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►B REGULATION(EEC)No998/68OFTHECOMMISSION
of18July1968
onthenon-fixingofadditionalamountsforimportsofpigcarcasesandofcertaincutsofpigmeat
fromHungary
(OJ L 170, 19.7.1968, p. 14)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
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REGULATION(EEC)No998/68OFTHECOMMISSION
of18July1968
onthenon-fixingofadditionalamountsforimportsofpigcarcases
andofcertain cutsofpigmeatfromHungary
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European EconomicCommunity;
Having regard to Council Regulation Nr 121/67/EEC (
1) of 13 June
1967 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat, and inparticular Article 13 (2) thereof;
Having regard to Commission Regulation No 202/67/EEC (
2)o f2 8
June 1967 on fixing the additional amount for importsof pigmeatproductsfrom third countries , asamended by Regulation No 614/67/EEC (
3) and in particular Article 6 thereof;
Whereas, where the free-at-frontier offer price for a product falls below
the sluice-gate price, the levy on that product must be increased by anadditional amount equal to the difference between the sluice-gate priceand that offer price;
Whereasthe levy isnot, however, increas ed by thisadditional amount
asregardsthird countrieswhich are prepared and in a pos ition to guar-antee that the price for importsinto the Community of productsoriginating in and coming from their territory will not be lower than
the sluice-gate price and that any deflection of trade will be avoided;
Whereasby letter dated 25 June 1968, the competent authoritiesof the
Hungarian People'sRepublic s tated that they were prepared to givesuch guarantee for exports of pig carcases and of certain cuts of
pigmeat to the Community; whereas they will ensure that such exports
are made only by the foreign trade agency Terimpex; whereasthey willensure also that deliveries of the above-mentioned products are notmade at free-at-Community-frontier priceslower than the s luice-gateprices valid on the day of customs clearance; whereas, to that end,
they will take all measures necessary in particular to ensure that the
foreign trade agency Terimpex doesnot have recours e to any actionwhich might indirectly bring about priceslower than the s luice-gateprices, such as taking over marketing or transport costs, grantingrebates, resorting to linked transactions or any other action havingsimilar effects;
Whereasthe competent authoritiesof the Hungarian People'sRepublic
have, furthermore, stated that they are prepared to communicate regu-larly to the Commission, through the foreign trade agency Terimpex,
detailsof exportsto the Community of pig carcas esand of cutsof
pigmeat and to enable the Commission to exercise continuous supervi-sion of the effectiveness of the measures they have taken;
Whereas questions affecting observance of the guarantee given have
been discussed in detail with representatives of the Hungarian People'sRepublic; whereas, following these discussions, it may be assumed thatthe Hungarian People'sRepublic isin a pos ition to abide by itsguar-antee; whereas, consequently, there is not need to levy an additionalamount on importsof the above-mentioned productsoriginating in
and coming from the Hungarian People'sRepublic;
Whereasthe Management Committee for Pigmeat hasnot delivered an
Opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman;1968R0998 — EN — 01.02.1983 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2283/67.
(2) OJ No 134, 30.6.1967, p. 2837/67.
(3) OJ No 231, 27.9.1967, p. 6.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The leviesfixed in accordance with Article 8 of Regulation (EEC)
No 2759/75 shall not be increased by an additional amount in respect
of the following importsoriginating in and coming from the Hungarian
People'sRepublic:
CCT heading
NoDescription
02.01 Meat and edible offalsof the animalsfalling within heading
No 01.01, 01.02, 01.03 or 01.04, fresh, chilled or frozen:
A. Meat:
III. Of swine:
a) Of domestic swine:
1. Whole carcases or half-carcases
2. Legsand partsthereof
3. Fore-ends or shoulders; parts thereof
4. Loinsand partsthereof
Article 2
ThisRegulation s hall enter into force on the day following itspublica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
ThisRegulation s hall be binding in itsentirety and directly applicable
in all Member States.1968R0998 — EN — 01.02.1983 — 001.001 — 3
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