CELEX: 31978R0731
Language: en
Date: 1978-04-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 731/78 of 11 April 1978 fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices for pigmeat

12 . 4 . 78                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 99 /9
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 731 /78
                                                         of 11 April 1978
                                     fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices for pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      fixing sluice-gate prices for the period 1 May to 31
COMMUNITIES,                                                        July 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              Whereas, in the case of products falling within any of
lation ( EEC) No 2766/75 of 29 October 1975 esta­                    subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I, 16.01 A or
blishing the list of products for which sluice-gate                  16.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect
prices are to be fixed and laying down the rules for                of which the rate of duty has been bound within
fixing the sluice-gate prices for pig carcases (3), as               GATT, the levies should be limited to the amounts
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 370/76 (4), and                       resulting from that binding ;
levies for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of
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 :
84/78 (6), for the period 1 February to 30 April 1978 ,
they must be fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31
July 1978 ; whereas such prices and levies should in
                                                                                            Article 1
principle be fixed by reference to feed grain prices for
the period 1 November 1977 to 31 March 1978 ;
                                                                     1 . For the period 1 May to 31 July 1978 , the sluice­
Whereas, when the sluice-gate price applicable from 1               gate prices provided for in Article 12 of Regulation
November, 1 February and 1 May is being fixed,                      (EEC) No 2759/75 for the products specified in
trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be              Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 and the
taken into account only if the value of the quantity of             levies provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC)
feed grain required varies by at least a specified                   No 2759/75 for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 )
minimum in relation to that used in calculating the                 of that Regulation shall be as shown in the Annex
sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas                hereto .
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
Whereas the value of the          quantity of feed grain varies     A I , 16.01 A or 16.02 A II of the Common Customs
by more than 3 % from             that used for the preceding       Tariff, in respect of which the rate of duty has been
quarter ; whereas trends          in world market prices for        bound within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the
feed grain must therefore         be taken into account when        amount resulting from that binding.
 ) OJ   No  L 282, 1. 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
 ) OJ   No  L 45, 21 . 2 . 1976, p. 1 .
 ) OJ   No  L 282, 1. 11 . 1975, p. 25 .                                                    Article 2
 ) OJ   No  L 45 , 21 . 2 . 1976 , p. 4 .
 ) OJ   No  L 175, 15 . 7 . 1977, p. 12 .
b) OJ   No  L 14, 18 . 1 . 1978 , p. 9 .                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1978 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 11 April 1978 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                       Vice-President
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                                                                 ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 11 April 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                                                45-43           24-77           —
                     b) Other                                                           53.42           29-12
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                                             69.47           37-87
                          2. Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in)                  107.67           58.70
                          3. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone-­
                               in)                                                      84-75           46.20
                          4. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in)                112.53           61.35
                          5. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies                      60.43           32-95
                          6. Other :
                               aa) Boned or boneless and frozen                        112-53           61.35
                               bb) Other                                                                61-35
           B. Offals :
               II . Other :
                     c) Of domestic swine :
                         1 . Heads and cuts of heads ; necks                                            12.12             9
                        2. Feet; tails                                                                    3.41            9
                        3. Kidneys                                                        —
                                                                                                        39-77             9
                        4 . Livers                                                                      45.82           11
                        5. Hearts ; tongues ; lungs                                                     22-72             9
                        6. Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the
                              trachea and gullet                                                        33-33             9
                        7. Other                                                                        33.33             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                           29.18           15-91           —
               II. Dried or smoked                                                        —
                                                                                                        18-56           —
           B. Pig fat, other than that falling within subheading A                        —
                                                                                                          9.09          -
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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                                              69.47          37.87
                        2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles :
                             aa) Bacon sides                                           93.78          51-13            —
                             bb) Spencers                                                —
                                                                                                      51.13            —
                             cc) 3/4 sides and middles                                   —
                                                                                                      56.81            —
                        3. Hams and cuits of hams, unboned ( bone-in )               107.67           58.70            —
                        4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned
                             (bone-in )                                                84-75          46.20           _
                       5 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in )               112.53           61-35            —
                       6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies                        60.43          32.95           —
                       7. Other                                                          —
                                                                                                      61.35           —
                   b ) Dried or smoked :
                       1 . Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet
                            or flare fat                                                              56-81
                        2 . Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles :         ,
                             aa ) Bacon sides                                            —            56.81           —
                            bb) Spencers                                                —             56.81           —
                            cc) 3/4 sides and middles                                    —
                                                                                                      62-49
                       3 . Hams and cuts of hams, unboned ( bone-in ) :
                            aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                       —
                                                                                                      75-74           —
                            bb) Other                                                   —
                                                                                                    106.80
                       4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone-­
                            in) :
                            aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                       —
                                                                                                      53.02           —
                            bb) Other                                                   —
                                                                                                      84.08           —
                       5 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in ) :
                            aa ) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                      —
                                                                                                      79-53           —
                            bb) Other                                                   —
                                                                                                    105-66            —
                       6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies :
                            aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                       —
                                                                                                     37.87            —
                           bb) Other                                                    —
                                                                                                     54-91            —
                      7. Other :
                            aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                                    79.53            —
                            bb ) Other                                                  —
                                                                                                   106.80             —
             II . Edible meat offals :
                  a)  Heads and cuts of heads ; necks                                   —            12-12
                  b)   Feet ; tails                                                     —              3.41
                  c)  Kidneys                                                          —             39-77            —
                  d)   Livers                                                          —             45-82           —
                  e) Hearts ; tongues ; lungs                                          —
                                                                                                     22-72
                   f) Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the trachea
                      and gullet                                                                     33.33
                  r ) Other                                                            —            33.33
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                                                                                                                                    Conventional
     CCT                                                                                        ;     Sluice-gate   Amount of
                                                                                                         price         levies
                                                                                                                                     rate of duty
   heading                                           Description                                                                    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)                                                      —             12-12               3
                     II . Other                                                                         22.23         12.12               —
 16.01          Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal or animal blood :
                 A. Liver sausages                                                                       —            67.54               24
                B. Other ( b) :
                      I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked                                                    115.58               —
                     II. Other                                                                           —
                                                                                                                      79-85               —
 16.02          Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
                A. Liver :
                     II . Other                                                                          —
                                                                                                                      71.10               25
                B. Other,-
                     III. Other :
                          a) Containing meat or offal of domestic swine :
                              1 . Containing bovine meat, uncooked                                       —
                                                                                                                     165.09               —
                              2. Other, containing, by weight :
                                  aa) 80 °/a or more of meat or offal, of any kind, in­
                                       cluding fats of any kind or origin :
                                       11 . Hams, fillets and. loins ; pieces thereof                    —           122-56               —
                                       22. Shoulders and pieces thereof                                  —          101.72               —
                                       33 . Other                                                        —            69.81              —
                                  bb ) 40 % or more but less than 80 % of meat or
                                       offals, of any kind, including fats of any kind or
                                       origin                                                                         58.84
                                  cc) Less than 40 % of meat or offal, of any kind,
                                       including fats of any kind or origin                              —            36-73
(a) Entry under this subheading is subject to condition* 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 .