Council Regulation (EC) No 1365/2000 of 19 June 2000 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat
Date: 2000-06-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: basic price, common organisation of markets, pigmeat, product quality

29.6.2000

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1365/2000

of 19 June 2000

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof,

Article 1

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 is amended as follows:

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

1. Article 4(1) shall be replaced by the following:

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (3),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 (4)
provides for a basic price to be fixed annually for certain
presentations of meat of domestic swine. In accordance
the
with the approach followed for the reform of
common organisation of the markets in connection with
Agenda 2000 and in order to enable producers to work
out longer-term production plans, the basic price should
be fixed without any limit in time, without prejudice to
any revisions that may be called for in the future.

The basic price must be set at a level that helps to
stabilise market prices without leading to the formation
of structural surpluses within the Community.

The basic price must be fixed for a standard quality
defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 of 13
November 1984 determining the Community scale for
grading pig carcases (5).

The measures necessary for the implementation of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2759/75 should be adopted in accord-
ance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June
1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of
implementing powers conferred on the Commission (6),

(1) OJ C 86E, 24.3.2000, p. 5.
(2) Opinion of

the European Parliament of 16 May 2000 (not yet

published in the Official Journal).

(3) OJ C 168, 16.6.2000, p. 17.
(4) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula-

tion (EC) No 3290/94 (OJ L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 105).

(5) OJ L 301, 20.11.1984, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regula-

tion (EC) No 3513/93 (OJ L 320, 22.12.1993, p. 5).

(6) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

‘1.
in
The basic price for meat of domestic swine,
carcases or half carcases, hereinafter referred to as “ slaugh-
tered pigs”, of the standard quality shall be EUR 1 509,39/t
from 1 July 2000.

The standard quality shall be defined in terms of the weight
and lean-meat content of pig carcases, determined in
accordance with Article 2(2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
3220/84 as follows:

— carcases weighing from 60 to less than 120 kg: grade E,

— carcases weighing from 120 to 180 kg: grade R.’

2. Article 4(4) shall be deleted;

3. Article 23 shall be deleted;

4. Article 24 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 24

1.
The Commission shall be assisted by the Management
Committee for Pigmeat, hereinafter referred to as “the
Committee”.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph Articles 4
and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

The period referred to in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/
468/EC shall be set at one month.

3.

The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Luxembourg, 19 June 2000.

For the Council

The President

L. CAPOULAS SANTOS