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Brussels,27March1973
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION
amendingRegulationNo146/67/EECasregards
theprovisionsforcalculatingthelevyand
thesluicegatepricesforcertainslaughtered
ducks
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(73)462final

GDVI-C-3 1198/VI/73-annex A
Explanatory Statement
Council Regulation NoI46/67/ESCadopted rules forthecalculation of
levies andsluice-gate prices inrelation toslaughtered poultry andinpar­
ticular toslaughtered ducks .
Onanumber ofoccasions during recent years ,when itwasfound necessary
tofixsupplementary amounts ontheimportation cfduck carcases difficulties
were experienced intheascertainment oftheoffer prioe fortheproduce of
certain third countries offered atthefrontiers oftheCommunity .
Within themanagement Committee forPoultrymeat andEggs both the
national delegations andtheCommission 'srepresentatives have observed that
bydefining three categories ofslaughtered ducks instead oftwomarket trends
could befollowed more easily .
Subsequently thenewMember States have emphasized their interest inthe
adoption ofsuch ameasure andtheUnited Kingdom delegation attheCouncil
ofMinisters stressed theimportance oftheCommission making aproposal as
soon aspossible .
*
* *
Atpresent thesubheading 02.02 AIIisdifferentiated asfollows :
02.02 AIIDucks :
a)Plucked ,bled ,notdrawn orgutted with heads andfeet ,known
as"85%ducks "
b)Plucked anddrawn ,without heads andfeet ,with (orwithout )hearts ,
livers andgizzards ,known as"70$ducks ".
Itisproposed toadd the following :
c)Plucked anddrawn ,without heads ,feet ,hearts ,livers andgizzards ,
known as"65%ducks ".
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* *
This hasnofinancial implications affecting thebudget ofthe
Communities .

GDVI-C-3 II98/VI/73-E
Orig .:D
Proposal foraCouncil Regulation
amending Regulation NoI46/67/EECasregards the ..
provisions forcalculating thelevy andthesluice
gate prices forcertain slaughtered ducks .
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COIJiUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ;
Having regard toCouncil Regulation No123/67/EEC of13June 1967 onthe
common organization ofthemarket inpoultrymeat ,aslast amended bythe
(2)Act concerning theConditions ofAccession andtheAdjustments tothe
Treaties ,andinparticular Articles 4(3)and^(5)thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
(3)Whereas Council RegulationJTo 146/67/EEC 'of21June 1967 contains provisions
forcalculating thelevy onpoultrymeat ,andinparticular lays down the
quantity offeed grairf required fortheproduction intheCommunity ofone
kilogramme ofslaughtered poultry andthepercentage ofeach type of'feed
grain contained inthat quantity ;whereas that Regulation also contains
provisions forcalculating thesluice-gate price forpoultryueat ,andin
particular lays down thequantity offeed grain required fortheproduction
inthird countries ofonekilogramme ofslaughtered poultry andthepercentage
ofep.ch type offeed grain ,contained inthat quantity andfixes astandard
amount representing other feeding costs andoverhead costs ofproduction and
marketing ;
Whereas theabovementioned Regulation applies toslaughtered ducks inthe"
so-called ;."857y"&nd "70/&"presentations ;whereas ,however ,asaresult of
developments ontheduck market ,ithasbecome necessary tofixaseparate
levy andsluice-gate price forducks offered forsale plucked anddrawn ,
without heads andfeet andwithout hearts ,livers andgizzards ;whereas ducks
inthis presentation maybereferred toas"65i"ducks ;
(1)0JNo 117,19June 1967 ,p.2301/67.
(2)0JNoL73,27Larch 1972 ,p.14.
J3>OJNo 125 ,26June 1967 ,p.2470/67.

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Whereas ,since thefeed grain quantity andthestandard amount fixed for
70/oducks relate toslaughtered ducks ,plucked anddrawn ,without heads
andfeet ,with hearts ,livers andgizzards ,itispossible ,given asimilar
composition ofthefeed grain mixture ,todetermine therelevant figures for
65foducks byadjusting those for70%ducks inaccordance with theincreased ,
value ofbirds intheformer presentation .
Thetariff nomenclature established pursuant toRegulation No123/67/ESCis
incorporated inTheCommon Customs Tariff introduced bytheCouncil regulation
(SEC)No950/68of28June 1968 (l),aslastamended byRegulation (EEC)No
231/73(2)r
HAD ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING REGULATION :
Article 1
1.InAnnex ItoRegulation No146/67/EEC ,after theentry relating to
sub-heading 02.02 AII(b),thefollowing entry isinserted :
"c)65foducks 4.19 , maize 58%
barley 32fo■
• ' oats 10fo
2.InAnnex IItoRegulation NoI46/57/EEC ,after theentry relating to
sub-heading 02.02 AII(b),thefollowing entry isinserted :
"c)65joducks 3.923 maize 58jo 0.5017 "
barley 32fo
oats 10fo
Article 2
Theregulation No950/68-isamended inaccordance with theAnnex hereto .
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on1kay1973 .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inall Member States .
i .
Done atBrussels , FortheCouncil
The President
(1)OJ.NoL172,22July 1968 ,p.1.
(2)OJ.NoL28,1thFebruary 1973 *p.3.

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ANNEX
Sub-heading 02.02 AIIoftheCommon Customs Tariff
shall read asfollows :
adxng
No.Rate ofduty
Description autonomous
%
orlevy (L)conventional
%
1 2 3 4
02.02 Dead Poultry (that istosay ,fowls ,ducks ,
geese ,turkeys andguinea-fowls )andedible
offals thereof (except liver ),fresh ,chilled
orfrozen :
A.Whole poultry :
II.Ducks :
aPlucked ,bled ,gutted butnotdrawn ,
with heads andfeet ,known as
"85%ducks " 18(L)
00Plucked anddrawn ,without heads and j
feet ,withhearts ,livers andgiz- j
zards ,knowns as"70%ducks " 18(L)
c)Plucked and drawn ,without heads and
■nd
feet/without hearts ,livers andgiz­
zards known as"65%ducks " 18(L