CELEX: 31995R0650
Language: en
Date: 1995-03-27 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 650/95 of 27 March 1995 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat

28. 3. 95           IEN                   Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 68 / 15
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 650/95
                                                        of 27 March 1995
                                     fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         whereas, therefore, trends in world market prices for feed
                                                                    grain must be taken into account when fixing sluice-gate
                                                                    prices for the period 1 April to 30 June 1995 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                    Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 October,
                                                                    1 January and 1 April are being fixed, trends in world
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75                market prices for feed grain should be taken into account
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                only if at the same time a new sluice-gate price is being
market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by the Act of                fixed ;
Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in parti­
cular Articles 8 and 12 (1 ) thereof,
                                                                    Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price has been fixed,
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products              trends in world market prices for feed grain must be
specified in Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75,         taken into account in fixing the levies ;
must be fixed in advance for each quarter in accordance
with the methods of calculation laid down in Commis­
sion Regulation (EEC) No 1611 /90 of 15 June 1990
fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on pigmeat (2) ;
                                                                    Whereas, in the case of pigmeat products, in respect of
                                                                    which the rate of duty has been bound within GATT, the
                                                                    levies should be limited to the amounts resulting from
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat            that binding ;
were last fixed by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 3130/94 (3), for the period 1 January to 31 March
1995, they must be fixed anew for the period 1 April to
30 June 1995 ; whereas such prices and levies should in
principle be fixed by reference to feed grain prices for the
period 1 October 1994 to 28 February 1995 ;                         Whereas, by Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of
                                                                    5 March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­
                                                                    tural products and certain goods resulting from the
                                                                    processing of agricultural products originating in the
                                                                    African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) (6), as
Whereas, when the sluice-gate price applicable from                 last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2484/94 Q, special
1 October, 1 January and 1 April is being fixed, trends in          import arrangements were introduced involving a reduc­
world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into             tion to 50 % in levies within the framework of fixed
account only if the value of the quantity of feed grain             amounts or annual quotas, in particular for certain
required varies by at least a specified minimum in rela­            pigmeat products ;
tion to that used in calculating the sluice-gate price for
the preceding quarter ; whereas this minimum was fixed
by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2 766/75 (4), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3906/87 (*), at 3 % ;
                                                                    Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
                                                                    91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
Whereas the value of the quantity of feed grain varies by           overseas countries and territories with the European
more than 3 % from that used for the preceding quarter ;            Economic Community (8), no levies shall apply on
                                                                    imports of products originating in the overseas countries
                                                                    and territories :
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 Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3491 /93 (') and             products and fixed the levies to be applied on imports of
 (EC) No 3492/93 (2) on certain procedures for applying           those products ; whereas Regulation (EC) No 1432/94 (")
  the Europe Agreement establishing an association                has established the detailed rules of the import regime for
 between the European Communities and their Member                pigmeat laid down in Regulation (EC) No 774/94 ;
  States, of the one part, and the Republics of Hungary and
  Poland, of the other part, and Council Regulation (EEC)         Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
  No 520/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain rules for              in accordance with the opinion of the Management
  applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade­              Committee for Pigmeat,
  related matters between the European Economic Commu­
 nity and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the
 one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 the other part (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 2235/93 (4), and in particular Article 1 thereof, intro­                               Article 1
 duce arrangements for reducing import levies on certain
 products ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC)                   1 . During the period 1 April to 30 June 1995, the
 No 2698/93 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EC)               sluice-gate prices and levies provided for in Articles 12
 No 341 /95 (*), lays down detailed rules for applying the        and 8 respectively of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 for
 arrangements provided for in these agreements as regards         the products referred to in Article 1 (1 ) thereof shall be as
 pigmeat ;                                                        set out in the Annex hereto.
 Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3641 /93 (J) and
 (EC) No 3642/93 (8) on certain rules for applying the            2.    Nevertheless, in the case of products falling within
 Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters             CN      codes     0206 30 21 ,   0206 30 31 ,     0206 41 91 ,
 between the European Economic Community and the                  0206 49 91 ,     1501 00 11 ,   1601 00 10,       1602 10 00,
 European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part,              1602 20 90 or 1602 90 10, in respect of which the rate of
 and the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, of the other           duty has been bound conforming to the general Agree­
 part ; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1 590/94            ment on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the levy shall not
 f), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 341 /95, lays down          exceed the amount resulting from that binding.
 detailed rules for applying the arrangements provided for
 in these agreements as regards pigmeat ;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 (10) has
 opened Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1995.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Membei
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 27 March 1995.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
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H OJ No L 245, 1 . 10. 1993, p. 80.
