CELEX: 31978R2410
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2410/78 of 17 October 1978 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

18 . 10 . 78                           Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 292/9
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2410/78
                                                     of 17 October 1978
                                fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    the preceding quarter ; whereas this variation must
COMMUNITIES,                                                      accordingly be taken into account in fixing sluice-gate
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             prices for the period 1 November 1978 to 31 January
                                                                  1979 ;
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1
2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,
tion of the market in poultrymeat (*), as amended by              changes in world market prices for feed grain should
Regulation (EEC) No 369/76 (2), and in particular Arti­           be taken into account only if at the same time a new
cles 3 and 7 ( 1 ) thereof,                                       sluice-gate price is fixed ;
Whereas the sluice-gate prices and levies for the                 Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)         changes in world market prices for feed grain must be
No 2777/75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in                  taken into account in fixing the levies ;
accordance with methods of calculation laid down in
                                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 of 29 October
                                                                  are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy and
                                                                  ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
the sluice-gate price for poultrymeat (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2299/77 (4) ;
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas since the sluice-gate prices and levies for
poultrymeat were, by Regulation (EEC) No
1671 /78 (5), last fixed for the period 1 August to 31                                    Article 1
October 1978 , they must be fixed anew for the period             1 . In respect of the products specified in Article 1
1 November 1978 to 31 January 1979 ; whereas such                 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75, the levies
prices and levies should in principle be calculated by            provided for in Article 3 thereof and the sluice-gate
reference to feed-grain prices for the period 1 May to            prices provided for in Article 7 thereof shall be as
30 September 1978 ;                                               shown in the Annex hereto .
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from
 1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,                2. Provided that, in the case of products falling
trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be            within heading No 02.03 and within subheading
taken into account only if the price of the quantity of            15.01 B or 16.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff,
feed grain required varies by at least a specified                in respect of which the rate of duty has been bound
minimum in relation to that used to calculate the slui­           within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the amount
ce-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas, by             resulting from that binding.
Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75, this minimum was set
at 3 % ;                                                                                  Article 2
Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
required varies by more than 3 % from that used for                1978 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 17 October 1978 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                Vice-President
 (>) OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77.
 (2) OJ  No  L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 3.
 (3) OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 84.
 {*) OJ  No  L 271 , 22. 10. 1977, p. 1 .
 (5) OJ  No  L 192, 15. 7. 1978 , p. 60 .
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                                                         ANNEX
                  Sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat for the period 1 November 1978
                                                  to 31 January 1979
 CCT heading                                                                                 Sluice-gate
     No                                         Description                                      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' :
                   I. Turkeys and geese                                                           66.44           8.62
                  II . Other                                                                      17.52           4-34
                                                                                             u.a. /100 kg    u.a. /100 kg
             B. Other :
                    I. Fowls                                                                     58-81          16-21
                   II. Ducks                                                                     70-79          23.85
                 III. Geese                                                                      86.34          22.37
                 IV. Turkeys                                                                     74-85          18.23
                   V. Guinea fowls                                                               98.01          28.01
  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'                                                        73.89          20-37
                       b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, but with
                          hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 °/o chickens'                84.01          23-15
                       c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without
                          hearts, livers and gizzards, known as *65 °/o chickens'                91.53          25-23
                   II. Ducks :
                       a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted, with heads and feet,
                          known as ' 85 °/o ducks'                                               83-28          28.06
                       b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with
                          hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 °/o ducks'                 101.13          34-07
                       c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, without
                          hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '63 % ducks'                   112.36          37.85
                 III. Geese :
                       a) Plucked, bled, not drawn, with heads and feet, known
                          as '82 °/o geese'                                                    123-34          31-96
                       b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with or
                          without hearts and gizzards, known as '75 % geese'                   114.85          33.55
                 IV. Turkeys                                                                   106.93          26.04
                   V. Guinea fowls                                                            140-01           40.01
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   CUT heading                                                                                               Sluice-gate
        No                                               Description                                            price          Levy
         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                                                              218.78          62-72
                           II. Unboned (bone-in) :
                               a) Halves or quarters :
                                   1 . Of fowls                                                                100.68          27-75
                                   2. Of ducks                                                                 123.60          41.64
                                   3. Of geese                                                                 126.34          36-91
                                   4. Of turkeys                                                               117.62          28-64
                                   5. Of guinea fowls                                                          154.01          44-01
                               b) Whole wings, with or without tips                                             71.10          20-38
                               c) Backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing
                                   tips                                                                         49.23          14-11
                               d) Breasts and cuts of breasts :
                                   1 . Of geese                                                                172.28          50.33
                                   2. Of turkeys                                                               176-43          42.97
                                   3. Of other poultry                                                         138.62          38.20
                               e) Legs and cuts of legs :
                                   1 . Of geese                                                                166.53          48.65
                                   2. Of turkeys :
                                       aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks                                     96.24         23-44
                                       bb) Other                                                               165.74     V    40.36
                                   3. Of other poultry                                                         130.22          35.88
                                f) Other                                                                       218-78          62-72
                       C. Offals                                                                                 49.23         14-11
     02.03             Poultry, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine :
                       A. Foie gras (goose or duck)                                                          1 233.40        319.60
                       B. Other                                                                                125.80          36-06
     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                                                                          109.39          31.36
      15.01            Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted :
                       B. Poultry fat                                                                          131.27          37.63
      16.02            Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :                                    -
                       B. Other :
                            I. Poultrymeat or offal :
                               a) Containing 57 °/o or more by weight of poultrymeat (a)                       240-66          68.99
                               b) Containing 25 % or more but less than 57 °/o by weight
                                   of poultrymeat (a)                                                          131-27          37.63
                               c) Other                                                                          76.57         21-95
 (a) For the purpose of determining the percentage of poultrymeat, weight of any bones shall be disregarded.