22.10.88 NoL289/40 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3254/88
of21October1988
fixingthesluice-gatepricesandleviesforpigmeat
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2759/75
of29October1975onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinpigmeat('),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3906/87(2),andinparticularArticles8and12
(1)thereof,pricesfortheperiod1November1988to31January
1989;
Whereas,whentheleviesapplicablefrom1November,1
Februaryand1Mayarebeingfixed,trendsinworld
marketpricesforfeedgrainshouldbetakenintoaccount
onlyifatthesametimeanewsluice-gatepriceisbeing
fixed;
Whereas,sinceanewsluice-gatepricehasbeenfixed
trendsinworldmarketpricesforfeedgrainmustbe
takenintoaccountinfixingthelevies;
Whereas,inthecaseofpigmentproducts,inrespectof
whichtherateofdutyhasbeenboundwithinGATT,the
leviesshouldbelimitedtotheamountsresultingfrom
thatbinding;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No616/86of28
February1986ontheapplicationofimportlevieson
pigmeatproductsfromPortugal(*)suspendedtheapplica­
tionofimportleviesonpigmeatproductsfromPortugal
owingtotheminimaldifferencebetweentheprices
obtainingintheCommunityontheonehandandin
Portugalontheotherhand;whereasthesituationstill
pertains;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforPigmeat,Whereassluice-gatepricesandleviesfortheproducts
specifiedinArticle1(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No2759/75,
mustbefixedinadvanceforeachquarterinaccordance
withthemethodsofcalculationlaiddowninCommis­
sionRegulation(EEC)No2170/88of20July1988fixing
theleviesandsluice-gatepricesonpigmeat(3);
Whereas,sincesluice-gatepricesandleviesforpigmeat
werelastfixedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
2170/88fortheperiod1Augustto31October1988,they
mustbefixedanewfortheperiod1November1988to
31January1989;whereassuchpricesandleviesshould
inprinciplebefixedbyreferencetofeedgrainpricesfor
theperiod1Mayto30September1988;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :Whereas,whenthesluice-gatepriceapplicablefrom1
November,\Februaryand1Mayisbeingfixed,trendsin
worldmarketpricesforfeedgrainaretobetakeninto
accountonlyifthevalueofthequantityoffeedgrain
requiredvariesbyatleastaspecifiedminimuminrela­
tiontothatusedincalculatingthesluice-gatepricefor
theprecedingquarter;whereasthisminimumwasfixed
byCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2766/75(4),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3906/87,at3%;Article1
1.Fortheperiod1November1988to31January
1989,thesluice-gatepricesandtheleviesprovidedforin
Articles12and8respectivelyofRegulation(EEC)No
2759/75fortheproductsspecifiedinArticle1(1)ofthat
RegulationshallbeasshownintheAnnex.
2.Providedthat,inthecaseofproductsfallingwithin
anyofsubheadings02063021,02063031,02064191,
02064991,15010011,16010010,16021000,Whereasthevalueofthequantityoffeedgrainvariesby
morethan3%fromthatusedfortheprecedingquarter;
whereastrendsinworldmarketpricesforfeedgrainmust
thereforebetakenintoaccountwhenfixingsluice-gate
(')OJNoL282,1.11.1975,p.1.MOJNoL370,30.12.1987,p.11.
0OJNoL190,21.7.1988,p.32.b)OJNoI282,1.11.1975,p.25. 0OJNoL58,1.3.1986,p.45.

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16022090or16029010,inrespectofwhichtherateof
dutyhasbeenboundwithinGATT,thelevyshallnot
exceedtheamountresultingfromthatbinding.
3.ForimportsfromPortugalofproductsspecifiedin
paragraph 1andinfreecirculationinthatMemberState,applicationoftheleviesspecifiedinparagraphs 1and2
shallbesuspended.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1November
1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21October1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
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NoL289/42 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 22.10.88
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof21October1988fixingthesluice-gatepricesandlevies
onpigmeat
CNcodeSluice-gateprice
(ECU/100kg)Amountoflevies
(ECU/100kg)Conventional
rateofduty
boundwithin
GATT(%)
01039110
01039211
01039219
02031110
02031211
02031219
0203191186,30
73,39
86,30
112,22
162,72
125,69
125,6945,09
38,35
45,09
58,64
85,03
65,68
65,68—
02031913
02031915
02031955
02031959
02032110
02032211
02032219
02032911
02032913
02032915
02032955
02032959
02063021
02063031
02064191
02064991
02090011
02090019
02090030
02101111
02101119
02101131181,80
97,63
181,80
181,80
112,22
162,72
125,69
125,69
181,80
97,63
181,80
181,80
135,79
98,75
135,79
98,75
44,89
49,38
26,93
162,72
125,69
316,4695,00
51.02
95,00
95,00
58,64
85.03
65,68
65,68
95,00
51.02•
95,00
95,00
70,95
51,60
70,95
51,60
23,46
25,80
'14,07
85.03
65,68
165,367
4
7
4
02101139
02101211
02101219
02101910
02101920
02101930
02101940
02101951
02101959
02101960
02101970~
02101981
02101989
02109031
021090'39
15010011
15010019
16010010
16010091249,13
97,63
162,72
143,64
157,11
125,69
181,80
181,80
181,80
249,13
313,09
316,46
316,46
135,79
98,7£
35,91
35,91
157,11
263,72130,18
51.02
85.03
75,06
82,10
65,68
95,00
95,00
95,00
130,18
163,61 *
165,36
165,36
70,95
51,60
18,76
18,76
98,60
167,923
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CNcode Sluice-gateprice
(ECU/100kg)Amountoflevies
(ECU/100kg)Conventional
rateofduty
boundwithin
GATT(%)
16010099
16021000
16022090
16024110
16024210
16024911179,55
125,69
145,89
274,94
230,05
274,94110,33
86,47
127.24
170,88
140.25
170,8826
25
16024913
16024915
16024919
16024930
16024950
16029010
16029051
19022030230,05
230,05
151,50
125,69
75,19
145,89
151,50
75,19140,25
140,25
93,29
86,47
63,69
127,24
93,29
63,6926
NB:TheCNcodesandthefootnotesaredefinedinCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2658/87(OJ
NoL256,7.9.1987,p.1)asamended.