CELEX: 31979R1590
Language: en
Date: 1979-07-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1590/79 of 26 July 1979 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on pigmeat

No L 189/30                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            27. 7. 79
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1590/79
                                                          of 26 July 1979
                                   fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       period of five months ending one month before the
COMMUNITIES,                                                         quarter in respect of which the said component is
                                                                     calculated ; whereas that period is 1 February to 30
                                                                    June 1979 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                    Whereas the second component must be equal to
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         7 % of the average of the sluice-gate prices applicable
2 759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                  for the four quarters to 1 May in each year ;
tion of the market in pigmeat (!), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1423/78 (2), and in particular
Articles 8 and 12 ( 1 ) thereof,
                                                                     Whereas the levies on the products specified in
                                                                     Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas a levy fixed quarterly in advance must be                    2759/75 other than pig carcases must be derived from
charged on imports into the Community for the                        the levy on pig carcases on the basis of the coeffi­
products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)            cients fixed for such products pursuant to Article
No 2 759/75 ; whereas levies were last fixed by                      10(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 in Annex I to
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 829/79 of 25 April                    Commission Regulation (EEC) No 747/79 of 11 April
1979 (3) for the period 1 May to 31 July 1979 and                    1979 fixing coefficients for calculating levies on
levies must therefore be fixed anew for the period 1                 pigmeat products other than pig carcases (6) ;
August to 31 October 1979 ;
Whereas the levy on pig carcases is made up of two                   Whereas the levies on the products specified in
components ;                                                         Article 1(1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 are
                                                                     made up of two components ;
Whereas the first component must be equal to the
difference between prices within the Community and
                                                                     Whereas the first component must be derived from
on the world market for the quantity of feed grain
specified in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                the levy on pig carcases on the basis of the coeffi­
2764/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down the rules for                 cients fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     747/79 ;
calculating a component of the levy on pig
carcases (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
370/76 (5), the composition whereof is indicated
therein ;                                                            Whereas the second component must be equal to
                                                                     7 % , and for products falling within heading No ex
                                                                     16.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, to 10 % , of the
Whereas the value within the Community for that                      average offer prices for imports during the 12 months
quantity of feed grain must be determined in accor­                  to 1 May ; whereas these averages should be deter­
dance with Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No                          mined bearing in mind all the information available
2764/75 ; whereas the value for the like quantity on                 relating to imports into the Community from third
the world market must be determined in accordance
                                                                     countries, taking into account the representative
with Article 3 thereof ;                                             character of prices ;
Whereas the said Article 3 provides that the prices for
each type of feed grain on the world market shall be                 Whereas, in the case of products falling within
equal to the average of the cif prices of such cereal ;              subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I, 16.01 A
whereas the cif prices shall be determined for the                   and 16.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff, in
                                                                     respect of which the rate of duty has been bound with
(>) OJ No   L  282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                            GATT, the levies must not exceed the amount
(2) OJ No   L  171 , 28 . 6. 1978, p. 19 .                           resulting from that binding ;
(3) OJ No   L  105, 27. 4. 1979, p. 23 .
(4) OJ No   L  282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 21 .
(5) OJ  No   L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 4.                               (* OJ No L 95, 16. 4. 1979, p. 5.
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Whereas, for pig carcases and other products referred          dance with Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
to in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                  2766/75, be 38.69 ECU per 100 kilograms of pig
2766/75 of 29 October 1975 establishing the list of            carcases :
products for which sluice-gate prices are to be fixed
and laying down the rules for fixing the sluice-gate           Whereas the sluice-gate prices of products referred to
price for pig carcases (l), as last amended by Regula­         in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75, other
tion (EEC) No 772/79 (2), the sluice-gate prices must          than pig carcases, must be derived from the sluice­
be fixed in advance for each quarter ; whereas sluice­         gate price for pig carcases on the basis of the coeffi­
gate prices were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No             cients laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 747/79 ;
829/79 for the period 1 May to 31 July 1979 and
                                                               Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29
prices must therefore be fixed anew for the period 1
                                                               March 1 979 (3) laid down the coefficient for
August to 31 October 1979 ;                                    expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in
Whereas the sluice-gate price for pig carcases is made          ECU ;
up of three components ;
                                                               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Whereas the first component must          be equal to the      are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
value on the world market of the          quantity of feed     ment Committee for Pigmeat,
grain equivalent to the quantity          of feedingstuffs
required for the production in third      countries of one
kilogram of pigmeat, such quantity being composed               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
as provided in Article 2(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
2766/75 ;
                                                                                          Article 1
Whereas the value of that quantity of grain must be
determined in accordance with Article 2 (2) and (3) of          1 . For the period 1 August to 31 October 1979 the
Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 ;                                   levies provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                No 2759/75 for the products referred to in Article
Whereas the said Article 2 provides that the price for          1 ( 1 ) thereof and the sluice-gate prices provided for in
each cereal on the world market shall be equal to the          Article 12 thereof for the products referred to in
average of the cif prices of such cereal ; whereas the         Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2 766/75 shall be as
cif prices shall be determined for the period of five          set out in the Annex hereto.
months ending one month before the quarter in
respect of which the said amount is calculated ;                2. Nevertheless, in the case of products falling
whereas that period is 1 February to 30 June 1979 ;            within subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I,
                                                                16.01 A and 16.02 A II of the Common Customs
Whereas the second component, which represents the             Tariff, in respect of which the rate of duty has been
extra cost, in relation to feed grain of feedingstuffs          bound within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the
other than grain required for the production of one             amount resulting from that binding.
kilogram of pigmeat, shall, in accordance with Article
3 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75, be 15 % of the
value of the quantity of feed grain ;                                                     Article 2
Whereas the third amount, which represents overhead            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August
costs of production and marketing, shall, in accor              1979 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 26 July 1979.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                Vice-President
(1) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 25.
