NoL245/2 20.9.94 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No2256/94
of19September1994
fixingthesluice-gatepricesandleviesforpigmeat
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,grainmustbetakenintoaccountwhenfixingsluice-gate
pricesfortheperiod1Octoberto31December1994;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,Whereas,whentheleviesapplicablefrom1October,
1Januaryand1Aprilarebeingfixed,trendsinworld
marketpricesforfeedgrainshouldbetakenintoaccount
onlyifatthesametimeanewsluice-gatepriceisbeing
fixed;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2759/75
of29October1975onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinpigmeat('),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1249/89(2),andinparticularArticles8and12
(1)thereof,
Whereas,sinceanewsluice-gatepricehasbeenfixed
trendsinworldmarketpricesforfeedgrainmustbe
takenintoaccountinfixingthelevies;
Whereassluice-gatepricesandleviesfortheproducts
specifiedinArticle1(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No2759/75,
mustbefixedinadvanceforeachquarterinaccordance
withthemethodsofcalculationlaiddowninCommis­
sionRegulation(EEC)No1611/90of15June1990
fixingthesluice-gatepricesandleviesonpigmeat(3);Whereas,inthecaseofpigmeatproducts,inrespectof
whichtherateofdutyhasbeenboundwithinGATT,the
leviesshouldbelimitedtotheamountsresultingfrom
thatbinding;
Whereas,sincesluice-gatepricesandleviesforpigmeat
werelastfixedbyCommission Regulation (EC)
No1976/94(4),fortheperiod1Augustto30September
1994,theymustbefixedanewfortheperiod1October
to31December1994;whereassuchpricesandlevies
shouldinprinciplebefixedbyreferencetofeedgrain
pricesfortheperiod1Aprilto31August1994;Whereas,byCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3834/90of
20December1990reducingfor1991thelevieson
certainagriculturalproductsoriginatingindeveloping
countriesf),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EC)
No3668/93(8),andCouncilRegulation(EEC)No715/90
of5March1990onthearrangementsapplicabletoagri­
culturalproductsandcertaingoodsresultingfromthe
processingofagriculturalproductsoriginatinginthe
African,CaribbeanandPacificStates(ACPStates)(9),as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EC)No235/92(10),special
importarrangements wereintroducedinvolvingareduc­
tionto50%inlevieswithintheframeworkoffixed
amountsorannualquotas,inparticularforcertain
pigmeatproducts;Whereas,whenthesluice-gatepriceapplicablefrom
1October,1Januaryand1Aprilisbeingfixed,trendsin
worldmarketpricesforfeedgrainaretobetakeninto
accountonlyifthevalueofthequantityoffeedgrain
requiredvariesbyatleastaspecifiedminimuminrela­
tiontothatusedincalculatingthesluice-gatepricefor
theprecedingquarter;whereasthisminimumwasfixed
byCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2766/75(*),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3906/87(%at3%;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle101(1)ofCouncilDecision
91/482/EECof25July1991ontheassociationofthe
overseascountriesandterritorieswiththeEuropean
EconomicCommunity (u),noleviesshallapplyon
importsofproductsoriginatingintheoverseascountries
andterritories;Whereasthevalueofthequantityoffeedgrainvariesby
morethan3%fromthatusedfortheprecedingquarter;
whereas,therefore,trendsinworldmarketpricesforfeed
(')OJNoL282,1.11.1975,p.1.
(2)OJNoL129,11.5.1989,p.12.
(3)OJNoL152,16.6.1990,p.18.
(4)OJNoL198,30.7.1994,p.124.0OJNoL282,1.11.1975,p.25.h)OJNoL370,30.12.1987,p.11.0OJNoL370,31.12.1990,p.121.
(8)OJNoL338,31.12.1993,p.22.
0OJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85.
OOJNoL30,3.2.1994,p.12.
(")OJNoL263,19.9.1991,p.1.

