CELEX: 31976R0085
Language: en
Date: 1976-01-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 85/76 of 19 January 1976 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on pigmeat

20 . 1 . 76                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 11 / 9
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 85 /76
                                                         of 19 January 1976
                                     fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas when the levies applicable from 1
COMMUNITIES,                                                          November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed
                                                                      trends in world market prices for feed grain should be
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 taken into account only if at the same time a new
 Economic Community,                                                  sluice-gate is being fixed ;
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                        Whereas a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed ;
2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                   whereas trends in world market prices for feed grain
tion of the market in pigmeat ('), and in particular                  must therefore be taken into account when fixing the
Articles 8 and 12 ( 1 ) thereof,                                      levies ;
Whereas sluice-gate prices for pig carcases and for the              Whereas in the case of products falling within any of
other products specified in Article 1 of Council Regu­               subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I , 16.01 A or
lation ( EEC) No 2766/75 of 29 October 1975 esta­                     16.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff in respect
blishing the list of products for which sluice-gate                  of which the rate of duty has been bound within
prices are to be fixed and laying down the rules for                 GATT the levies should be limited to the amounts
fixing the sluice-gate price for pig carcases ( 2), and               resulting from that binding ;
levies for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of
Regulation ( EEC) No 2759/ 75, must be fixed in                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
advance for each quarter in accordance with the                      are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
methods of calculation           laid down      in  Commission
                                                                      ment Committee for Pigmeat ,
Regulation ( EEC) No 1868 / 75 of 22 July 1975 fixing
the sluice-gate prices and levies on pigmeat (3) ;
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for
pigmeat were last fixed by Commission Regulation                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
( EEC) No 2697/ 75 of 23 October 1975 (4) for the
period 1 November 1975 to 31 January 1976, they
must be fixed anew for the period 1 February to 30
April 1976 ; whereas such prices and levies should in                                         Article /
principle be fixed by reference to feed grain prices for
the period 1 May to 31 October 1975 ;                                 1.     For the period 1 February to 30 April 1976 the
                                                                     sluice-gate prices provided for in Article 1 2 of Regula­
Whereas, when the sluice-gate price applicable from 1                tion ( EEC) No 2759/ 75 for the products specified in
November, 1 February and 1 May is being fixed,                       Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2766/75 and the
trends in world market prices for feed grain should be               levies provided for in Article 8 of Regulation ( EEC)
taken into account only if the value of the quantity of              No 2759/ 75 for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 )
feed grain required varies by at least a specified                   of that Regulation shall be as shown in the Annex
minimum in relation to that used in calculating the                  hereto .
sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas
this minimum was fixed by Regulation ( EEC) No
2766/75 at 3 % ;
                                                                     2.      Provided that in the case of products falling
                                                                     within any of subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01
                                                                     A I , 16.01 A or 16.02 A II of the Common Customs
Whereas the value of the quantity of feed grain varies               Tariff in respect of which the rate of duty has been
by over 3 % from that used for the preceding quarter ;               bound within GATT the levy shall not exceed the
whereas trends in world market prices for feed grain                 amount resulting from that binding .
must therefore be taken into account when fixing
sluice-gate prices for the period 1 February to 30
April 1976 ;
                                                                                             Articc 2
(')  OJ  No L 282,  1.11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ  No L 282,  1 . 11 . 1 975 , p . 25 .
(J ) OJ  No L 190,  23 . 7 . 1975, p . 18 .                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
(4)  OJ  No L 273 , 24 . 10 . 1975 , p. 21 .                          1976 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 19 January 1976 .