(2) OJ No L 99, 21 . 4. 1979, p. 1 .                            (3) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .
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                                                              ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 26 July 1979 fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices
                                                           for pigmeat
                                                                                                            Conventional
   CCT                                                                              Sluice-gate Amount of
                                                                                                             rate of duty
  heading                                      Description                             price      levies    bound within
    No                                                                             ECU/100 kg   ECU/ 100 kg   GATT (% )
01.03     Live swine :
          A. Domestic species :
              II. Other :
                   a) Sows having farrowed at least once, of a weight of not
                      less than 160 kg                                                 63.41       31.51'
                   b) Other                                                            74.56       37-05
02.01     Meat and edible offals of the animals falling within heading No
          01.01, 01.02, 01.03 or 01.04, fresh, chilled or frozen :
          A. Meat :
              III. Of swine :
                    a) Of domestic swine :
                       1. Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet
                            or flare fat                                              96.95        48-18
                       2. Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in)                   140.58        69.87
                       3 . Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone­
                            in)                                                      108.59        53.97
                       4. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in)                 157.06        78.06
                       5. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies                        84.35       41-92
                       6. Other :
                            aa) Boned or boneless and frozen                         157.06        78M06
                            bb) Other                                                              78.06
          B. Offals :
              II. Other :
                  c) Of domestic swine :
                      1 . Heads and cuts of heads ; necks                                          15.42           y
                      2. Feet; tails                                                                4.34           9
                      3. Kidneys                                                                  50.59            9
                      4. Livers                                                                   58-30           11
                      5. Hearts ; tongues ; lungs                                                 28.91            9
                      6. Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the
                           trachea and gullet                                                     42.40            9
                      7. Other                                                                     42.40           9
02.05     Pig fat free of lean meat and poultry fat (not rendered or solvent­
          extracted), fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked :
          A. Back-fat :
               I. Fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine                           38.78       19-27
              II. Dried or smoked                                                                  21.20
          B. Pig fat, other than that falling within subheading A                                  11.56
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    CCT                                                                                                   Conventional
                                                                                  Sluice-gate  Amount of
                                                                                                           rate of duty
  heading                                    Description                             price      levies    bound within
    No                                                                           ECU/100 kg   ECU/100 kg    GATT ( % )
02.06     Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted, in brine,
          dried or smoked :
          B. Meat and edible meat offals of domestic swine :
               I. Meat :
                  a) Salted or in brine :
                      1 . Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet
                          or flare fat                                              96.95        48.18
                      2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles :
                          aa) Bacon sides                                          124 - 10      61.68
                          bb) Spencers                                                           61.68:
                          cc) 3/4 sides and middles                                              67.46
                      3 . Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in)                 140.58        69.87
                      4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned
                          (bone-in)                                                108.59        53.97
                      5 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in)               157.06        78.06
                      6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies                      84-35        41.92
                      7. Other                                                                   78.06
                  b) Dried or smoked :
                      1 . Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet
                          or flare fat                                                           67.46
                       2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles :
                           a a) Bacon sides                                                      67.46
                          bb) Spencers                                                           67.46
                          cc) 3/4 sides and middles                                              72.28
                      3 . Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in) :
                          aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                                  81-91
                          bb) Other                                                             135.88
                      4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone­
                          in) :
                          aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                                  60.23
                          bb) Other                                                             106.97
                      5. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in) :
                          aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                                  91.55
                          bb) Other                                                             134.44
                      6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies :
                          aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                                  48.18
                          bb) Other                                                              69.87
                      7. Other :
                          aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                                  91-55
                          bb) Other                                                             135.88'
              II. Edible meat offals :
                  a) Heads and cuts of heads ; necks                                             15-42
                  b) Feet ; tails                                                                 4.34
                  c) Kidneys                                                                     50.59
                  d) Livers                                                                      58.30
                  e) Hearts ; tongues ; lungs                                                    28.91
                   f) Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the trachea
                      and gullet                                                                 42.40
                  ft) Other                                                                      42.40
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                                                                                                                                Conventional
    CCT                                                                                             Sluice-gate Amount of        rate of duty
  heading                                          Description                                         price       levies       bound within
     No                                                                                           ECU/100 kg    ECU/100 kg        GATT ( % )
15.01         Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent extracted :
              A. Lard and other pig fat :
                    I. For industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs
                         for human consumption (a)                                                                  15-42              3
                   II. Other                                                                           31.02        15.42
16.01          Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal or animal blood :
               A. Liver sausages                                                                                    83.96             24
               B. Other (b) :
                    I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked                                                   138.73'
                   II. Other                                                                                        92.50
16.02          Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
               A. Liver :
                     II . Other                                                                                      88.64             25
                B. Other :
                     III. Other :
                          a) Containing meat or offal of domestic swine :
                              1 . Containing bovine meat, uncooked                                                  209.14
                              2. Other, containing, by weight :
                                  aa) 80 % or more of meat or offal, of any kind, in­
                                       cluding fats of any kind or origin :
                                       11 . Hams, fillets and loins ; pieces thereof                                145.25
                                       22. Shoulders and pieces thereof                                             119.18'
                                       33 . Other                                                                     80.85
                                  bb) 40 % or more but less than 80 % of meat or
                                       offals, of any kind, including fats of any kind or
                                       origin                                                                         69-57
                                   cc) Less than 40 % of meat or offal, of any kind,
                                       including fats of any kind or origin                                           49-18
  (a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities.
  (b) The levy on sausages imported in containers which also contain preserving liquid shall be charged on the net weight, i.e. minus the weight
      of the liquid.