CELEX: 31993R2708
Language: en
Date: 1993-10-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2708/93 of 30 September 1993 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

1 . 10. 93                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 245/ 121
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2708/93
                                                     of 30 September 1993
                                  fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas, since no new sluice-gate prices have been fixed,
                                                                    the levies fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1649/93 should
                                                                    accordingly be maintained unchanged until 31 December
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               1993 ;
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the               Whereas, by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 of
market in poultrymeat ('), as last amended by Regulation            20 December 1990 reducing for 1991 the levies on
(EEC) No 3714/92 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 7           certain agricultural products originating in developing
(1 ) thereof,                                                      countries f5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                    No 1028/93 0, and (EEC) No 715/90 f) on the arrange­
                                                                   ments applicable to agricultural products and certain
Whereas the sluice-gate prices and levies for the products         goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
specified in Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75         products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
must be fixed quarterly in advance in accordance with              States (ACP States), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
methods of calculation laid down in Council Regulation              No 444/92 (8), special import arrangements were intro­
(EEC) No 2778/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down rules              duced involving a reduction to 50 % in levies within the
for calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for poul­       framework of fixed amounts or annual quotas, in parti­
trymeat (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                   cular for certain poultrymeat products ;
No 3714/92 ;
Whereas, since the sluice-gate prices and levies for poul­         Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3833/90 of
trymeat were, by Commission Regulation (EEC)                       20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences
No 1 649/93 (4) last fixed for the period 1 July to                for 1991 in respect of certain agricultural products origi­
30 September 1993, they must be fixed anew for the                 nating in developing countries (9), as last amended by
period 1 October to 31 December 1993 ; whereas such                Regulation (EEC) No 1028/93, partially or totally
prices and levies should in principle be calculated by             suspends Common Tariff duties, in particular on certain
reference to feed-grain prices for the period 1 April to           poultrymeat products ;
31 August 1993 ;
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from               Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
 1 October, 1 January and 1 April are being fixed, trends          91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
in world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into         overseas countries and territories with the European
account only if the price of the quantity of feed grain            Economic Community (I0), no levies shall apply on
required varies by at least a specified minimum in rela­           imports of products originating in the overseas countries
tion to that used to calculate the sluice-gate price for the       and territories ;
preceding quarter ; whereas, by Regulation (EEC)
No 2778/75, this minimum was set at 3 % ;
                                                                   Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 518/92 (n), as
Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain required           amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2233/93 (u), (EEC)
does not vary by 3 % or more from that used for the                No 519/92 (u), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
preceding quarter ; whereas the sluice-gate prices fixed by        No 2234/93 (H), and (EEC) No 520/92 (IJ), as amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1649/93 should accordingly be                  Regulation (EEC) No 2235/93 H, of 27 February 1992 on
maintained unchanged until 31 December 1993 for these              certain procedures for applying the Interim Agreements
products ;
                                                                    *) OJ No L 370, 31 . 12. 1990, p. 121 .
Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 October,                  *) OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 1 .
                                                                     Ó OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
1 January and 1 April are being fixed, changes in world              8) OJ No L 52, 27. 2. 1992, p. 7.
market prices for feed grain should be taken into account            j OJ No L 370, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 86.
only if at the same time a new sluice-gate price is fixed ;          10) OJ No  L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
                                                                     ")  OJ No  L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 3.
                                                                     12) OJ No  L 200, 10. 8. 1993, p. 3.
(') OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77.                             13) OJ No  L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6.
0   OJ  No  L 378, 23. 12. 1992, p. 23.                              14) OJ No  L 200, 10. 8. 1993, p. 4.
0   OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 84.                                 OJ No  L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
(4) OJ  No  L 157, 29. 6. 1993, p. 36.                               I6) OJ No L  200, 10. 8. 1993, p. 5.