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andtheRepublicofBulgariaandRomania,oftheother
part;whereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No1590/
94(n)laysdowndetailedrulesforapplyingthearrange­
mentsprovidedforintheseagreementsasregards
pigmeat;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EC)No774/94(12)has
openedCommunitytariffquotasforcertainagricultural
productsandfixedtheleviestobeappliedonimportsof
thoseproducts;whereasRegulation(EC)No1432/94(13)
hasestablishedthedetailedrulesoftheimportregimefor
pigmeatlaiddowninRegulation(EC)No774/94;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforPigmeat,WhereasCouncilRegulations (EC)No3491/93(')and
(EC)No3492/93(2),oncertainproceduresforapplying
theEuropeAgreementestablishinganassociation
betweentheEuropeanCommunities andtheirMember
States,oftheonepart,andtheRepublicsofHungaryand
Poland,oftheotherpart,andCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No520/92of27February1992oncertainrulesfor
applyingtheInterimAgreementontradeandtrade­
relatedmattersbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nityandtheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity ,ofthe
onepart,andtheCzechandSlovakFederalRepublic,of
theotherpart(3),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2235/93(4),andinparticularArticle1thereofintro­
ducearrangements forreducingimportleviesoncertain
products;whereasCommission Regulation (EEC)
No2698/93(*),asamendedbyRegulation (EC)
No3560/93(6),laysdowndetailedrulesforapplyingthe
arrangementsprovidedforintheseagreementsasregards
pigmeat;
Whereas,inaddition,accountmustbetakenofDecision
94/1/ECSC,ECoftheCouncilandCommissionQ,
concerningtheconclusionoftheAgreementsonthe
EuropeanEconomicArea,betweentheEuropean
Community,theEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity
andtheirMemberStates,ontheonehand,andAustria,
Finland,Iceland,Norway,SwedenandLiechtenstein ,on
theotherhand,hereafterreferredtoasthe'EEAAgree­
ment';whereastheBilateralAgreementsonagriculture
betweentheCommunity,ontheonehand,andAustria
andFinland,ontheotherhand,enterintoforceatthe
sametimeastheEEAAgreement;whereasCommission
Regulation(EC)No3580/93(8)laysdowndetailedrules
fortheapplicationoftheimportarrangementsforthese
productsoriginatinginAustriaandFinland;
WhereasCouncilRegulations (EC)No3641/93(9)and
(EC)No3642/93(10)oncertainrulesforapplyingthe
InterimAgreementontradeandtrade-relatedmatters
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
EuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity,oftheonepart,HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Duringtheperiod1Octoberto31December1994,
thesluice-gatepricesandleviesprovidedforinArticles
12and8respectivelyofRegulation(EEC)No2759/75for
theproductsreferredtoinArticle1(1)thereofshallbeas
setoutintheAnnexhereto.
2.Nevertheless ,inthecaseofproductsfallingwithin
CNcodes02063021,02063031,02064191,
02064991,15010011,16010010,16021000,
16022090or16029010,inrespectofwhichtherateof
dutyhasbeenboundconformingtothegeneralAgree­
mentonTariffsandTrade(GATT),thelevyshallnot
exceedtheamountresultingfromthatbinding.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1October1994.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19September1994.
•f
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission
(>)OJNoL319,21.12.1993,p.1.
OOJNoL319,21.12.1993,p.4.
(3)OJNoL56,29.2.1992,p.9.
(4)OJNoL200,10.8.1993,p.5.
Is)OJNoL245,1.10.1993,p.80.
(6)OJNoL324,24.12.1993,p.42.0OJNoL1,3.1.1994,p.1.
(8)OJNoL326,28.12.1993,p.16.
OOJNoL333,31.12.1993,p.16.HOJNoL333,31.12.1993,p.17.(")OJNoL167,1.7.1994,p.16.
(I2)OJNoL91,8.4.1994,p.1.
HOJNoL156,23.6.1994,p.14.

