NoL292/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.10.74
REGULATION (EEC)No2740/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of30October1974
fixingthesluice-gatepricesandleviesforpigmeat
Whereaswhentheleviesapplicablefrom1
November,1Februaryand1Mayrespectivelyare
beingfixedchangesinworldmarketpricesforfeed
grainshouldbetakenintoaccountonlyifatthesame
timeanewsluice-gatepriceisfixed;
Whereas,sincenonewsluice-gatepriceistobefixed,
theleviesshouldaccordingly bemaintained
unchangeduntil31January1975;
Whereasinthecaseofproductsfallingwithinanyof
subheadings02.01BIIc)1to7oftheCommon
CustomsTarifforwithinsubheading15.01AI,16.01
Aor16.02AIIandinrespectofwhichtherateof
dutyhasbeenboundwithinGATTtheleviesshould
belimitedtotheamountsresultingfromthat
binding;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheMange­
mentCommitteeforPigmeat,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulationNo121/
67/EEC(')of13June1967onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinpigmeat,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1861/74(2),andinparticular
Articles8and12(1)thereof;
Whereassluice-gatepricesforpigcarcasesandforthe
otherproductsspecifiedinArticle1ofCouncilRegu­
lationNo134/67/EEC(3)of13June1967esta­
blishingthelistofproductsforwhichsluice-gate
pricesarefixedandadoptingtherulesforfixingthe
sluice-gatepricesforpigcarcases,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No3158/73(4),andleviesforthe
productsspecifiedinArticle1(1)ofRegulationNo
121/67/EEC,mustbefixedinadvanceforeach
quarterinaccordancewiththemethodsofcalculation
laiddowninCommission Regulation (EEC)No
1961/74(5)of25July1974fixingthesluice-gate
pricesandleviesonpigmeat,asamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No2518/74(6);
Whereas,sincesluice-gatepricesandleviesfor
pigmeatwerelastfixedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1961/74fortheperiod1Augustto31October1974
andvariedbyRegulation (EEC)No'2518/74forthe
period7to31October1974,theymustbefixedanew
fortheperiod1November1974to31January1975;
whereassuchpricesandleviesshouldinprinciplebe
fixedbyreferencetofeedgrainpricesfortheperiod1
Februaryto31July1974;
Whereaswhenthesluice-gatepricesapplicablefrom
1November,1Februaryand1Mayrespectivelyare
beingfixedchangesinworldmarketpricesforfeed
grainshouldbetakenintoaccountonlyifthepriceof
thequantityoffeedgrainrequiredvariesbyan
amountinexcessofaspecifiedminimuminrelation
tothatusedincalculatingthesluice-gatepriceforthe
precedingquarter;whereasthisminimumwasfixed
byRegulationNo134/67/EECat3%;
Whereasthepriceoftherelevantquantityoffeed
graindoesnotvaryby3%ormorefromthatusedfor
theprecedingquarter;whereasthesluice-gateprices
shouldthereforebemaintainedunchangeduntil31
January1975;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Thesluice-gatepricesprovidedforinArticle12
ofRegulationNo121/67/EECfortheproductsspeci­
fiedinArticle1ofRegulationNo134/67/EECand
theleviesprovidedforinArticle8ofRegulationNo
121/67/EECfortheproductsspecifiedinArticle1(1)
ofthatRegulationshallfortheperiod 1November
1974to31January1975beasshownintheAnnexes
toRegulation (EEC)No1961/74,asamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No2518/74.
2.Providedthatinthecaseofproductsfalling
withinanyofsubheadings02.01BIIc)1to7ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,orwithinsubheading15.01
AI,16.01Aor16.02AIIthereof,inrespectofwhich
therateofdutyhasbeenboundwithinGATTthe
levyshallnotexceedtheamountresultingfromthat
binding.
(')OJNo117,19.6.1967,p.2283/67.
(2)OJNoL197,19.7.1974,p.3.
(3)OJNo120,21.6.1967,p.2367/67.Artidc2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1November
1974.(4)OJNoL322,23.11.1973,p.1.
(5)OJNoL204,26.7.1974,p.44.
(6)OJNoL270,5.10.1974,p.1.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30October1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI