31.12. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 376/31 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3988/87 of 22 December 1987 amending certain measures in respect of the application of the common organization of the markets in the beef sector on account of the introduction of the combined nomenclature 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 of the Common Customs Tariff (1), amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3985/87 (?), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 15 (1) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3905/87 of 22 December 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 on the common organization of the market in beef and veal () and in particular Article 2 thereof, Whereas, according to the second subparagraph of Article 15 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, adaptations of a technical nature of Community acts using the combined nomenclature are to be carried out by the Commission; whereas amendments of substance are to be carried out in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 27 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 (4) by virtue of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3905/87; Whereas numerous measures in the beef and veal sector must be adapted at the technical level as well as in regard to certain substantive points in order to take account of the utilization of the new combined nomenclature based on the harmonized system of designation and codification of goods due to replace the Convention of 15 December 1950 on the nomenclature for the classification of goods in the customs tariffs, Whereas owing to the number and content of texts requiring such modification it is advisable to regroup, in one Regulation, all the necessary amendments; Whereas, certain items for calculating which still appear in units of accounts in the said measures should be expressed in ECU using the coefficient of 1,208953 referred to in Article 13 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1676485 () as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1636/87 (¢); 1 (1) O] No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1. (2) See page 1 of this Official Journal. (?) O] No L 370, 30. 12. 1987, p. 7. (*) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24. (*) OJ No L. 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1. (¢) O] No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1. Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation in application of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3905/87 are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Beef and Veal, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 of 18 March 1977 laying down rules for the application of levies on beef and veal and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 of the Common Customs Tariff (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3114/83 (8), is hereby amended as follows: 1. Article 6 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 6 For frozen meat falling within subheading 0202 10 and 0202 20 10 and specified in (b) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 805/68: (a) the coefficient referred to in Article 11 (2) (a) thereof shall be 1,69; ’ (b) the flat-rate sum referred to in Article 11 (2) (b) thereof shall be 6,65 ECU per 100 kilograms.’ 2. In Article 9 the first paragraph is replaced by the following: ‘1. For the purpose of the levies, (a) “Carcases of bovine animals”, for the purposes of subheadings 0201 10 and 0202 10 of the combined nomenclature means whole carcases of the slaughtered animals after having been bled, eviscerated and skinned, imported with or without the heads, with or without the feet and with or without the other offals attached. Where carcases are imported without the heads, the latter must have been separated from the carcase at the atloido-occipital joint. When imported without the feet, the latter must have been cut off at the carpo-metacarpal or tarso-metacarsal joints; “carcase” includes the front part of the carcase comprising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder having more than 10 pairs or ribs; (7) OJ No L 75, 23. 3. 1977, p. 10. (%) O] No L 303, 5. 11. 1983, p. 16.