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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)1222final
Brussels,24July1973
PROPOSAL FORA
REGULATION(EEC)OFTHECOUNCIL
amendingRegulationNos134/67/EECand137/67/EECon
sluicegatepricesandthesystemof"pilot
productsandderivedproducts"
forpigmeat
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COM(73)1222final

STATE !3ENTOPREASONS
Atits225th meeting held on22-23 January 1973 theCouncil ofMinisters made
thefollowing announcement :
"TheCouncil invites theCommission topresent toitbefore
1August 1973 aproposal foraRegulation providing fora
special tariff heading forboned frozen pigmeat ."
Arequest tothat effect was submitted bytheFrench authorities whohave
advocated theintroduction ofspecial import terras forcertain pigmeats intended
forprocessing ,including thecreation ofanew subheading :
"frozen ,boned orboneless meat intended forthemanufacture ,
under customs supervision ,ofother products "
andthefixing ofaspecific sluice-gate price andlevy forthenew subheading .
According toprofessional circles inthemeat-processing industry ,theCommunity
isshort oflean meat used forpreparing other products ,including especially
sausages andthe like .
Thepigmeat ,which must come from approved slaughterhouses ,shall beboned or
boneless ,skinned andfreed offat ,wrapped inindividual cellophane packs and
frozen .Itshall beimported incardboard boxes ofacapacity ofabout 25kg
each ,andshall besubject toveterinary supervision .Themeat shall beused ,
inproportions ranging from 20to60fottogether with fresh pigmeat ,exclusively
forthemanufacture ofsausages orsimilar products .
During therecent years theCommunity hasyearly imported about 20-25.000 metric
tons ofthis meat outofatotal ofapproximately 200.000 metric tons ofpigmeat
products imported from third countries ;theprincipal importing countries are
Prance (15.000metric tons in1971 »and14.330 metric tons in1972 )andItaly
(5.500 metric tons in1971 and10.425 metric tons during thefirst half of1972).

PROPOSALFORA.
REGULATION(EEC)OPTHEOOISTCIL
amendingRegulationITos134/67/EECand137/67/EEConsluice-
gatepricesandthesystemof"pilotproductsandderived
products"forpigmeat
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMUMTIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity;
HavingregardtoRegulationHo121/67/EECoftheCouncilof13June1967on
thecommonorganization ofthemarketinpigmeat,aslastamended "bythe-
ActofAccession,andinparticularArticles12(4)and13(4)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereasinviewoftheincreasingtradein"bonedor"bonelesspigmeat,a
specificheadingshouldheintroducedfor"bonedor"bonelesscm&frozenpigmeatj
whereasitisthereforenecessarytoamendArticle1*ofRegulation
134/67/EEC^oftheCouncilof13June1967establishingthelistofproducts
forwhichsluice–gatepricesarefixedandadoptingtherulesforfixingthe
sluice–gatepriceforpigcarcases,aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
Ho231/73^,andalsotheannexestoRegulationMb137/67/EEC^oftheCouncil
of13June1967layingdowngeneralrulesforthesystemof"pilotproducts
andderivedproducts"allowingadditionalamountstobefixedforpigmeat,
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No231/73;
«••/•«*
'ojNo117,19June19.67,p,.2283/67.-
^OJNoL73,27March1972,p.14.
¿OJNo120,21June1967,p.2367/67.^0JNoL28,1February1973,p.3.
?0JNo122,22June1967,p.2395/67.

