CELEX: 31978R0084
Language: en
Date: 1978-01-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 84/78 of 17 January 1978 fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices for pigmeat

18 . 1 . 78                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 14/9
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 84/78
                                                          of 17 January 1978
                                     fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices for pigmeat
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        fixing sluice-gate prices for the period 1 February to
 COMMUNITIES,                                                          30 April 1978 ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1
 Economic Community,                                                   November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,
                                                                       trends in world market prices for feed grain should be
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          taken into account only if at the same time a new
 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                    sluice-gate price is being fixed ;
 tion of the market in pigmeat ( ! ), as amended by Regu­
 lation (EEC) No 367/76 (2), and in particular Articles 8              Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
 and 12 ( 1 ) thereof,                                                 trends in world market prices for feed grain must be
                                                                       taken into account in fixing the levies ;
 Whereas sluice-gate prices for pig carcases and for the
 other products specified in Article 1 of Council Regu­
 lation (EEC) No 2766/75 of 29 October 1975 esta­                      Whereas, in the case of products falling within any of
 blishing the list of products for which sluice-gate                   subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I, 16 .01 A or
 prices are to be fixed and laying down the rules for                   16.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect
 fixing the sluice-gate prices for pig carcases (3), as                of which the rate of duty has been bound within
                                                                       GATT, the levies should be limited to the amounts
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 370/76 (4), and
 levies for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of               resulting from that binding ;
 Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, must be fixed in
 advance for each quarter in accordance with the                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 methods of calculation          laid     down    in Commission        are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 Regulation (EEC) No 1582/77 of 12 July 1977 fixing                    ment Committee for Pigmeat,
 the levies and sluice-gate prices on pigmeat (5) ;
 Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for
 pigmeat were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 2415/77 (6), for the period 1 November 1977 to 31
January 1978 , they must be fixed anew for the period
 1 February to 30 April 1978 ; whereas such prices and
                                                                                               Article 1
 levies should in principle be fixed by reference to feed
grain prices for the period 1 August to 31 December
 1977 ;                                                                1.     For the period 1 February to 30 April 1978, the
                                                                       sluice-gate prices provided for in Article 12 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 are to 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                         2. Provided that, in the case of products falling
2766/ 75 at 3 % ;                                                     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 more than 3 % from             that used for the preceding         bound within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the
quarter ; whereas trends         in world market prices for           amount resulting from that binding.
feed grain must therefore         be taken into account when
(')  OJ   No L 282, 1. 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ   No L 45 , 21 . 2 . 1976, p. 1 .                                                      Article 2
( 3) OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 25 .
(4)  OJ   No L 45, 21 . 2 . 1976, p. 4 .
(5 ) OJ  No  L 175, 15 . 7 . 1977, p. 12.                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
(6)  OJ  No  L 279 , 1.11 . 1977, p. 59 .                              1978 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 17 January 1978 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                       Vice-President
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                                                                   ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 17 January 1978 fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices
                                                                 for pigmeat
                                                                                                                     Conventional
    CCT                                                                                  Sluice-gate   Amount of
  heading                                          Description                              price         levies
                                                                                                                      rate of duty
                                                                                                                     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                                                 44.17          25.67
                      b ) Other                                                            51.93          30.18            —
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                                               67.54          39.24
                           2. Hams and cuts of hams, unboned ( bone-in)                  104.68           60.83            —
                           3 . Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders , unboned ( bone­
                                in )                                                       82.39          47.88
                           4. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned ( bone-in )               109.41           63.58            —
                           5 . Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies                       58.76          34.14            —
                           6. Other :
                                aa ) Boned or boneless and frozen                        109.41           63.58            —
                                bb ) Other                                                   _
                                                                                                          63.58            —
            B. Offals :
                II . Other :
                     c) Of domestic swine :
                          1 . Heads and cuts of heads ; necks                               —
                                                                                                          12.56             9
                          2 . Feet ; tails                                                  —
                                                                                                            3-53            9
                          3 . Kidneys                                                       —
                                                                                                         41.21              9
                          4 . Livers                                                        _
                                                                                                         47.49             11
                          5 . Hearts ; tongues ; lungs                                      —
                                                                                                         23-55              9
                          6. Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the
                               trachea and gullet                                                        34-53              9
                          7 . Other                                                          —
                                                                                                         34.53              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                           28.36          16.48            —
                II . Dried or smoked                                                         —            19-23            —
            B. Pig fat, other than that falling within subheading A                          —              9.42           —
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    CCT
                                                                                                                Conventional
                                                                                    Sluice-gate   Amount of
                                                                                                                 rate of duty
  heading                                       Description                            price         levies     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                                              67.54          39.24
                        2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles :
                            aa ) Bacon sides                                          91.17          52.98
                            bb ) Spencers                                                            52-98
                            cc) 3 /4 sides and middles                                               58.87
                        3.  Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in)                104.68           60.83
                        4.  Shoulders ( fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned
                            (bone-in)                                                 82.39          47.88
                        5.  Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in)               109.41          63.58
                        6.  Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies                     58.76          34-14
                        7. Other                                                                     63.58
                    b) Dried or smoked :
                        1 . Carcases or half-carcases, with, or without heads, feet
                             or flare fat                                                            58.87
                         2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles :
                             aa ) Bacon sides                                                        58.87
                            bb) Spencers                                                             58.87
                            cc) 3/4 sides and middles                                                64.75
                        3 . Hams and cuts of hams, unboned ( bone-in ) :
                            aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                                    78-49
                            bb) Other                                                              110.67
                        4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders , unboned (bone­
                            in ) :
                            aa ) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                                   54.94
                            bb ) Other                                                               87.12
                        5 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in) :
                            aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                                    82-41
                            bb ) Other                                                             109.49
                        6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies :
                            aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                                    39.24
                            bb ) Other                                                               56.90
                        7. Other :
                            aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                                    82.41
                            bb) Other                                                              110.67
               II . Edible meat offals :
                    a)  Heads and cuts of heads ; necks                                              12.56
                    b)   Feet ; tails                                                                  3.53
                    c)  Kidneys                                                                      41.21
                    d)   Livers                                                                      47.49
                    c)  Hearts ; tongues ; lungs                                                     23-55
                     f) Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the trachea
                        and gullet                                                                   34.53
                    K) Other                                                                         34.53
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                                                                                                                                    Conventional
      CCT                                                                                              Sluice-gate  Amount of
                                                                                                                                     rate of duty
   heading                                           Description                                           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)                                                      —           12.56
                      II . Other                                                                         21.61         12.56              —
16.01           Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal or animal blood :
                A. Liver sausages                                                                           —
                                                                                                                       69-64              24
                B. Other (b ) :
                       I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked                                          —
                                                                                                                      119.01              —
                      II . Other                                                                            —
                                                                                                                       82.27              —
16.02            Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
                 A. Liver :
                      II . Other                                                                            —          73.03              25
                 B. Other :
                      III. Other :
                            a) Containing meat or offal of domestic swine :
                               1 . Containing bovine meat, uncooked                                         —
                                                                                                                      173.68              —
                               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                       —         126.20              —
                                        22 . Shoulders and pieces thereof                                   —         104-74              —
                                        33 . Other                                                          —          71.87              —
                                   bb ) 40 % or more but less than 80 % of meat or
                                        offals, of any kind, including fats of any kind or
                                        origin                                                                         60.55
                                   cc) Less than 40 % of meat or offal, of any kind ,
                                        including fats of any kind or origin                                —          37.74
 (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 .