‘lettuces, curled-leaved endives and broad-leaved (Batavian) endives’ are deleted ; — Annex I is deleted. Article 4 Regulation (EEC) No 2397/76 is hereby repealed. Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1988.