13. 10. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 289/19 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3045/87 of 12 October 1987 on duties applicable on import into the Community of Ten of avocados consigned from Portugal THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal and in particular subparagraph (4) (b) of Article 243 thereof, : Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 443/86 (!) deter- mined the basic duties to be used in the Community of Ten for calculation of the successive reductions provided for in the Act of Accession ; Whereas since more favourable rates of duty have been negotiated multilaterally under the Generalized System of Preferences arrangements for avocados falling within code 0804 40 of the combined nomenclature the duty appli- cable on import into the Community of Ten of avocados meeting, in Portugal, the terms of Article 9 (2) of the Treaty should be reduced at a quicker rate than initially provided for from 1 January 1988 ; 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 customs duty applicable on import into the Commu- nity of Ten of avocados of code 0804 40 of the combined nomenclature meeting, in Portugal, the terms of Article 9 (2) of the Treaty is hereby set at the following percentages of the basic duty from the following dates: Percentage Date of basic cfuty 1 January 1988 31,25 % 1 January 1989 25,00 % 1 January 1990 18,75 % 1 January 1991 12,50 % 1 January 1992 duty completely abolished Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 12 October 1987. () OJ No L 50, 28. 2. 1986, p. 9. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President