23. 6. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 163/25 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1730/87 of 22 June 1987 laying down quality standards for table grapes THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, - Having regard to 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 1351/86 (%), and in particular Article 2 (3) thereof, Whereas the quality standards for table grapes are laid down in Annex 1/7 of Commission Regulation No 58 (}); whereas those standards were amended by Regulations (EEC) No 847/76 (*) and (EEC) No 2166/84 (°); Whereas a change has occurred in the production and marketing of these products particularly as regards the requirements of consumer and wholesale markets; whereas the common quality standards for table grapes should therefore be changed to take those new require- ments into account; Whereas such changes entail alteration of the definition of the supplementary quality class as laid down by Council Regulation No 211/66/EEC (%) ; whereas account should be taken, in defining that class, of the economic importance to producers of the products concerned and of the need to meet consumer requirements ; Whereas the standards are applicable at all stages of marketing ; whereas transportation over a long distance, storage for a certain length of time or the various handling operations may bring about deterioration due to the biological development of the products or their tendency to perish ; whereas, therefore, account should be taken of such deterioration when applying the standards at the marketing stages following dispatch ; whereas, since the products in the ‘Extra’ class have to be particularly carefully sorted and packaged, only lack of freshness or () OJ No L 118, 20. S. 1972, p. 1. () O No L 119, 8. S. 1986, p. 46. () OJ No 56, 7. 7. 1962, p. 1606/62. () OJ No L 96, 10. 4. 1976, p. 32. () OJ No L 197, 27. 7. 1984, p. 33. (9 OJ No 233, 20. 12. 1966, p. 3939/66. turgescence is to be taken into into account only in their case ; Whereas in the interest of clarity and certainty as to legal requirements for ease of use the standards thus changed should be consolidated in a single text; 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 quality standards for tale grapes falling within subheading 08.04 A of the Common Customs Tariff are set in the Annex hereto. These standards shall apply at all marketing stages, under the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1035/72. However, at the stages following diSpatch the products may show, in relation to the standards prescribed, — a slight lack of freshness and turgescence, — for the products graded in the class other than the ‘Extra’ class, slight alternation due to their develop- ment and their tendency to perish and also a certain number of loose grapes, separated from the stalk. Article 2 Regulation No 58 is hereby amended as follows: — in Article 1, ‘table grapes’ shall be deleted, — Annex 1/7 specifying the quality standards for table grapes, respectively, shall be deleted. Article 3 Council Regulation No 211/66/EEC is hereby amended as follows : — in Article I, ‘table grapes’ shall be deleted, — Annex VI concerning table grapes shall be deleted. Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.