21.3.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL75/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No670/91
of20March1991
fixingthesluice-gatepricesandleviesforpigmeat
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,Whereas,whentheleviesapplicablefrom1October,1
Januaryand1Aprilarebeingfixed,trendsinworld
marketpricesforfeedgrainshouldbetakenintoaccount
onlyifatthesametimeanewsluice-gatepriceisbeing
fixed;
Whereas,sinceanewsluice-gatepricehasbeenfixed
trendsinworldmarketpricesforfeedgrainmustbe
takenintoaccountinfixingthelevies;
Whereas,inthecaseofpigmentproducts,inrespectof
whichtherateofdutyhasbeenboundwithinGATT,the
leviesshouldbelimitedtotheamountsresultingfrom
thatbinding;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2759/75
of29October1975onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinpigmeat('),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1249/89(2),andinparticularArticles8and12
(1)thereof,
Whereassluice-gatepricesandleviesfortheproducts
specifiedinArticle1(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No2759/75,
mustbefixedinadvanceforeachquarterinaccordance
withthemethodsofcalculationlaiddowninCommis­
sionRegulation (EEC)No1611/90of15June1990
fixingthesluice-gatepricesandleviesonpigmeat(3);Whereas,byCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3834/90of20
December1990reducingfor1991theleviesoncertain
agriculturalproductsoriginatingindevelopingcountries
QandCouncilRegulation(EEC)No715/90of5March
1990onthearrangements applicabletoagricultural
productsandcertaingoodsresultingfromtheprocessing
ofagriculturalproductsoriginatingintheAfrican,Carib­
beanandPacificStates(ACPStates)ortheoverseascoun­
triesandterritories(OCT)(8),asamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No523/90(9),specialimportarrangements were
introducedinvolvingareductionto50%.inlevieswithin
theframeworkoffixedamountsorannualquotas,in
particularforcertainpigmeatproducts;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforPigmeat,Whereas,sincesluice-gatepricesandleviesforpigmeat
werelastfixedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
3863/90(4),fortheperiod1Januaryto31March1991,
theymustbefixedanewfortheperiod1Aprilto30June
1991;whereassuchpricesandleviesshouldinprinciple
befixedbyreferencetofeedgrainpricesfortheperiod1
October1990to28February1991;
Whereas,whenthesluice-gatepriceapplicablefrom1
October,1Januaryand1Aprilisbeingfixed,trendsin
worldmarketpricesforfeedgrainaretobetakeninto
accountonlyifthevalueofthequantityoffeedgrain
requiredvariesbyatleastaspecifiedminimuminrela­
tiontothatusedincalculatingthesluice-gatepricefor
theprecedingquarter;whereasthisminimumwasfixed
byRegulation(EEC)No2766/75oftheCouncil(5),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3906/87(6),at3%;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1Whereasthevalueofthequantityoffeedgrainvariesby
morethan3%fromthatusedfortheprecedingquarter;
whereastrendsinworldmarketpricesforfeedgrainmust
thereforebetakenintoaccountwhenfixingsluice-gate
pricesfortheperiod1Aprilto30June1991;1.Fortheperiod1Aprilto30June1991,the
sluice-gatepricesandtheleviesprovidedforinArticles
12and8respectivelyofRegulation(EEC)No2759/75for (')OJNoL282,1.11.1975,p.1.
(2)OJNoL129,11.5.1989,p.12.
(3)OJNoL152,16.6.1990,p.18.0OJNoL367,29.12.1990,p.68.0OJNoL282,1.11.1975,p.25.
(6)OJNoL370,30.12.1987,p.11.0OJNoL370,31.12.1990.
(8)OJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85.
(9)OJNoL58,5.3.1991,p.1.

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theproductsspecifiedinArticle1(1)ofthatRegulation
shallbeasshownintheAnnex.16022090or16029010,inrespectofwhichtherateof
dutyhasbeenboundwithinGATT,thelevyshallnot
exceedtheamountresultingfromthatbinding.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April1991.2.Providedthat,inthecaseofproductsfallingwithin
CNcodes02063021,02063031,02064191,
02064991,15010011,16010010,16021000,
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20March1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission

21.3.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL75/15
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof20March1991fixingthesluice-gatepricesandlevieson
pigmeat
CNcodeSluice-gateprice
(ECU/100kg)Amountoflevies
(ECU/100kg)Conventional
rateofduty
boundwithin
GATT(%)
01039110 65,31 54,84
01039211 55,54 46,64—
01039219 65,31 54,84—
02031110 84,93 71,31 —
02031211 123,15 103,40 —
02031219 95,12 79,87 —
02031911 95,12 79,87—
02031913 137,59 115,52—
02031915 73,89 62,04—
02031955 137,59 115,52—
02031959 137,59 115,52.—
02032110 84,93 71,31 —
02032211 123,15 103,40 —
02032219 95,12 79,87 —
02032911 95,12 79,87—
02032913 137,59 115,52(■)—
02032915 73,89 62,04—
02032955 137,59 115,52(')—
02032959 137,59 115,52 —
02063021 102,77 86,29 ,7
02063031 74,74 62,75 4
02064191 102,77 86,29 7
02064991 74,74 62,75 4
02090011 33,97 28,52
02090019 37,37 31,38 —
02090030 20,38 17,11 —
02101111 123,15 103,40(')—
02101119 95,12 79,87 —
02101131 239,50 201,09 —
02101139 188,54 158,31 —
02101211 73,89 62,04(<)—
02101219 123,15 103,40 —
02101910 108,71 91,28 —
02101920 118,90 99,83 —
02101930 95,12 79,87 —
02101940 137,59 11*5,52(')—
02101951 137,59 115,52 —
02101959 137,59 115,52 —
02101960 188,54 158,31 —
02101970 236,95 198,95 —
02101981 239,50 201,09 T
02101989 239,50 201,09
02109031 102,77 86,29
02109039 74,74 62,75
15010011 27,18 22,82 3
15010019 27,18 22,82 —'
16010010 118,90 116,53(2) 24
16010091 199,59 201,26(')O—

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CNcodeSluice-gateprice
(ECU/100kg)Amountoflevies
(ECU/100kg)Conventional
rateofduty
boundwithin
GAIT(%)
16010099 135,89 136,23(')O
16021000 95,12 100,66 26
16022090 110,41 139,31 25
16024110 208,08 209,13—
16024210 174,11 171,34—
16024911 208,08 218,24—
16024913 174,11 185,84—
16024915 174,11 168,01(')—
16024919 114,66 113,89(1)—
16024930 95,12 96,87—
16024950 56,90 66,57 —
16029010 110,41 113,9726
16029051 114,66 112,55—
19022030 56,90 63,24
(')ThelevyonproductsoriginatinginthedevelopingcountriesandlistedintheAnnextoRegulation(EEC)No
3834/90isreducedby50%withinthelimitsofthefixedamountsreferredtointhatAnnex.
(2)ThelevyonproductsoriginatingintheACPStates/OCTcountriesandlistedinArticle8ofamendedRegulation
(EEC)No715/90reducedby50%withinthelimitsofthequotasreferredtointhatRegulation .
NB:TheCNcodesandthefootnotesaredefinedinamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
2658/87(OJNoL256,7.9.1987,p.1).