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on trade and trade-related matters between the European           Article 1 (1 ) of that Regulation and the sluice-gate prices
Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel                provided for in Article 7 of that Regulation in respect of
Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland,           the like products shall be fixed in the Annex.
the Republic of Hungary and the Czech and Slovak
Federal Republic respectively, of the other part, introduce
arrangements for reducing import levies on certain                2.    However, for products falling within CN codes
products ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC)                    0207 31 , 0207 39 90, 0207 50, 0210 90 71 , 0210 90 79,
No 2699/93 ('), lays down detailed rules for applying the          1501 00 90, 1602 31 , 1602 39 19, 1602 39 30 and
arrangements provided for in these agreements as regards           1602 39 90, for which the rate of duty has been bound
poultrymeat ;                                                     under GATT, the levies shall be limited to the amount
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are          resulting from that binding.
in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                            Article 2
                          Article 1
1 . The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation
(EEC) No 2777/75 in respect of the products specified in          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1993.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 30 September 1993.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Rene STEICHEN
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') See page 88 of this Official Journal.
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                                                       ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 30 September 1993 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies
                                               for poultrymeat (') (*)
                                                                                  Conventional rate
                   CN code           Sluice-gate price               Levy             of duty
                                      ECU/ 100 units         ECU/ 100 units              %
                  010511 11                 2236                       5,30             —
                  0105 11 19                22,36                      5,30             —
                  0105 11 91                2236                       530              —
                  010511 99                 22,36                      5,30             —
                  0105 19 10                99,13                    17,84              —
                  0105 19 90                22,36                      5,30             —
                                       ECU/100 kg              ECU/100 kg
                  0105 91 00                77,13                    21,99 (4)          —
                  0105 9910                 87,54                    32,54              —
                  0105 99 20               113,34                    32,97 (4)          —
                  0105 99 30               102,87                    25,05 (4)          —
                  0105 99 50               119,11                    34,43              —
                  0207 10 11                96,91                    27,63 (4)          —
                  0207 10 15               110,19                    31,41 (4)          —
                  0207 10 19               120,06                    34,23 (4)          —
                  0207 10 31               146,96                    35,78 (4)          —
                  020710 39                161,09                    39,22 (4)          —
                  0207 10 51               102^9                     38,28 (4)          —
                  0207 10 55               125,06                    46,48 (4)          —
                  0207 10 59               138,96                    51,65 (2)(4)       —
                  0207 10 71               161,91                    47,10 (4)          —
                  0207 10 79               152,83                    49,81 (2)(4)       —
                  0207 10 90               170,16                    49,19              —
                  0207 21 10               110,19                    31,41 (4)          —
                  0207 21 90               120,06                    34,23 (4)          —
                  0207 2210                146,96                    35,78 (4)          —
                  0207 22 90               161,09                    39,22 (4)          —
                  0207 23 11               125,06                    46,48 (4)          —
                  0207 23 19               138,96                    51,65 (2)(4)       —
                  0207 23 51               161,91                    47,10 (4)          —
                  0207 23 59               152,83                    49,81 (2)(4)       —
                  0207 23 90               170,16                    49,19              —
                  0207 31 10             1 619,10                  471,00                 3 (3)
                  0207 31 90             1 619,10                  471,00                 3 (3)
                  020739 11                283,79                    88,96 (4)          —
                  0207 39 13               132,07                    37,65 (4)          —
                  0207 39 15                91,68                    27,64 (4)          —
                  0207 39 17                63,47                    19,14 <4)          —
                  0207 39 21               181,81                    51,83 (4)          —
                  0207 39 23               170,79                    48,69 (4)          —
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                                                                        Conventional rate
               CN code          Sluice-gate price        Levy               of duty
                                  ECU/100 kg          ECU/100 kg               %
              0207 39 25              282,08             85,06                —
              0207 39 27               63,47              19,14 (4)           —
              0207 39 31              308,62             75,14 (4)            —
              0207 39 33              177,20             43,14 (4)            —
              0207 39 35               91,68             27,64 (4)            —
              0207 39 37               63,47              19,14 (4)           —
              0207 39 41              235,14             57,25 (4)            —
              0207 39 43              110,22             26,84 (4)            —
              0207 39 45              198,40             48,30 (4)            —
              020739 47               282,08              85,06 (4)           —
              0207 39 51                63,47             19,14 (4)           —
              0207 39 53              320,94            104,60 (2) (4)        —
