CELEX: 31976R0944
Language: en
Date: 1976-04-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 944/76 of 26 April 1976 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

No L 109 / 10                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             27. 4. 76
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 944/76
                                                        of 26 April 1976
                               fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     tion must be that shown in Annex I to Regulation
COMMUNITIES,                                                       (EEC) No 2778/75 ; whereas the second component
                                                                   must be equal to 7 % of the average of the sluice-gate
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              prices applicable to chicks ;
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       Whereas the levy on the products specified in Article
2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                  1 (2) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 must be
tion of the market in poultrymeat ^), as amended by                derived from the levy on slaughtered poultry on the
                                                                   basis of the coeffecients set out in the Annex to
Regulation (EEC) No 369/76 (2), and in particular Arti­
cles 3 and 7 ( 1 ) thereof,                                         Commission Regulation No 199/67/EEC of 28 June
                                                                    1 967 fixing the coefficients for calculating levies on
Whereas a levy fixed quarterly in advance must be                   derived poultrymeat products (6), as last amended by
charged on imports into the Community for the                       Regulation (EEC) No 1 776/74 (7) ;
products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2777/75 ; whereas levies were last fixed by Regula­             Whereas, for products falling within heading No
tion (EEC) No 148/76 (3), for the period ending 30                  02.03, or within subheading 15.01 B or 16.02 B I of
April 1976, and levies must therefore be fixed anew                 the Common Customs Tariff, in respect of which the
for the period 1 May to 31 July 1976 ;                              rate of duty payable has been bound within GATT,
Whereas the levy on slaughtered poultry is made up                  the levies must not exceed the amount resulting from
of two components ;                                                 that binding ;
Whereas the first component must be equal to the                    Whereas, sluice-gate prices for the products specified
difference between prices within the Community and                  in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 must
on the world market for the quantity of feed grain                  be fixed in advance for each quarter ; whereas sluice­
specified in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No                 gate prices were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No
2778/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down rules for                    148/76 for the period ending 30 April 1976, and
calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for poul­            prices must therefore now be fixed anew for the
trymeat ^), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                       period 1 May to 31 July 1976 ;
371 /76 (5);
                                                                    Whereas the sluice-gate price on slaughtered poultry
Whereas the price within the Community for that                     is made up of two components ;
quantity of feed grain must be determined in accor­
dance with Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No                         Whereas the first component must be equal to the
2778/75 ; whereas the price of the like quantity on the             price on the world market for the quantity of feed
world market must be determined in accordance with
                                                                    grain shown in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
Article 3 thereof ;                                                 2778 /75 ;
Whereas that Article provides that the price for each
type of feed grain on the world market shall be equal               Whereas the price of this quantity of cereals must be
to the average of the cif prices determined for that                determined in accordance with Article 4 (2) and (3) of
cereal for the period of five months ending one                     Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 ;
month before the quarter in respect of which the said
component is calculated ; whereas that period is 1                  Whereas the said Article 4 provides that the price for
November 1975 to 31 March 1976 ;                                    each cereal on the world market shall be equal to the
                                                                    average of the cif prices determined for that cereal for
Whereas the second component must be equal to                       the period of five months ending one month before
7 % of the average of the sluice-gate prices applicable             the quarter in respect of which the said component is
for the four quarters to 1 May of each year ;                       calculated ; whereas that period is 1 November 1975
                                                                    to 31 March 1976 ;
Whereas the levy on chicks must be calculated in the
same way as the levy on slaughtered poultry ; whereas,              Whereas the second amount, which represents other
however, the quantity of feed grain used in the calcula­            feeding costs and overhead costs of production and
                                                                    marketing, is fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC)
 ') OJ No   L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77.                            No 2778 /75 ;
 2) OJ No   L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 3.
 3) OJ No   L 15, 24.  1 . 1976, p. 11 .
 4) OJ No   L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 84.                            (6) OJ No 134, 30. 6. 1967, p. 2831 /67.
 5) OJ No   L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 5.                               (7) OJ No L 186, 10 . 7 . 1974, p. 16.
