15. 12. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 346/3 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3875/88 . of 12 December 1988 amending Regulatlon (EEC) No 1360/78 on producer groups and asSociations thereof THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ('), ’ ' ’ Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1360/78 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1760/87 (¥, introduced a common measure for certain regions of the Commumty to encourage the formation of producer groups in order to concentrate the supply of agricultural products and adapt production to the needs of the market ; whereas provision was made at the time of the adoption of the said common measure for the system to be extended to other regions with needs similar to those of the regions mmally designated ; Whereas in Ireland serious deficiencies in the supply structure have been noted in a number of sectors; whereas the cereals market is supplied by a large number of small farmers, with only 2,3 % of production marketed by producer organizations set up to market produce; whereas in the potato, beef and veal and sheepmeat and goatmeat sectors, such .organizations are extremely rare or market only a minimal proportion of production ; Whereas in France such structural deficiencies have been noted in certain areas in the south in the sector of wine of - fresh grapes; Whereas the last amendment to the common measure, carried out by Regulation (EEC) No 1760/87, sought primarily to adapt the system of aid for producer groups and did not simultaneously adjust the relevant financial provisions ; whereas those provisions should now be adapted ; ) Whereas Regulation (EEC) ,No 2658/87 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3491/88 (), instituted a combined goods nomenclature, based on the harmonized (*) Opinion delivered on 18 November 1988 (not yet published in the Official Journal). () Opinion delivered on 27 October 1988 (not yet published in the Official Journal). () OJ No L 186, 23. 6. 1978, p. 1. () OJ No L 167, 26. 6. 1987, p 1. () OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, () O] No L 306, 11. 11. 1988 p 18, commodity description and coding system, to take effect from 1 January 1988 ; Whereas the descriptions of goods and tariff codes appearing in Regulation (EEC) No 1360/78 must therefore be amended to conform with the combined nomenclature, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (BEC) No 1360/78 .is hereby amended as follows : 1. The following indent is added to Article 2: ‘— the whole of Ireland. 2. Article 3 is replaced by the following: Article 3 1. In the case of Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal this Regulation shall apply to the following products provided that such products are produced in those countries : — the products of the soil and the livestock products listed in Annex II to the Treaty, excluding: — products referred to in Article 1 (2) of 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 2238/88 (3, — hops (CN code 1210), — silkworms (CN code 0106 00 99), — the processed agricultural products listed in the Annex hereto. 2. In the case of the French regions, this Regulation shall apply to the following products : — wine of fresh grapes and grape must in fermen- tation or with fermentation arrested, including ‘mistelles (CN codes ex 220410, 220421, ex 220429 and 22043010), in Languedoc- Roussillon, Provence-Cote d’Azur, Midi-Pyrénées and Corsica, — plants used in perfumery and lavender (CN code ex 1211) in Provence-Céte d’Azur and the departments of Dr6me and Ardéche, N