No L 115/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 5. 87 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1207/87 of 30 April 1987 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 laying down common detailed rules for verifying the use and/or destination of products from intervention THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1579/86 (3, and in particular Articles 7 (5) and 8 (3) thereof, and the corresponding provisions of the other Regulations establishing a common organization of the market in respect of agricultural products, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2151/84 of 23 July 1984 on the customs territory of the Community (), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, gives a precise definition of the ‘customs terri- tory of the Community’ ; whereas, therefore, it is appro- priate to make use of this definition in the interests of legal certainty ; whereas, therefore, Commission Regula- tion (EEC) No 1687/76 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1093/87 (%), should be amended accordingly ; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 223/77 of 22 December 1976 on provisions for the implementation of the Community transit procedure and for certain simplifi- cations of that procedure (%), as last amended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 3399/85(’), extended the simplified Community rail transit procedure to the carriage of goods by large containers ; whereas it is therefore appropriate to amend Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 to take this into account ; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1181/87 (%), lays down common detailed rules for the application of the system of securities for agricultural products; whereas therefore, Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 should be amended to take account of Regulation (EEC) No 2220/85; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinions of all the relevant Mana- gement Committees, () OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. () O] No L 139, 24. 5. 1986, p. 29. () O] No L 197, 27. 7. 1984, p. 1. () O] No L 190, 14. 7. 1976, p. 1. () O No L 106, 22. 4. 1987, p. 14. (9 OJ No L 38, 9. 2. 1977, p. 20. () O] No L 322, 3. 12. 1985, p. 10. () OJ No L 205, 3. 8. 1985, p. 5. () OJ No L 113, 30. 4. 1987, p. 31. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 1687/76 is hereby amended as follows : : 1. Article 3 (1) (a) 1 is replaced by the following : ‘1. left the customs territory of the Community as defined in Article 1 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2151/84("); for the purposes of this Regulation deliveries of any products intended solely for consumption on board to drilling or extraction platforms, including workpoints provi- ding support services for such operations, situated within the area of the European continental shelf, or within the area of the continental shelf of the non-European part of the Community, but beyond a three-mile zone starting from the base line used to determine the width of a Member State’s territo- rial sea, shall be considered to have left the customs territory of the Community; or () OJ No L 197, 27. 7. 1984, p. 1. 2. Article 3 (2) is replaced by the following : 2. In respect of products to be delivered at a specific port of shipment within the Community as food aid, the Member State in which that port is situ- ated shall take all necessary measures to check whether the product leaves the customs territory of the Community by that port. If the products do not leave the customs territory of the Community within three months from the day on which the proof of delivery referred to in paragraph 1 (e) has been presented to the competent authorities, the Member State concerned shall inform the Commission, giving any available information as to the reasons therefor.’ 3. Article 9 is replaced by the following: Article 9 1.  Where, on completion of customs export formali- ties, products are placed under one of the procedures provided for in Title IV Section 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 223/77 for carriage to a station of destination or delivery to a consignee outside the customs territory of the Community, they shall be deemed to have been exported as soon as they are placed under that proce- dure.