31988R0632

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 632/88

of 8 March 1988

abolishing customs duties on table olives imported from Spain and Portugal into the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, and in particular Article 75 (4) and 243 (4) thereof,

Whereas one Member State is authorized by the Council to maintain national aids for table olives until 31 December 1989; whereas from 1 January 1990, the remaining customs duties on table olives imported from Spain and Portugal will be negligible; whereas certain third countries enjoy an exemption from customs duties on imports of table olives into the Communiy as constituted at 31 December 1985; whereas, for all these reasons, those customs duties should be abolished;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Oils and Fats,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The customs duties pursuant to Articles 75 (1) and 243 (1) of the act of Accession on imports of the following products from Spain and Portugal into the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 are hereby abolished:

1.2 // // // CN code // Description // // // // // 0709 // Other vegetables, fresh or chilled: // 0709 90 // Other: // // Olives: // 0709 90 31 // For use other than the production of oil (1) // 0710 // Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen: // 0710 80 // Other vegetables: // 0710 80 10 // Olives // 0711 // Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption: // 0711 20 // Olives: // 0711 20 10 // For use other than the production of oil (1) // 0712 // Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared: // 0712 90 // Other vegetables, mixtures of vegetables: // ex 0712 90 90 // Other: // // Olives // // // CN code // Description // // // // 2001 // Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid: // 2001 90 // Other: // ex 2001 90 90 // Other: // // Olives // 2004 // Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen: // 2004 90 // Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables: // ex 2004 90 30 // Sauerkraut, capers and olives: // // Olives // 2005 // Other vegetables prepared or preserved or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen: // 2005 70 00 // Olives // //

(1) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the Community provisions adopted in this area.

Article 2

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4153/87 (1) is hereby repealed.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 March 1988.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 March 1988.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 392, 31. 12. 1987, p. 17.