Whereasthetariffnomenclature resultingfromtheapplicationof
RegulationNo121/67/EECisreproducedintheCommonCustomsTariff;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
ThelistofproductsunderheadingNo02.01oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
whichappearsinAnnex11(b)toRegulationNo137/67/EEC,isreplacedby
thefollowinglist:
1CCT
heading
NoDescription ofgoods
I02.01
j
\
i
5
|
i
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i
S
j
i
cMeatandedibleoffalsoftheanimalsfallingwithinheading
No01.01,01.02,01.03or01.04,fresh,chilledorfrozen:
A.Meat: , -■III.Ofswine:
(a)Ofdomesticswine:
1.Carcasesorhalf-caroases ,withorwithoutheads,
feetorflarefat
2.Hamsandcutsofham,unboned(bone~i.n)
3.Shoulders(fores)andcutsofshoulder,unboned
(bone-in)
4.Loinsandcutsofloins,unboned(bone-in)
5.Bellies(strealqy)andcutsofbellies
6.Other:
(aa)Bonedorbonelessandfrozen(bb)Other
;B.Offals:
II.Other:
(c)Ofdomesticswine:
1.Headsandcutsofheads;necks
2.Feetandtails
3.Kidneys
4.Livers
5.Hearts,tonguesandlungs
6.Liver,hearts,tonguesandlungsattachedtothe
tracheaandgullet
7.Other

Article2
ThelistofproductstinderheadingNo02.01oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
referredtoinArticle1ofRegulation ITo134/67/ESC,forwhichsluice–gate
pricesarefixed,isreplacedbythefollowinglists
CCT
heading ; Description ofgoods
No
02.01 |Meatandedibleoffalsoftheanimalsfallingwithinheading
:ITo01.01,01.02,01.03or01.04,fresh,chilledorfrozen:
iA.Meat:
III.Ofswine:
(a)Ofdomesticswine:
1.Carcasesorhalf–carcases,withcrwithoutheads,
feetorflarefat
2.Hamsandcutsofham,unboned(bone–in)
3.Shoulders(fores)andcutsofshoulders,unboned
(bone-in)
4*Loinsandcutsofloins,unboned(bone-in)
5«Bellies(streaiy)andcutsofbellies
6.Other:
(aa)Unboned(bone-in)andfrozen
Article3
ktfWOMMNMM
InAnnexItoRegulation ITo137/67/^EC,theentryagainstitem6of
headingNo02.01AIll(a)is,whereveritoccurs,replacedbythefollowing
entryJ
"6.Other:
(bb)Other"
Articxe4
TheCommonCustomsTariffisamendedasshownintheAnnextothis
Regulation.

-4-
Article5
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirtiethdayfollowingits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities.
ThisRegulationshallhe"bindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, 19–. FortheCouncil

Annex
Subheading No02,01 AIIIoftheCommon Customs Tariff isamended as
follows :
;CCT
!heading
INoDescription ofgoodsRate ofduty
iAutonomous :
!&)
orlevy (L)iConvene
tional i
&) ;
1 2 '3 !4
02,01 Meat and edible offals ofthe animals
falling 'wi-hin heading No01,01 ,01.02f
01,03or01,04,fresh ,chilled orfrozen :
A,Meat :
I III ,Ofswine :
(a)Ofdomestic swine :
1.CarcE^ses orhalf–carcases ,
with orwithout heads ,feet j
orflare fat 20(L)
2.Hams andcuts ofham ,unboned
("bone–in) j20(L)
3.Shoulders (fores )aralcuts |
ofshoulders ,unboned j
(bone-in ) 20(L )
4*Loins andouts ofloins ,
unboned (bone-in ) I20(L)
5,Bellies (streaJky )andcuts ;
ofbellies j20(L )
6,Other : I
(aa)Boned orboneless andfrO-20(L )
(bb)Other zef20(L)20(L)
20(L)
20(L)
20(L)
20(L)

In"thelightofthefactsstated,above,itisproposed:
-theinsertionofanewsubheading :
02.01AIII(a)Meatofdomesticswine
6aa)bonedorboneless,frozenmeat,
-thefixing,forthisnewsubheading,ofasluice-gatepriceandlevy-
calculated onthebasisofacoefficient expressingthevalueratio
betweenthefrozenpigmeatandthemeatofslaughteredpigs.