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Whereas, when the basic price for slaughtered pigs is fixed, 
account should be taken of the objectives of the common 
agricultural policy and of the contribution which the 
Community desires to make to the harmonious development 
of world trade; whereas the objectives of the common 
agricultural policy are in particular to ensure a fair standard 
of living for the agricultural community, to ensure that 
supplies are available and that they reach consumers at 
reasonable prices; 
Whereas the basic price must be fixed in accordance with the 
criteria laid down in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 
2759/75 for a standard quality defined by reference to 
Community scale for grading pig carcases; 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1504/85 (*) fixed 
the basic price and the standard quality for pig carcases; 
whereas in that Regulation the standard quality was defined 
according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2760/75 of 29 
October 1975 determining the Community scale for 
granding pig carcases (2); 
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2760/75 was repealed by 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 of 13 November 
1984 determining the Community scale for grading pig 
carcases (3); whereas the standard carcase quality should 
therefore be redefined in terms of weight and percentage of 
lean meat determined as laid down in Regulation (EEC) 
No 3220/84; 
Whereas in order not to delay introduction of the new pig 
carcase grading scale the date of introduction of the new 
standard quality should be set at 1 August 1986 and 
Regulation (EEC) No 1504/85 should be repealed, 
(!) OJ No L 151, 10. 6. 1985, p. 30. 
(2) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 10. 
(3) OJ No L 301, 20. 11. 1984, p. 1. 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community and, in particular, Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal of the Commission, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
For the period 1 August 1986 to 31 October 1987 the basic 
price for slaughtered pigs of the standard quality shall be 
2 033,30 ECU per tonne. 
Article 2 
The standard quality shall be defined in terms of carcase 
weight and lean meat content, determined as laid down in 
Article 2 (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84: 
— grade 'U' being applicable to carcases weighing not less 
than 60 but less than 100 kilograms, or 
— grade 'R' being applicable to carcases weighing not less 
than 100 but less than 130 kilograms. 
Article 3 
Regulation (EEC) No 1504/85 is hereby repealed. 
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 August 1986. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States. 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Whereas Article 20 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 
2759/75 (x), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) 
(') OJNoL282, 1. 11. 1985, p. 1. Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 on the common 
organization of the market in pigmeat 
COM(86) 20 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 February 1986) 
(86/C 85/51) 
No C 85/84 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 4. 86 
No , lays down that market support measures may be 
taken in order to take account of any restrictions imposed on 
the free circulation of pigmeat in consequence of measures 
taken in the field of veterinary or health policy; whereas such 
measures are at present strictly limited to the markets 
affected by such restrictions; whereas restrictions on imports 
into third countries of products from a Member State part of 
whose territory is affected by an epidemic may have serious 
consequences for all the exports of the Member State 
concerned; whereas the possibilitiy of adopting market 
support measures in such cases should therefore be extended 
to the entire territory of a Member State; 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Article 20 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 is hereby 
replaced by the following: 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 (»), (EEC) 
No 2771/75 (2) and (EEC) No 2777/75 (3), all three as last 
amended by Regulation (EEC) No , involve an import 
levy and sluice-gate price system, one of whose reference 
components consists of the Community prices for certain 
types of feed grain; whereas these prices are determined once 
a year for a period of twelve months beginning on 1 August, 
on the basis of the threshold prices for such grain and the 
monthly increases therein; 
0) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 49. 
(3) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 77. 'Article 20 
In order to take account of any restrictions on 
intra-Community trade or trade with third countries 
which might result from the application of measures 
taken to combat the spread of animal diseases, 
exceptional measures may be taken to support the market 
of the region or of the Member State affected by such 
restrictions, in accordance with the procedure laid down 
in Article 24. Such measures may be taken only insofar as 
and for such period as is strictly necessary for the support 
of that market.' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States. 
Whereas the marketing year for cereals will, in the future, be 
fixed for a period of 12 months beginning on 1 July of each 
year; whereas, therefore, the calculation of the import levies 
and the sluice-gate prices for pigmeat, eggs and poultrymeat 
should be based on the prices of feed grain over a similarly 
amended marketing year; 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2764/75 (4), as last 
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2791/82 (J), Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 (6), as last amended by 
Regulation (EEC) No 2300/77 (7), and Council Regulation 
(EEC) No 2778/75 (8), as last amended by Regulation 
(EEC) No 750/81 (9), stipulate that the price for each type of 
feed grain in the Community is to be equal to the average of 
the threshold prices plus the monthly price increase therein, 
operative for that cereal for a period of 12 months beginning 
on 1 August; whereas this stipulation should be transferred 
(4) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 21. 
(s) OJ No L 295, 21. 10. 1982, p. 4. 
(s) OJ No L 282, 1.11. 1975, p. 64. 
(7) OJ No L 271, 22. 10. 1977, p. 6. 
(8) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 84. 
(9) OJ No L 80, 26. 3. 1981, p. 1. Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulations (EEC) No 2759/75, (EEC) No 2771/75 
and (EEC) No 2777/ 75 on the common organization of the markets in pigmeat, eggs and poultrymeat 
and Regulations (EEC) No 2764/75, (EEC) No 2773/75 and (EEC) No 2778/75 as regards a 
component for calculating the import levy 
COM(86) 20 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 February 1986) 
(86/C 85/52)