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                Member of the Commission
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                                                                  ANNEX
                                                                                                                  Conventional
     CCT                                                                               Sluice-gate   Amount of
                                                                                                                   rate of duty
   heading                                   Description of goods                          price        levies    bound within
     No                                                                                u. a. /100 kg u.a ./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                                               56-03          13-70
                      b) Other                                                           65-88          16Ί1            —
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, wiith or without heads, feet
                               or flare fat                                              85-67          20-94
                          2. Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in)                  132-79           32-46           —
                          3. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone­
                               in)                                                     104-52           25-55
                           4. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in)               138-79           33-93           —
                          5. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies                       74-53          18-22           —
                          6. Other :
                               aa) Boned or boneless and frozen                        138-79           33-93
                               bb) Other                                                                33-93           __
             B. Offals :
                 II. Other :
                     c) Of domestic swine :
                         1 . Heads and cuts of heads ; necks                               —
                                                                                                          6-70           9
                         2. Feet; tails                                                    —
                                                                                                          1-89           9
                         3 . Kidneys                                                       —
                                                                                                       22-68             9
                         4 . Livers                                                        —
                                                                                                       25-34            11
                         5 . Hearts ; tongues ; lungs                                      —
                                                                                                       12-57             9
                         6. Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the
                              trachea and gullet                                                       18-43             9
                         7. Other                                                          —
                                                                                                       18-43             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                          35-98             8-80         —
                II. Dried or smoked                                                        —           10-26           —
             B. Pig fat, other than that falling within subheading A                       —             5-03          —
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                                                                                                                 Conventional
   CCT                                                                              Sluice-gate    Amount of
  heading                                Description of goods                           price          levies
                                                                                                                  rate of duty
                                                                                                                 bound within
    No                                                                              u. a. / 100 kg u. a. /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                                                85-67           20*94
                       2. Bacon sides, sipencers, 3/4 sides and middles :
                           aa) Bacon sides                                           115-65            28-28           —
                           bb) Spencers                                                  —
                                                                                                       28-28           —
                           cc) 3/4 sides and middles                                      —
                                                                                                       31-42           —
                       3. Hams and cuits of hams, unboned (bone-in)               - 132-79             32-46           —
                       4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned
                           (bone-in)                                                 104-52            25-55
                       5. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in)                 138-79            33-93
                       6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies                        74-53           18-22           —
                       7. Other                                                           —            33-93           —
                   b) Dried or smoked :
                       1 . Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet
                           or flare fat                                                                31-42
                       2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles :
                           aa) Bacon sides                                                —            31-42           —
                           bb) Spencers                                                   —            31-42           —
                           cc) 3/4 sides and middles                                      —            34-516          _
                       3 . Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in) :
                           aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                         —             41-89           __
                           bb) Other                                                      —            59-06           __
                       4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone­
                           in) :
                           aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                                       29-32
                           bb) Other                                                     —
                                                                                                       46-50
                       5 . Loins and outs of loins, unboned (bone-in) :
                           aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                          —            43-98
                           bb) Other                                                     —             58-44
                       6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies :
                           aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                          —            20-94           _
                           bb) Other .                                                    —            30-37           —.
                       7. Other :
                           aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                          —            43-98
                           bb) Other                                                      —
                                                                                                       59-06
               II. Edible meat offals :
                   a)  Heads and cuts of heads ; necks                                   —
                                                                                                         6-70
                   b)  Feet ; tails                                                      —
                                                                                                          1-89         _
                   c)  Kidneys                                                           —
                                                                                                       22-68
                   d)  Livers                                                            —
                                                                                                       25-34
                   e)  Hearts ; tongues ; lungs                                           —
                                                                                                       12-57           _
                    f) Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the trachea
                       and gullet                                                                      18-43
                   g) Other                                                                            18-43           _
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                                                                                                                                  Conventional
    CCT                                                                                              Sluice-gate    Amount of
                                                                                                                                   rate of duty
   heading                                   Description of goods                                        price          levies    bound within
     No                                                                                              u. a. / 100 kg u. a. /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)                                                         —               6 -70'         3
                    II. Other                                                                           27-41             6-70'         —
16.01          Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal or animal blood :
               A. Liver sausages                                                                          —             42-35           24
               B. Other (b) :
                     I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked                                          —             72-56           —
                    II. Other                                                                             —
                                                                                                                        47-96           —
16.02          Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
               A. Liver :
                    II. Other                                                                             —             45-13           25
               B. Other :
                    III. Other :
                         a) Containing meat or offals of domestic swine and con­
                            taining by weight :
                            1 . 80% or more of meat or offal, of any kind, including
                                fats of any kind or origin :
                                aa) Hams, tenderloins and loins ; pieces thereof                                        74-00'
                                bb) Shoulders and pieces thereof                                          —             61-18           —
                                cc) Other                                                                  —            43-72           —
                            2. 40 % or more but less than 80 °/o of meat or offals, of
                                any kind, including fats of any kind or origin                                          36-28           .
                            3 . Less than 40% of meat or offal, of any kind, includ­
                                ing fats of any kind or origin                                             —            23-20           —
(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 .