NoL245/4 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities20.9.94
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof19September1994fixingthesluice-gatepricesandlevies
onpigmeat
CNcodeSluice-gateprice
(ECU/100kg)Amountoflevies
(ECU/100kg)(3)Conventional
rateofduty
boundwithin
GATT(%)
01039110 68,79 37,58 —
01039211 58,51 31,96 —
01039219 68,79 37,58(4) —
02031110 89,46 48,87(4)00 —
02031211 129,72 70,86000 —
02031219 100,20 54,73(4)0(6) —
02031911 100,20 54,73000 —
02031913 144,93 79,16(4)000 —
02031915 77,83 42,51000 —
02031955 144,93 79,16000 —
02031959 144,93 79,16000 —
02032110 89,46 48,87000~
02032211 129,72 70,86000 —
02032219 100,20 54,73000 —
02032911 100,20 54,73000 —
02032913 144,93 79,16(')000 —
02032915 77,83 42,510000 —
02032955 144,93 79,160000 —
02032959 144,93 79,16000 —
02063021 108,25 59,13 7
02063031 78,72 43,00 4
02064191 108,25 59,13 7
02064991 78,72 43,00 4
02090011 35,78 19,55 —
02090019 39,36 21,50 —
02090030 21,47 11,73 —
02101111 129,72 70,86OO —
02101119 100,20 54,730 —
02101131 252,28 137,8100 —
02101139 198,60 108,490 —
02101211 77,83 42,5100 —
02101219 129,72 70,8600 —
02101910 114,51 62,550 —
02101920 125,24 68,410 —
02101930 100,20 54,730 —
02101940 144,93 79,1600 —
02101951 144,93 79,160 —
02101959 144,93 79,160 —
02101960 198,60 108,490 —
02101970 249,59 136,340 —
02101981 252,28 137,8100 —
02101989 252,28 137,810 —
02109031 108,25 59,13 —
02109039 78,72 43,00 —
15010011 28,63 15,64 3
15010019 28,63 15,64 —
16010010 125,24 106,250 24

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CNcodeSluice-gateprice
(ECU/100kg)Amountoflevies
(ECU/100kg)(3)Conventional
rateofduty
boundwithin
GATT(%)
16010091 210,23 157,15(')(2)(4)(00—
16010099 143,14 101,78(')(2)(4)00 —
16021000 100,20 58,86 26
16022090 116,30 93,38 25
16024110 219,18 163,88(4)0 —
16024210 183,39 128,04(4)0 —
16024911 219,18 167,82(4)0 —
16024913 183,39 124,78(4)0 —
16024915 183,39 120,75000 —
16024919 120,77 85,21(■)00 —
16024930 100,20 72,2300 —
16024950 59,94 60,6300 —
16029010 116,30 84,79 26
16029051 120,77 82,26 —
19022030 59,94 52,14 —
(')ThelevyonproductsoriginatinginthedevelopingcountriesandlistedintheAnnextoRegulation(EEC)
No3834/90isreducedby50%withinthelimitsofthefixedamountsreferredtointhatAnnex.
(2)ThelevyonproductsoriginatingintheACP/OCTandlistedinArticle8ofamendedRegulation(EEC)No
715/90reducedby50%withinthelimitsofthequotasreferredtointhatRegulation .
(3)NolevyappliestoOCToriginatingproductsaccordingtoArticle101(1)ofDecision91/482/EEC.
(4)ForproductsimportedfromPoland,HungaryandtheCzechandSlovakRepublics,thelevyapplicableis
restrictedwithintheconditionsprovidedforinRegulation(EEC)No2698/93.
OForproductsimportedfromAustriaorFinland,thelevyapplicableisrestrictedwithintheconditionsprovided
forinRegulation(EC)No3580/93.
(')ForproductsimportedfromBulgariaandRomania,thelevyapplicableisrestrictedwithintheconditions
providedforinRegulation(EC)No1590/94.
OFortheseimportedproducts,thelevyapplicableisrestrictedwithintheconditionsprovidedforinCouncil
Regulation(EC)No774/94.
NB:TheCNcodesandthefootnotesaredefinedinamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No2658/87.