              0207 39 55              283,79              88,96 (2) (4)   ,   —
              0207 39 57              152,86              56,82               —
              0207 39 61              168,11             54,79 (2)(4)         —
              0207 39 63              187,18              54,11                —
              0207 39 65               91,68             27,64 (2)(4)         —
              0207 39 67                63,47             19,14 (2)(4)        —
              0207 39 71              229,25             74,72 (2)(4)         —
              0207 39 73              181,81              51,83 (2)(4)        —
              0207 39 75              221,60              72,22 (2) (4)        —
              0207 39 77              170,79             48,69 (2) (4)         —
              0207 39 81              194,53              67,41 (2)(4)        —
              0207 39 83              282,08              85,06                —
              0207 39 85                63,47             19,14 (4)            —
              0207 39 90              162,20              48,91                10
              0207 41 10              283,79              88,96 (4)            —
              0207 41 11              132,07              37,65 (4)            —
              0207 41 21                91,68             27,64 (4)            —
              0207 41 31                63,47             19,14 (4)            —
              0207 41 41              181,81              51,83 (4)            —
              0207 41 51              170,79              48,69 (")            —
              0207 41 71              282,08              85,06 (4)            —
              0207 41 90                63,47             19,14 0              —
              0207 42 10              308,62              75,14 (4)            —
              0207 4211               177,20              43,14 (4)            —
              0207 42 21                91,68             27,64 (4)            —
              0207 42 31                63,47             19,14 (4)            —
              0207 4241               235,14              57,25 (4)            —
              0207 42 51              110,22              26,84 (4)            —
              0207 42 59              198,40              48,30 (4)            —
              0207 42 71              282,08              85,06 (4)            —
              0207 42 90                63,47             19,14                —
              0207 43 11              320,94            1 04,60 (2)(4)         —
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                                                                                                       Conventional rate
                       CN code                  Sluice-gate price                Levy                        of duty
                                                   ECU/100 kg                ECU/100 kg                         %
                     0207 43 15                       283,79                     88,96 (2)(4)                  —
                     0207 43 21                       152,86                     56,82                         —
                     0207 43 23                       168,11                     54,79 (2) (4)                 —
                     0207 43 25                       187,18                     54,11                      . —
                     0207 43 31                        91,68                     27,64 (2)(4)                  —
                     0207 43 41                        63,47                     19,14 (2)(4)                  —
                     0207 43 51                       229,25                     74,72 (2) (4)                 —
                     0207 43 53                       181,81                     51,83 (2)(4)                  —
                     0207 43 61                       221,60                     72,22 (2)(4)                  —
                     0207 43 63                       170,79                     48,69 (2)(4)                  —
                     0207 43 71                       194,53                     67,41 (2)(4)                  —
                     0207 43 81                       282,08                     85,06                         —
                     0207 43 90                        63,47                     19,14 (4)                     —
                     0207 50 10                     1 619,10                    471,00                           3 (3)
                     0207 50 90                       162,20                     48,91                          10
                     0209 00 90                       141,04                /    42,53                         —
                     0210 90 71                     1 619,10                    471,00                           3
                     0210 90 79                       162,20                     48,91                          10
                     1501 00 90                       169,25                     51,04                          18
                     160231 11                        293,92                     71,56                          17
                     1602 31 19                       310,29                     93,57                          17
                     1602 31 30                       169,25                     51,04                          17
                     1602 31 90                        98,73                     29,77                          17
                     1602 39 11                       279,12                     88,44                         —
                     1602 39 19                       310,29                     93,57                          17
                     1602 39 30                       169,25                     51,04                          17
                     1602 39 90                        98,73                     29,77                          17
           (') The levy on products covered by CN codes 0207, 1602 31 and 1602 39 originating in the ACP countries and
               listed in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 is reduced by 50 % within the limits of the quotas referred to
               in that Regulation.
           (2) The levy on such products originating in the developing countries and listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC)
               No 3834/90 is reduced by 50 % within the limits of the fixed amounts referred to in that Annex.
           (3) The Common Customs Tariff duties on these products originating in the developing countries and listed in
               Regulation (EEC) No 3833/90 are suspended and no levy is to be collected.
           (4) Products falling within this code, imported from Poland, Czechoslovakia or Hungary under the Interim Agree­
               ments concluded between those countries and the Community, and in respect of which EUR.1 certificates issued
               in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2699/93 have been presented, are subject to the levies set out in the
               Annex to that Regulation.
           (*) No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.