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Whereas the sluice-gate price for chicks must be calcu­     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
lated in the same way as the sluice-gate price for                                 Article 1
slaughtered poultry ; whereas, however, the quantity of
feed grain used in the calculation must be that shown        1 . The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regula­
in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 ;                tion (EEC) No 2777/75 in respect of the products
whereas the standard amount must be that fixed in           specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation and the
the same Annex ;                                            sluice-gate prices provided for in Article 7 thereof in
                                                            respect of the like products shall be as shown in the
Whereas the sluice-gate prices for the products speci­      Annex hereto.
fied in Article 1 (2) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No            2. Provided that in the case of products falling
2777/75 must be derived from the sluice-gate prices         within heading No 02.03 and within subheading
for slaughtered poultry on the basis of the coefficients     15.01 B or 16.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff
fixed for these products in accordance with Article 5       in respect of which the rate of duty has been bound
(3) of that Regulation ;                                    within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the amount
                                                            resulting from that binding.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­                                  Article 2
ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1976.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 26 April 1976.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                        P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                  Member of the Commission
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                                                              ANNEX
             Sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat for the period 1 May to , 31 July 1976
 CCT heading                                                                              Sluice-gate
     No                                         Description of goods                          price            Levy
      1                                                   2                                     3                4
                                                                                         u.a ./100 units u. a. /100 units
  01.05          Live poultry, that is to say, fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea
                 fowls :
                 A. Of a weight not exceeding 185 g, known as 'chicks'                         18-65            2-431
                                                                                          u.a./100 kg     u.a./100 kg
                 B. Others :
                        I. Fowls                                                              62-23             9-26
                       II. Ducks                                                              71-01           12-47
                     III. Geese                                                               73-36           11-38
                     IV. Turkeys                                                              79-42           10-23
                      V. Guinea fowls                                                       104-85            15-15
   02.02          Dead poultry (that is to say, fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys and
                 guinea fowls) and edible offals thereof (except liver), fresh, chilled,
                  or frozen :
                  A. Whole poultry :                                                                              V
                        I. Fowls :
                           a) Plucked and gutted, with heads and feet, known as
                              '83 °/o chickens'                                                78-19           11-58
                           b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, but with
                              hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 % chickens'            88-90           13-23
                           c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without
                              hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '65 e/o chickens'          96-86           14-40
                       II. Ducks :
                           a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted, with heads and feet,
                              known as '85 % ducks'                                            83-54           14-67
                           b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with
                              hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 °/o ducks'           101-44            17-82
                           c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, without
                               hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '63 % ducks'            112-70            19-79
                      III. Geese :
                           a) Plucked, bled, not drawn, with heads and feet, known
                              as '82 e/o geese'                                              104-80            16-26
                           b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with or
                               without hearts and gizzards, known as '75 % geese'              94-58           16-37
                      IV. Turkeys                                                            113-46            14-62
                        V. Guinea fowls                                                      149-79            21-64
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  CCT heading                                                                                                 Sluice-gate
        No                                          Description of goods                                         price           Lery
         1                                                    2                                                      3             4
                                                                                                             u. a. / 100 kg  u. a./100 kg
     02.02             B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) :
     (cont'd)
                           I. Boned or boneless                                                                219-26           33-48
                          II. Unboned (bone-in) :
                              a) Halves or quarters :
                                  1 . Of fowls                                                                 106-55           15-84
                                  2. Of ducks                                                                  123-97           21-77
                                  3. Of geese                                                                  104-04           18-01
                                  4. Of turkeys                                                                124-81            16-08
                                  5. Of guinea fowls                                                           164-77           23-80
                              b) Whole wings, with or without tips                                               71-26          10-88
                              c) Backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing
                                  tips                                                                           49-33 .          7-53
                              d) Breasts and cuts of breasts :
                                  1 . Of geese                                                                 141-87           24-56
                                  2. Of turkeys                                                                187-21           24-12
                                  3. Of other poultry                                                          146-69           21-83
                              e) Legs and cuts of legs :
                                  1 . Of geese                                                                  137-14          23-74
                                  2. Of turkeys :
                                      aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks                                     102-11           13-16
                                      bb) Other                                                                 175-86          22-66
                                  3. Of other poultry                                                           137-80          20-51
                               f) Other                                                                        219-26           33-48
                       C. Offals                                                                                  49-33           7-53
     02.03             Poultry live, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine :
                       A. Foie gras (goose or duck)                                                          1 048-00         162-60
                       B. Other                                                                                 126-07           19-25
      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 :
                       C. Poultry fat                                                                           109-63           16-74
      15.01            Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted :
                       B. Poultry fat                                                                           131-56           20-09
      16.02            Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :                                                                '
                       B. Other :
                           I. Poultrymeat or offal :
                               a) Containing 57 % or more by weight of poultrymeat (a)                          241-19           36-83
                              b) Containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight
                                  of poultrymeat (a)                                                            131-56           20-09
                               c) Other                                                                           76-74          11-72
 (a) For the purpose of determining the percentage of poultrymeat, weight of any bones shall be disregarded.