31988R0187

No L 19 / 23 23 . 1 . 88 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 187/88

of 22 January 1988 fixing the sluice-gate prices and import duties for ovalbumin and lactalbumin

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, import duties for ovalbumin and lactalbumin fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 3227/87 ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 632/86 of 28 Economic Community, February 1986 on the application of import duties on ovalbumin and lactalbumin products from Portugal (6) Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and suspended the application of import levies on ovalbumin Portugal, and lactalbumin products from Portugal owing to the minimal difference between the prices obtaining in the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2783/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common system of trade for Community on the one hand and in Portugal on the other hand ; whereas the situation still pertains ; ovalbumin and lactalbumin ('), as last amended by Regu­ lation (EEC) No 4001 /87 (2), and in particular Article 2 (2) Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 f7) intro­ and the second subparagraph of Article 5 (5) thereof, duced, with effect from 1 January 1988, a new combined nomenclature, which meets the requirements of both the Whereas the sluice-gate prices and import duties of the Common Customs Tariff and the Community's statistics products specified in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No on foreign trade and which replaces the previous nomen­ 2783/75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in accordance clature ; with the methods of calculation laid down in Commis­ sion Regulation (EEC) No 2236/87 of 27 July 1987 fixing Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management sluice-gate prices and import duties for ovalbumin and Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, lactalbumin (3) ;

Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and import duties for HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ovalbumin and lactalbumin were, by Commission Regula­ tion (EEC) No 3227/87 (4) fixed for the period 1 Article 1 November 1977 to 31 January 1988 they must be fixed 1 . The import duties provided for in Article 2 of Regu­ anew for the period 1 February to 30 April 1988 ; whereas lation (EEC) No 2783/75 in respect of the products speci­ such prices and duties should be calculated by reference fied in Article 1 of that Regulation, and the sluice-gate to the sluice-gate price and levy applicable to eggs in prices provided for in Article 5 thereof in respect of the shell during the same period ; like products, shall, for the period 1 February to 30 April Whereas these have been fixed by Commission Regula­ 1988, be as fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 3227/87. tion (EEC) No 185/88 of 22 January 1988 fixing the 2. Application of the duties shall be suspended in sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs (*) ; respect of imports from Portugal of the products specified in paragraph 1 . Whereas the sluice-gate price and levy applicable to eggs in shell have been maintained unchanged by the afore­ Article 2 mentioned Regulation ; whereas it is therefore necessary likewise to maintain unchanged the sluice-gate prices and This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1988 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 22 January 1988 . For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 104. (2) OJ No L 377, 31 . 12. 1987. 0 OJ No L 206, 28 . 7. 1987, p . 28 . (4) OJ No L 307, 29 . 10 . 1987, p. 31 . (6) OJ No L 60, 1 . 3 . 1986, p. 12. (s\ See nape 20 of this Official lournal . P) OJ No L 256, 7. 9 . 1987, p. 1 .