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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No768/90
of29March1990
fixingthesluice-gatepricesandleviesforpigmeat
marketpricesforfeedgrainshouldbetakenintoaccount
onlyifatthesametimeanewsluice-gatepriceisbeing
fixed;
Whereas,sinceanewsluice-gatepricehasbeenfixed
trendsinworldmarketpricesforfeedgrainmustbe
takenintoaccountinfixingthelevies;
Whereas,inthecaseofpigmentproducts,inrespectof
whichtherateofdutyhasbeenboundwithinGATT,the
leviesshouldbelimitedtotheamountsresultingfrom
thatbinding;
Whereas,byCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3899/89of18
December1989reducingfor1990theleviesoncertain
agriculturalproductsoriginatingindevelopingcoun­
triesQandCouncilRegulation(EEC)No715/90of5
March1990onthearrangementsapplicabletoagricul­
turalproductsandcertaingoodsresultingfromthe
processingofagriculturalproductsoriginatinginthe
African,CaribbeanandPacificStates(ACPStates)orthe
overseascountriesandterritories(OCT)(8),specialimport
arrangements wereintroducedinvolvingareductionto
50%inlevieswithintheframeworkoffixedamountsor
annualquotas,inparticularforcertainpigmeatproducts;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No616/86of28
February1986ontheapplicationofimportlevieson
pigmeatproductsfromPortugal(')suspendedtheapplica­
tionofimportleviesonpigmeatproductsfromPortugal
owingtotheminimaldifferencebetweentheprices
obtainingintheCommunityontheonehandandin
Portugalontheotherhand;whereasthesituationstill
pertains;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforPigmeat,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2759/75
of29October1975onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinpigmeat('),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1249/89(2),andinparticularArticles8and12
(1)thereof,
Whereassluice-gatepricesandleviesfortheproducts
specifiedinArticle1(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No2759/75,
mustbefixedinadvanceforeachquarterinaccordance
withthemethodsofcalculationlaiddowninCommis­
sionRegulation(EEC)No1755/89of20June1989
fixingtheleviesandsluice-gatepricesonpigmeat(3);
Whereas,sincesluice-gatepricesandleviesforpigmeat
werelastfixedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
3930/89(4)fortheperiod1Januaryto31March1990,
theymustbefixedanewfortheperiod1Aprilto30June
1990;whereassuchpricesandleviesshouldinprinciple
befixedbyreferencetofeedgrainpricesfortheperiod1
October1989to28February1990;
Whereas,whenthesluice-gatepriceapplicablefrom1
October,1Januaryand1Aprilisbeingfixed,trendsin
worldmarketpricesforfeedgrainaretobetakeninto
accountonlyifthevalueofthequantityoffeedgrain
requiredvariesbyatleastaspecifiedminimuminrela­
tiontothatusedincalculatingthesluice-gatepricefor
theprecedingquarter;whereasthisminimumwasfixed
byRegulation(EEC)No2766/75oftheCouncil(*),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3906/87(6),at3%;
Whereasthevalueofthequantityoffeedgrainvariesby
morethan3%fromthatusedfortheprecedingquarter;
whereastrendsinworldmarketpricesforfeedgrainmust
thereforebetakenintoaccountwhenfixingsluice-gate
pricesfortheperiod1Aprilto30June1990;
Whereas,whentheleviesapplicablefrom1October,1
Januaryand1Aprilarebeingfixed,trendsinworldHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Fortheperiod1Aprilto30June1990,the
sluice-gatepricesandtheleviesprovidedforinArticles (')OJNoL282,1.11.1975,p.1.0OJNoL129,11.5.1989,p.12.0OJNoL172,21.6.1989,p.8.
(<)OJNoL375,23.12.1989,p.78.
0OJNoL282,1.11.1975,p.25.0OJNoL383,30.12.1989,p.125.
(8)OJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85.
OOJNoL58,1.3.1986,p.45. (6)OJNoL370,30.12.1987,p.11.

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applicationoftheleviesspecifiedinparagraphs 1and2
shallbesuspended.12and8respectivelyofRegulation(EEC)No2759/75for
theproductsspecifiedinArticle1(1)ofthatRegulation
shallbeasshownintheAnnex.
2.Providedthat,inthecaseofproductsfallingwithin
CNcodes02063021,02063031,02064191,
02064991,15010011,16010010,16021000,
16022090or16029010,inrespectofwhichtherateof
dutyhasbeenboundwithinGATT,thelevyshallnot
exceedtheamountresultingfromthatbinding.
3.ForimportsfromPortugalofproductsspecifiedin
paragraph 1andinfreecirculationinthatMemberState,Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April1990.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29March1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission

30.3.90 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL83/71
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof29March1990fixingthesluice-gatepricesandlevieson
pigmeat
CNcodeSluice-gateprice
(ECU/100kg)Amountoflevies
(ECU/100kg)Conventional
rateofduty
boundwithin
GAIT(%)
01039110
01039211
01039219
02031110
02031211
02031219
02031911
02031913
02031915
02031955
02031959
02032110
02032211
02032219
02032911
02032913
02032915
02032955
02032959
02063021
02063031
02064191
02064991
02090011
02090019
02090030
02101111
02101119
02101131
02101139
02101211
02101219
02101910
02101920
02101930
02101940
02101951
02101959
02101960
02101970
02101981
02101989
02109031
02109039
15010011
15010019
16010010
1601009180,94
68,83
80,94
105,25
152,61
117,88
117,88
170,51
91,57
170,51
170,51
105,25
152,61
117,88
117,88
170,51
91,57
170,51
170,51
127,35
92,62
127,35
92,62
42,10
46,31
25,26
152,61
117,88
296,81
233,66
91,57
152,61
134,72
147,35
117,88
170,51
170,51
170,51
233,66
293,65
296,81
296,81
127,35
92,62
33,68
33,68
147,35
247,3445,08
38,34
45,08
58,62
84,99
65,65
65,65
94,96
51,00
94,96
94,96
58,62
84,99
65,65
65,65
94,96(>)
51,00
94,96(')
94,96
70,93
51,58
70,93
51,58
23,45
25,79
14,07
84,99(')
65,65
165,30
130,13
51,00(>)
84,99
75,03
82,06
65,65
94,96(>)
94,96
94,96
130.13
163,54
165,30
165,30
70,93
51,58
18,76
18,76
99,300
170.14(')P)7
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7
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CNcodeSluice-gateprice
(ECU/100kg)Amountoflevies
(ECU/100kg)Conventional
rateofduty
boundwithin
GAIT(%)
16010099
16021000
16022090
16024110
16024210
16024911
16024913
16024915
16024919
16024930
16024950
16029010
16029051
19022030168,40
117,88
136,83
257,86
215,76
257,86
215,76
215,76
142,09
117,88
70,52
136,83
142,09
70,52112,950(2)
86,44
97,47
179,68
146,05
186,05
152,85
150,490
95,420
84,97
60,36
97,47
95,42
65,1726
25
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(')ThelevyonproductsoriginatinginthedevelopingcountriesandlistedintheAnnextoRegulation(EEC)No
3899/89isreducedby50%withinthelimitsofthefixedamountsreferredtointhatAnnex.
(2)ThelevyonproductsoriginatingintheACPStates/OCTcountriesandlistedinArticle8ofRegulation(EEC)
No715/90reducedby50%withinthelimitsofthequotasreferredtointhatRegulation.
NB:TheCNcodesandthefootnotesaredefinedinamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
2658/87(OJNoL256,7.9.1987,p.1).