1. 6. 8% Official Journal of the European Communities No L 148/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 1495/89 of 29 May 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 on the common organization of the market in fishery products and Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty- establishing- the European Economic Community, ‘ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 of 29 December 1981 on the common organization of the market in fishery products ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3468/88 (2), and in particular Article 30 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas, up to 31  December 1987, a- GATT-bound customs duty exemption applied to fresh, chilled and frozen herring from 15 February to 15 June each year;. whereas a new. customs tariff based on the harmonized commodity ~description and coding system has been applied since 1 January 1988 ; whereas, when the change - - was made from the old ‘riomenclature to the harmonized . system, the abovementioned exemption was not applied to fresh and chilled herring flaps and whereas a customs duty of 15 % is levied on these; Whereas, in the intervening period, significant imports of herring flaps have been recorded on the Community market ; whereas the customs duty exemption should therefore be reintroduced for them; Whereas Annex VII to Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81" should therefore be amended accordingly ; Whereas Annex VIL to Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 appears in the Common Customs Tariff ; whereas the Common Customs Tariff ‘adopted by Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 20/89 (%), should therefore be amended, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 1.  Annex VII to Regulation (EEC) No 3796/81 and Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 are hereby amended as indicated in the Annex to this Regulation. 2.  Changes made " in CN subheadings by this Regulation shall be applicable as Taric subheadings pending their insertion in the combined nomenclature as provided for in Article 12- of Regulation . (EEC) No. . 2658/87. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication- in the Official Journal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 15 February 1989. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 May 1989. For the Council- The President C. ROMERO HERRERA- () OJ No L 379, 31. 12. 1981, p. 1. () OJ No L 305, 10. 10. 1988, p. 1. () OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1. ( OJ No L 4, 6. 1. 1989, p. 19.