12.1.85 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL11/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No84/85
of11January1985
fixingthesluice-gatepricesandleviesforpigmeat
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2759/75of29October1975onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinpigmeat('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No2966/80(2),andinparticular
Articles8and12(1)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No855/84
of31March1984onthecalculationandthedis­
mantlementofthemonetarycompensatory amounts
applyingtocertainagriculturalproducts(3),aslast
amendedbyCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1004/84(4),
andinparticularArticle1thereof,worldmarketpricestoacorrectivefactorof0,967445
usedforthecalculationofleviesandsluice-gate
prices;
Whereas,sincesluice-gatepricesandleviesfor
pigmeatwerelastfixedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2916/84of17October1984(8)fortheperiod1
November1984to31Januaiy1985,theymustbe
fixedanewfortheperiod1Februaryto30April1985;
whereassuchpricesandleviesshouldinprinciplebe
fixedbyreferencetofeedgrainpricesfortheperiod1
Augustto31December1984;
Whereas,whenthesluice-gatepriceapplicablefrom1
November,1Februaryand1Mayisbeingfixed,
trendsinworldmarketpricesforfeedgrainaretobe
takenintoaccountonlyifthevalueofthequantityof
feedgrainrequiredvariesbyatleastaspecified
minimuminrelationtothatusedincalculatingthe
sluice-gatepricefortheprecedingquarter;whereas
thisminimumwasfixedbyRegulation(EEC)No
2766/75at3%;
Whereasthevalueofthequantityoffeedgrainvaries
bylessthan3%fromthatusedforthepreceding
quarter;whereasthesluice-gatepricesshouldthere­
forebemaintainedunchangeduntil30April1985;
Whereas,whentheleviesapplicablefrom1
November,1Februaryand1Mayarebeingfixed,
trendsinworldmarketpricesforfeedgrainshouldbe
takenintoaccountonlyifatthesametimeanew
sluice-gatepriceisbeingfixed;
Whereas,sincenonewsluice-gatepriceistobefixed,
theleviesshouldaccordingly bemaintained
unchangeduntil30April1985;
Whereas,inthecaseofproductsfallingwithinanyof
subheadings02.01BIIc)1to7,15.01AI,16.01Aor
16.02AIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,inrespect
ofwhichtherateofdutyhasbeenboundwithin
GATT,theleviesshouldbelimitedtotheamounts
resultingfromthatbinding;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforPigmeat,Whereassluice-gatepricesforpigcarcasesandforthe
otherproductsspecifiedinArticle1ofCouncilRegu­
lation(EEC)No2766/75of29October1975esta­
blishingthelistofproductsforwhichsluice-gate
pricesaretobefixedandlayingdowntherulesfor
fixingthesluice-gatepricesforpigcarcases(5),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1905/83(6),and
leviesfortheproductsspecifiedinArticle1(1)of
Regulation (EEC)No2759/75,mustbefixedin
advanceforeachquarterinaccordancewiththe
methodsofcalculation laiddowninCommission
Regulation (EEC)No2028/83of20July1983fixing
theleviesandsluice-gatepricesonpigmeatQ;
Whereas,pursuanttoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
855/84,thecentralrateusedunderthecommonagri­
culturalpolicyhasbeensubjectedtoacorrectivefactor
of1,033651witheffectfromthe1984/85marketing
year;whereasthecorrectedcentralratehasledtoa
changeintherelationshipbetweentheCommunity
priceandtheworldmarketprice;whereasaccount
shouldthereforebetakenofthisfactbysubjecting
OOJNoL282,1.11.1975,p.1.
(2)OJNoL307,18.11.1980,p.5.
(3)OJNoL90,1.4.1984,p.1.
(4)OJNoL101,13.4.1984,p.2.
0OJNoL282,1.11.1975,p.25.
(6)OJNoL190,14.7.1983,p.1.
0OJNoL199,22.7.1983,p.16. (8)OJNoL275,18.10.1984,p.28.

NoL11/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 12.1.85
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1ofthatRegulationshallbeasshownbyRegulation
(EEC)No2916/84.
2.Providedthat,inthecaseofproductsfalling
withinanyofsubheadings02.01BIIc)1to7,15.01
AI,16.01Aor16.02AIIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,inrespectofwhichtherateofdutyhasbeen
boundwithinGATT,thelevyshallnotexceedthe
amountresultingfromthatbinding.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February
1985.1.Fortheperiod1Februaryto30April1985,the
sluice-gatepricesprovidedforinArticle12ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No2759/75fortheproductsspecifiedin
Article1ofRegulation (EEC)No2766/75andthe
leviesprovidedforinArticle8ofRegulation (EEC)
No2759/75fortheproductsspecifiedinArticle1(1)
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,11January1985.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
MemberoftheCommission