NoL99/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 13.4.73
REGULATION (EEC)No988/73OFTHECOUNCIL
of9April1973
amendingRegulationNo146/67/EECasregardstheprovisionsforcalculatingthe
levyandthesluicegatepricesforcertainslaughteredducks
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo123/67/
EEC(x)of13June1967onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinpoultrymeat ,aslastamended
bytheActofAccession(2)andtheAdjustmentsto
theTreaties,andinparticularArticles4(3)and'
7(5)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommis­
sion;
WhereasRegulationNo146/67/EEC(3)containspro­
visionsforcalculatingthelevyonpoultrymeat,and
inparticularlaysdownthequantityoffeedgrain
requiredfortheproductionintheCommunityof
onekilogrammeofslaughteredpoultryandtheper­
centageofeachtypeoffeedgraincontainedinthat*
quantity;whereasthatRegulationalsocontains
provisionsforcalculatingthesluice-gatepricefor
poultrymeat ,andinparticularlaysdownthequan­
tityoffeedgrainrequiredfortheproductionin
thirdcountriesofonekilogrammeofslaughtered
poultryandthepercentageofeachtypeoffeedgrain
containedinthatquantityandfixesastandard
amountrepresentingotherfeedingcostsandover­
headcostsofproductionandmarketing;
Whereastheabovementioned Regulationmakespro­
visionforslaughteredducksintheso-called'85%'
and'70%'presentations ;whereas,however,asa
resultofdevelopments ontheduckmarket,ithas
becomenecessarytofixaseparatelevyandsluice­
gatepriceforducksofferedforsalepluckedand
drawn,withoutheadsandfeetandwithouthearts,
liversandgizzards;whereasducksinthispresenta­
tionmaybereferredtoas'63°/o'ducks;
Whereas,sincethefeedgrainquantityandthestan­
dardamountfixedfor70%ducksrelatetoslaugh­teredducks,pluckedanddrawn,withoutheadsand
feet,withhearts,liversandgizzards,itispossible,
givenasimilarcompositionofthefeedgrainmix­
ture,todeterminetherelevantfiguresfor63%
ducksbyadjustingthosefor70%ducksinaccor­
dancewiththeincreasedvalueofbirdsinthefor­
merpresentation ;
Thetariffnomenclature establishedpursuantto
RegulationNo123/67/EECisincorporated inthe
CommonCustomsTariffintroducedbyRegulation
(EEC)No950/68(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No220/73(5);
HADADOPTED THEFOLLOWING REGULATION :
Article1
1.InAnnexItoRegulationNo146/67/EEC,after
theentryrelatingtosubheading02.02AIIb),the
followingentryisinserted:
'c)63%ducks4-38maize58%
barley32%
oats10%'
2.InAnnexIItoRegulationNo146/67/EEC,
aftertheentryrelatingtosub-heading02.02AII
b),thefollowingentryisinserted:
'c)63%ducks3-048maize58%0-5176'
barley32%
oats10%
Article2
TheRegulationNo950/68isamendedasindicatedin
theAnnexhereto.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1May
1973.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatLuxembourg ,9April1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.LAYENS
(l)OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2301/67.
(*)OJNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.
{*)OJNo125,26.6.1967,p.2470/67.(4)OJNoL172,22.7.1968,p.1.
(5)OJNoL27,1.2.1973,p.1.

13.4.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL99/7
ANNEX
Subheading02.02AIIoftheCommonCustomsTariffshallreadasfollows:
Rateofduty
Heading
No Description autonomous
%
orlevy(L)conventional
%
1 2 3 4
02.02Deadpoultry(thatistosay,fowls,ducks,
geese,turkeysandguinea-fowls )andedible
offalsthereof(exceptliver),fresh,chilledor
frozen:
A.Wholepoultry:
II.Ducks:
a)Plucked,bled,guttedbutnotdrawn,
withheadsandfeet,knownas'85%>
ducks' 18(L)
b)Pluckedanddrawn,withoutheads
andfeet,withhearts,liversand
gizzards,knownas'70%ducks' 18(L)
c)Pluckedanddrawn,withoutheads
andfeetandwithouthearts,livers
andgizzardsknownas'63°/oducks'18(L) —