31.12. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 373/25 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3944/87 of 21 December 1987 fixing coefficients for calculating levies on pigmeat products THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 15 (1) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3906/87 (3), and in particular Article 10 (4) thereof, Whereas, as regards the products listed in Article 1 (1) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, other than pig carcases, the levy is to be derived from the levy on pig carcases on the basis of a coefficient expressing the ratio in the Community between the prices for such products and the price for pig carcases; Whereas, as regards the products listed in Article 1 (1) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, the levy is made up of two components, one of which is to be derived from the levy on pig carcases on the basis of a coefficient expressing the ratio in the Community between the prices for such products and the price of pig carcases; Whereas the coefficients for calculating levies on pigmeat products other than pig carcases were established by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3602/82 (%), Whereas, from 1 January 1988, there is established by Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 a combined goods nomenclature based on the harmonized system which will meet the requirements both of the Common Customs Tariff and of the external trade statistics of the Community; 1 (1) O] No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1. (2) O] No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. (*) OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1987, p. 11. (*) O No L 376, 31.12. 1982, p. 23. Whereas the tariff nomenclature resulting from the application of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 which forms part of the Common Customs Tariff has been amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3906/87 in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87; whereas, as a consequence, it is necessary to express the descriptions of goods and tariff heading numbers which appear in the present Regulation according to the terms of the combined nomenclature based on the harmonized system; Whereas, for ease of administration, Regulation (EEC) No 3602/82 should be repealed and all rules on coefficients for pigmeat products should be combined in one Regulation in which should be inserted, for the purpose of clarity, the definition of pig carcases resulting from Article 3a of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2764/75 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1475/86 (¢); Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 1.  The coefficients expressing the ratio referred to in Article 10 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 are hereby fixed as shown in Annex I. : 2. The coefficients expressing the ratio referred to in Article 10 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 are hereby fixed as shown in Annex II. Article 2 1.  The following expressions shall have the meanings hereunder assigned to them: (a) ‘Carcases or half-carcases’,, for the purposes of subheadings 0203 11 10 and 0203 21 10 of the combined nomenclature: slaughtered pigs in the form of carcases or half-carcases of domestic swine which have been bled and eviscerated and from which the bristles and hooves have been removed. Half-carcases are derived from whole carcases by division through the centre of each cervical, dorsal, lumbar and sacral vertebra and through the centre of the sternum and the ischio-pubic (°) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 21. () O] No L 133, 21. 5. 1986, p. 39.