No L 377/42 Official Journal of the European Communities 31.12. 87 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, ‘1.  The common organization of the market in eggs shall cover the following products: Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, CN code Description Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of a) 040700 11 ) 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on 0407 00 19 } Poull:ri eggs in shell, fresh, preserved or the Common Customs Tariff (1), as amended by Regulation 0407 00 30 cooke (EEC) No 3985/87(2?), and in particular Article 15 Eggs not in shell and egg yolks suitable thereof, b) 0408 11 10 for human consumption, fresh, dried, 0408 19 11 cooked by steaming or by boiling in . . i 0408 19 19 water, moulded, frozen or otherwise Wher?as Co,ll ncil Regulation (EEC) No 2655,/ 83 0408 91 10 preserved, whether or not containing establishes, with effect from 1 January 1'988, a combine 0408 99 10 added sugar or other sweetening goods nomenclature based on the Harmonized System which matter’ will meet the requirements both of the Common Customs Tariff and the nomenclature of goods for the external trade statistics of the Community; 2.  For the purposes of this Regulation: (a) ‘eggs in shell’ means poultry eggs in shell, fresh, Whereas, as a consequence, it is necessary to express the preserved, or cooked, other than eggs for hatching descriptions of goods and tariff heading numbers which specified in (b); appear in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 (3), as last (b) ‘eggs for hatching means poultry eggs for amended by Regulation (EEC)No 1475/86 (#), according to the terms of the combined nomenclature; whereas these adaptations do not call for any amendment of substance, hatching; (c¢) ‘whole products’ means birds’ eggs not in shell, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening  matter  suitable  for  human consumption; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: (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 Article 1 on 1 February, 1 May, 1 August or 1 November.’ Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 is modified as 2. Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation. follows: Article 2 1. Article 1 is replaced by the following: 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 1 (1) O No L 256,7. 9. 1987, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 376, 31. 12. 1987, p. 1. (%) O] No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 49. (*) O] No L 133, 21. 5. 1986, p. 39.