CELEX: 31973R0202
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-25 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 202/73 of the Commission of 25 January 1973 fixing sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

No L 23 / 8                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              29 . 1 . 73
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 202/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 25 January 1973
                                     fixing sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     "Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain
COMMUNITIES                                                         varies by more than 3 % from that used for the
                                                                   preceding quarter; whereas this trend must therefore
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                 be taken into account in fixing the sluice-gate price
pean Economic Community ;                                          for the period from 1 February 1973 to 30 April
                                                                    1973 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 123 /67/
EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organi­
zation of the market in poultrymeat, as last amended               Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 No­
by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) concerning                 vember, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,
the accession of new Member States to the European                  trends in world market prices for feed grain shall
Economic Community and the European Atomic                          be taken into account only if at the same time a
Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January                  new sluice-gate price is being fixed;
1972, and in particular Articles 3 and 7 ( 1 ) thereof;
                                                                   Whereas new sluice-gate prices are being fixed and
Whereas the sluice-gate prices and levies for the                   levies must consequently be fixed taking into account
products referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation               the trend in price for feed grain;
No 123/67/EEC must be fixed quarterly in advance
in accordance with the calculation methods laid                     Whereas the measures provided for in the Regu­
down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1537/72
                                                                    lation are in accordance with the opinion of the
(4) of 18 July 1972 fixing sluice-gate prices and
                                                                    Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
levies for poultrymeat;                                             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for poultry­
meat were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 2236/72                                         Article 1
(5) for the period from 1 November 1972 to 31
January 1973 and whereas new prices and levies                      1.     The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regu­
must be fixed for the period from 1 February 1973                          lation No 123/67/EEC and the sluice-gate
to 30 April 1973 ; whereas these prices should be                          prices provided for in Article 7 thereof for
fixed in principle on the basis of prices for feed                        the products referred to in Article 1 (1) of
grain for the period from 1 May 1972 to 31 October                        that Regulation are specified in the Annex.
1972 ;
                                                                    2.     However, for products falling within heading
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from                       No 02.03 and subheadings Nos 15.01 B and
1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,                          16.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff,
trends in world market prices for feed grain shall                         in respect of which the rate of duty has been
be taken into account only if the price of the                             bound within GATT, the levies shall be limited
quantity of feed grain shows a minimum variation                           to the amount resulting from that binding.
from that used in calculating the sluice-gate price
for the preceding quarter; whereas Council Regu­                                            Article 2
lation No 146/67/EEC (6) of 21 June 1967 fixing
the rules for calculating the levy and the sluice-gate              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
price for poultrymeat fixed this variation at 3% ;                  1973 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 25 January 1973 .
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                        The President
                                                                                   François-Xavier ORTOLI
 (x) OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2301/67.                             («) OJ No 125, 26. 6. 1967, p. 2470/67.
 (2) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14.
 (3) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5 .
 (4) OJ No L 164, 20. 7. 1972, p. 1 .
 (5) OT No L 239, 21 . 10. 1972, p. 12.
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                                                                ANNEX
                 Sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat from 1 February 1973 to 30 April 1973
     CCT heading                                Description of goods                      Sluice-gate       Levy
          No                                                                                 prices
           1                                            2                                       3               4
                                                                                          in u.a. / 100 in u.a./100
                                                                                              units         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'                        13.64            2.73
                                                                                          u.a./ 100 kg  u.a. / 100 kg
                  B. Other :
                        I. Fowls                                                               4901           12.19
                       II . Ducks                                                              48.12          16.49
                      III . Geese                                                              46.98          13.58
                      IV. Turkeys                                                              56.71          15.03
                       V. Guinea fowls                                                         83.43         20.81
     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 :
                        I. Fowls :
                            a) Plucked and gutted, with heads and feet, known as
                               ' 83 % chickens'                                                59.05          14.68
                            b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, but with
                               hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 % chickens'           70.01          17.42
                            c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without
                               hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '65 °/o chickens'         75.40          18.76
                       II . Ducks :
                            a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted with heads and feet,
                               known as '85 % ducks '                                          56.60          19.42
                            b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with or
                               without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 °/c
                               ducks'                                                          68.74         23.55
                      III. Geese :
                            a) Plucked, bled, not drawn, with heads and feet, known
                               as ' 82% geese'                                                 67.12          19.40
                            b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with ox
                               without hearts and gizzards, known as '75 °/o geese'            53.38          19.79
                      IV. Turkeys                                                              81.02         21.47
                       V. Guinea fowls                                                       119.18           29.73
                  B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals):
                        I. Boned or boneless                                                 153.02           43.66
                       II. Unboned (bone-in):
                            a) Halves or quarters :
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     CCT heading                                                                                               Sluice-gate
          No                                         Description of goods                                         prices        Levy
           1                                                  2                                                      3            4
                                                                                                               u.a./ 100 kg u.a./100 kg
     02.02             B.   II a ) 1 . Of fowls                                                                    75.40         18.76
     ( cont'd)                      2.   Of ducks                                                                  68.74         23.55
                                    3 . Of geese                                                                   53.38         19.79
                                    4. Of turkeys                                                                   81.02        21.47
                                    5 . Of guinea fowls                                                           119.18         29.73
                               b) Whole wings, with or without tips                                                 51.01        14.55
                               c) Backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing
                                    tips                                                                            35.31        10.08
                               d ) Breasts and cuts of breasts :
                                    1 . Of geese                                                                    88.08        32.65
                                    2. Of turkeys                                                                 133.68         35.43
                                    3 . Of other poultry                                                          115.52         28.74
                               e) Legs and cuts of legs :
                                    1 . Of geese                                                                    77.40        28.70
                                    2. Of turkeys :
                                         aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks                                      64.82        17.18
                                         bb ) Other                                                               117.48         31.13
                                    3 . Of other poultry                                                          101.51         25.26
                               f) Other                                                                           153.02         43.66
                       C. Offals                                                                                    35.31        10.08
     02.03             Poultry liver, fresh, chilled, frozen , salted or in brine :
                       A. Foie gras (goose or duck)                                                               536.96       155.20
                       B. Other                                                                                     90.24        25.75
     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                                                                               94.16        26.87
      15.01            Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted:
                       B. Poultry fat                                                                               94.16        26.87
      16.02            Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
                       B. Other :
                           I. Poultry meat or offal :
                               (a) Containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry meat (a)                          196.18         55.98
                               (b) Containing 25 °/o or more but less than 57 °/o by weight
                                    of poultry meat (a)                                                           117.71         33.59
                               ( c) Other                                                                           78.47        22.39
( a) For the purpose of determining the percentage of poultry meat, weight of any bones shall be disregarded .