0 OJ No L 39, 21 . 2. 1995, p. 3.
0 OJ No L 333, 31 . 12. 1993, p. 16.
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                                                    ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 27 March 1995 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on
                                                    pigmeat
                                                                                     Conventional
                                  Sluice-gate price         Amount of levies          rate of duty
                 CN code
                                   (ECU/ 100 kg)            (ECU/100 kg) 0           bound within
                                                                                       GATT (%)
                0103 91 10              85,64                     40,84
                0103 9211               72,83                     34,73                    —
                0103 92 19              85,64                     40,84 (3)                —
                0203 11 10             111,36                     53,1100                  —
                0203 12 11             161,47                     77,00 0 0                —
                0203 12 19             124,72                     59,48 0 0                —
                0203 19 11             124,72                     59,48 (3)(4)             —
                0203 19 13             180,40                     86,03 000                —
                0203 19 15              96,88                     46,20 00                 —
                0203 19 55             180,40                     86,03 0 0                —
                0203 19 59             180,40                     86,03 0 0                —
                0203 21 10             111,36                     53,11 (3)0               —
                0203 22 11             161,47                     77,00 00                 —
                0203 22 19             124,72                     59,48 00                 —
                0203 29 1 1                                                              ' —'
                                       124,72                     59,48 00
                0203 29 13 . ·         180,40                     86,03 0 0                —
                0203 29 15              96,88                     46,20 0 0 0              —
                0203 29 55             180,40                     86,03 0 0                —
                0203 29 59             180,40                     86,03 0 0                —
                0206 30 21             134,75                     64,26                     7
                0206 30 31              98,00                     46,73                     4
                0206 41 91             134,75                     64,26                     7
                0206 49 91              98,00                     46,73                     4
                0209 00 11              44,54                     21,24                    —
                0209 00 19              49,00                     23,37                    —
                0209 00 30              26,73                     12,75                    —
                0210 11 11             161,47                     77,00 0                  —
                0210 1119              124,72                     59,48 0                  —
                0210 11 31             314,04                   149,76 (3)                 —
                0210 11 39             247,22                   117,90 0                   —
                0210 1211               96,88                     46,20 0                  —
                0210 12 19             161,47                     77,00 0                  —
                0210 19 10             142,54                     67,98 0                  —
                0210 19 20             155,90                     74,35 0                  —
                0210 19 30             124,72                     59,48 0                  —
                0210 19 40             180,40                     86,03 (3)                —
                0210 19 51             180,40                     86,03 0                  —
                0210 19 59             180,40                     86,03 0                  —
                0210 19 60             247,22                   1 17,90 0                  —
                0210 19 70             310,69                   148,17 (3)                 —
                0210 19 81             314,04                  149,76 (3)                  —
                0210 19 89             314,04                  149,76 (3)                  —
                0210 90 31             134,75                     64,26                    —
                0210 90 39              98,00                     46,73                    —
                1501 00 11              35,64                     16,99                     3
                1501 00 19              35,64                     16,99                    —
                1601 00 10             155,90                  120,04 0                    24
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                                                                                                           Conventional
                      CN code               Sluice-gate price              Amount of levies                rate of duty
                                             (ECU/100 kg)                   (ECU/100 kg) 0                bound within
                                                                                                            GAIT (%)
                    1601 00 91                   261,70                         175,89 (') H (<)                _
                    1601 00 99                   178,18                         113,45 (>) H Π                  —
                    1602 10 00                   124,72                           64,47                         26
                    1602 20 90                   144,77                         105,09                          25
                    1602 41 10                   272,83                         1 83,43 (3)0                    —
                    1602 4210                    228,29                         142,5100                        —
                    1602 49 11                   272,83                         188,18 (3)0                     —
                    1602 49 13                   228,29                         138,57 O 0                      —
                    1602 49 15                   228,29                         133,71 00                       —
                    1602 49 19                   150,34                           94,93 0 0                     —
                    1602 49 30                   124,72                           80,60 00                      —
                    1602 49 50                    74,61                           69,25 00                      —
                    1602 90 10                   144,77                           94,72                         26
                    1602 90 51                   150,34                           91,36                         —
                    1902 20 30                    74,61                           59,01                         —
            (') The levy on products originating in the ACP/OCT and listed in Article 8 of amended Regulation (EEC)
                No 715/90 reduced by 50 % within the limits of the quotas referred to in that Regulation.
            (2) No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
            (3) For products imported from Poland, Hungary and the Czech and Slovak Republics, the levy applicable is
                restricted within the conditions provided for in amended Regulation (EEC) No 2698/93.
            (4) For products imported from Bulgaria and Romania, the levy applicable is restricted within the conditions
                provided for in amended Regulation (EC) No 1 590/94 J
            Is) For these imported products, the levy applicable is restricted within the conditions provided for in Council
                Regulation (EC) No 774/94.
            NB : The CN codes and the footnotes are defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC)
                    No 2658/87.