29.10.87 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunitiesNoL307/29
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3226/87
of28October1987
fixingthesluice-gatepricesandleviesforpoultrymeat
Whereas,whenthesluice-gatepricesapplicablefrom1
November,1Februaryand1Mayarebeingfixed,trends
inworldmarketpricesforfeedgrainaretobetakeninto
accountonlyifthepriceofthequantityoffeedgrain
requiredvariesbyatleastaspecifiedminimuminrela­
tiontothatusedtocalculatethesluice-gatepriceforthe
precedingquarter;whereas,byRegulation(EEC)No
2778/75,thisminimumwassetat3%;
Whereasthepriceofthequantityoffeedgrainrequired
doesnotvaryby3%ormorefromthatusedforthe
precedingquarter;whereasthesluice-gatepricesfixedby
Regulation (EEC)No2234/87shouldaccordinglybe
maintainedunchangeduntil31December1987forthese
products;
Whereas,whentheleviesapplicablefrom1November,1
Februaryand1Mayarebeingfixed,changesinworld
marketpricesforfeedgrainshouldbetakenintoaccount
onlyifatthesametimeanewsluice-gatepriceisfixed;
Whereas,sincenonewsluice-gatepriceshavebeenfixed,
theleviesfixedbyRegulation(EEC)No2234/87should
accordinglybemaintainedunchangeduntil31DecemberTHECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2777/75
of29October1975onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinpoultrymeat('),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1475/86(2),andinparticularArticles3and7
(1)thereof,
Whereasthesluice-gatepricesandleviesfortheproducts
specifiedinArticle1(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No2777/75
mustbefixedquarterlyinadvanceinaccordancewith
methodsofcalculationlaiddowninCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2778/75of29October1975layingdownrules
forcalculatingthelevyandthesluice-gatepriceforpoul­
trymeat(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
3233/86(4);
Whereas,sincethesluice-gatepricesandleviesforpoul­
trymeatwere,byCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
2234/87(*),lastfixedfortheperiod1Augustto31
October1987,theymustbefixedanew;whereassuch
pricesandleviesshouldinprinciplebecalculatedby
referencetofeed-grainpricesfortheperiod1Mayto30
September1987;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2658/87of23
July1987onthetariffandstatisticalnomenclature and
ontheCommonCustomsTariff(6)introduces,witheffect
from1January1988,anew'combinednomenclature '
whichmeetstherequirements ofboththeCommon
CustomsTariffandtheCommunity'sstatisticsonforeign
tradeandwhichreplacestheexistingnomenclature ;
whereastheentryintoforceofthecombinednomencla­
turewillentailanamendmenttoRegulation (EEC)No
2777/75and,therefore,tothelistofproductsforwhich
sluice-gatepricesandleviesareset;whereasinsome
casestheamountsforJanuary1988cannot,therefore,be
determinedatthisstage;whereasaccordingly ,thisfixing
should,exceptionally ,applyuntil31December1987
only,theamountsforJanuary1988beingsetatalater
stage;1987:
Whereas,CommissionRegulation(EEC)No631/86of28
February1986ontheapplicationofimportlevieson
productsfromPortugalsuspendedtheapplicationof
importleviesonpoultrymeatproductsfromPortugal(6)
owingtotheminimaldifferencebetweenthepricesobtai­
ningintheCommunityontheonehandandinPortugal
ontheotherhand;whereasthesituationstillpertains;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforPoultrymeatandEggs,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.TheleviesprovidedforinArticle3ofRegulation
(EEC)No2777/75inrespectoftheproductsspecifiedin
Article1(1)ofthatRegulationandthesluice-gateprices
providedforinArticle7ofthatRegulationinrespectof
thelikeproductsshall,fortheperiod1Novemberto31(')OJNoL282,1.11.1975,p.77.
(2)OJNoL133,21.5.1986,p.39.
(3)OJNoL282,1.11.1975,p.84.0OJNoL301,25.10.1987,p.3.0OJNoL206,28.7.1987,p.20.oOJNoL60,1.3.1986,p.11. («)OJNoL256,7.9.1987,p.1.

NoL307/30 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.10.87
December1987,beasfixedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2234/87.
2.Providedthat,inthecaseofproductsfallingwithin
headingNo02.03andwithinsubheading15.01Bor
16.02BIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,inrespectof
whichtherateofdutyhasbeenboundwithinGAIT,the
levyshallnotexceedtheamountresultingfromthat
binding.3.Forimportsofproductsspecifiedinparagraph 1
fromPortugal,applicationoftheleviesshallbe
suspended.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1November
1987.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28October1987.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President