NoL19/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities23.1.88
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No188/88
of22January1988
fixingthesluice-gatepricesandleviesforpoultrymeat
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,precedingquarter;whereasthesluice-gatepricesfixedby
Regulation(EEC)No4019/87shouldaccordinglybe
maintainedunchangeduntil30April1988forthese
products;
Whereas,whentheleviesapplicablefrom1November,1
Februaryand1Mayarebeingfixed,changesinworld
marketpricesforfeedgrainshouldbetakenintoaccount
onlyifatthesametimeanewsluice-gatepriceisfixed;
Whereas,sincenonewsluice-gatepriceshavebeenfixed,
theleviesfixedbyRegulation(EEC)No4019/87should
accordinglybemaintainedunchangeduntil30April
1988:HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2777/75
of29October1975onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinpoultrymeat('),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3907/87(2),andinparticularArticles3and7
(1)thereof,
Whereasthesluice-gatepricesandleviesfortheproducts
specifiedinArticle1(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No2777/75
mustbefixedquarterlyinadvanceinaccordancewith
methodsofcalculationlaiddowninCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2778/75of29October1975layingdownrules
forcalculatingthelevyandthesluice-gatepricefor
poultrymeat (3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
3986/87(4);Whereas,CommissionRegulation(EEC)No631/86of28
February1986ontheapplicationofimportlevieson
productsfromPortugalsuspendedtheapplicationof
importleviesonpoultrymeatproductsfromPortugal(6)
owingtotheminimaldifferencebetweenthepricesobtai­
ningintheCommunityontheonehandandinPortugal
ontheotherhand;whereasthesituationstillpertains;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2658/87(8)intro­
duced,witheffectfrom1January1988,anewcombined
nomenclature ,whichmeetstherequirementsofboththe
CommonCustomsTariffandtheCommunity'sstatistics
onforeigntradeandwhichreplacesthepreviousnomen­
clature;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforPoultrymeatandEggs,Whereas,sincethesluice-gatepricesandleviesfor
poultrymeatwere,byCommissionRegulations (EEC)No
3226/87(^and(EEC)No4019/87(6),lastfixedforthe
period1November1987to31January1988,theymust
befixedanewfortheperiod1Februaryto30April1988;
whereassuchpricesandleviesshouldinprinciplebe
calculatedbyreferencetofeed-grainpricesfortheperiod
1Augustto31December1987;
Whereas,whenthesluice-gatepricesapplicablefrom1
November,1Februaryand1Mayarebeingfixed,trends
inworldmarketpricesforfeedgrainaretobetakeninto
accountonlyifthepriceofthequantityoffeedgrain
requiredvariesbyatleastaspecifiedminimuminrela­
tiontothatusedtocalculatethesluice-gatepriceforthe
precedingquarter;whereas,byRegulation (EEC)No
2778/75,thisminimumwassetat3%;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Whereasthepriceofthequantityoffeedgrainrequired
doesnotvaryby3%ormorefromthatusedforthe
1.TheleviesprovidedforinArticle3ofRegulation
(EEC)No2777/75inrespectoftheproductsspecifiedin
Article1(1)ofthatRegulationandthesluice-gateprices(')OJNoL282,1.11.1975,p.77.
(2)OJNoL370,30.12.1987,p.14.
(3)OJNoL282,1.11.1975,p.84.
(«)OJNoL376,31.12.1987.
0OJNoL307,29.10.1987,p.29.
(*)OJNoL378,31.12.1987,p.33.0OJNoL256,7.9.1987,p.1.
(8)OJNoL256,7.9.1987,p.1.

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3.Forimportsofproductsspecifiedinparagraph 1
fromPortugal,applicationoftheleviesshallbe
suspended.providedforinArticle7ofthatRegulationinrespectof
thelikeproductsshall,fortheperiod1Februaryto30
April1988,beasfixedbyRegulation(EEC)No4019/87.
2.Howeverforproductsfallingwithincodes020731,
02073990,020750,02109071,02109079,15010090,
160231,16023919,16023930and16023990ofthe
combinednomenclature forwhichtherateofdutyhas
beenboundunderGATT,theleviesshallbelimitedto
theamountresultingfromthatbinding.Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22January1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President