CELEX: 31986R1474
Language: en
Date: 1986-05-13 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1474/86 of 13 May 1986 fixing the basic price and the standard quality for slaughtered pigs for the period 1 August 1986 to 31 October 1987

21.5.86                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 133 / 37
                                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1474/86
                                                          of 13 May 1986
                  fixing the basic price and the standard quality for slaughtered pigs for the period
                                                 1 August 1986 to 31 October 1987
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2760/75 was repealed by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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 carcases (7) ; whereas the standard carcase quality should
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                      therefore be redefined in terms of weight and percentage
thereof,                                                              of lean meat determined in accordance with Regulation
                                                                      (EEC) No 3220/ 84 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          Whereas, in order not to delay introduction of the new
2759 /75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organ­                      Community scale for grading pig carcases, the date of
ization of the market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by              introduction of the new standard quality should be set at
Regulation (EEC) No 1473 / 86 (2), and in particular                  1 August 1986 and Regulation (EEC) No 1504 / 85
Article 4 (4) thereof,                                                should be repealed,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3),
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­                                                Article 1
ment (4),
                                                                      For the period 1 August 1986 to 31 October 1987 the
                                                                      basic price for slaughtered pigs of the standard quality
Whereas, when the basic price for slaughtered pigs is                 shall be 2 033,30 ECU per tonne .
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 har­                                                     Article 2
monious development of world trade ; whereas the
objectives of the common agricultural policy are in par­              The standard quality shall be defined in terms of carcase
ticular to ensure a fair standard of living for the agri­             weight and lean meat content, determined in accordance
cultural community, to ensure that supplies are available             with Article 2 (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No
and that they reach consumers at reasonable prices ;                  3220/ 84, as follows :
                                                                      (a) carcases weighing 60 to less than 100 kg (grade U);
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
                                                                      (b) carcases weighing 100 to less than 130 kg (grade R);
reference to a Community scale for grading pig carcases ;
                                                                      (c) carcases weighing 130 to 160 kg (grade O).
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1504 / 85 ( )                                                   Article 3
fixed the basic price and the standard quality for pig car­
cases ; whereas, in that Regulation, the standard quality             Regulation (EEC) No 1504/85 is hereby repealed.
was defined according to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2760/75 of 29 October 1975 determining the
Community scale for grading pig carcases (6) ;                                                      Article 4
                                                                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                      following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                      European Communities.
O OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) See page 36 of this Official Journal.
C) OJ No C 85 , 14 . 4. 1986, p. 82 .                                 It shall apply from 1 August 1986 .
(4) Opinion delivered on 17 April 1986 (not yet published in the
    Official Journal).
O OJ No L 151 , 10 . 6 . 1985 , p. 30 .
(6) OJ No L 282 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 10 .                              (7) OJ No L 301 , 20 . 11 . 1984, p. 1 .
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              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 13 May 1986.
                                                                                  For the Council
                                                                                   The President
                                                                               W. F. van EEKELEN