CELEX: 31979R2261
Language: en
Date: 1979-10-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2261/79 of 15 October 1979 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

No L 261 / 12                          Official Journal of the European Communities                           17. 10. 79
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2261/79
                                                       of 15 October 1979
                                 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 1979 to 31 January
                                                                    1980 ;
 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 (J ), 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
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 of 29 October                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy and               are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
the sluice-gate price for poultrymeat (3), as last
                                                                   ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
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
 1 592/79 (5), last fixed for the period 1 August to 31                                     Article 1
October 1979, they must be fixed anew for the period
                                                                    1 . In respect of the products specified in Article 1
 1 November 1979 to 31 January 1980 ; 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 1979 ;                                                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                  within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the amount
sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas,             resulting from that binding.
by 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                 1979 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 15 October 1979 .
                                                                             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.
P)   OJ No  L  282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 84.
(«)  OJ No  L  271 , 22. 10. 1977, p. 1 .
  5) OJ No  L  189, 27. 7 . 1979, p. 38 .
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                                                               ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 15 October 1979 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for
                                                             poultrymeat
 CCT heading                                                                                  Sluice-gate
     No                                               Description                                price           Levy
       1                                                  2                                        3               4
              I                                                                             ECU/ 100 units   ECU/ 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                                                     81.73            12-50
                       II. Other                                                                 21.85             4-73
                                                                                             ECU/ 100 kg      ECU/ 100 kg
                    B. Other :
                          I. Fowls                                                               73.30            17-72
                        II. Ducks                                                                89.40           26 J09
                       III . Geese                                                             108.00            25.42
                       IV. Turkeys                                                               93.21            19.90
                        V. Guinea fowls                                                        122.54            30.39
   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 °/o chickens'                                               92.09            22-26
                             b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, but with
                                                                                                104.71            25.32
                                hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 °/o chickens'
                             c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without
                                 hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '65 % chickens'          114-09            27-58
                         II. Ducks :
                             a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted, with heads and feet,
                                 known as ' 85 % ducks'                                         105.18            30.69
                             b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with
                                 hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 % ducks'             127-72            37.27
                             c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, without                                41.41
                                 hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '63 °/o ducks'           141-91
                        III. Geese :
                             a) Plucked, bled, not drawn, with heads and feet, known                              36-31
                                 as '82 % geese'                                                154.29
I                             b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with or
                                  without hearts and gizzards, known as '75 % geese'            144-52            38-01
                                                                                                133.15            28.43
                        IV. Turkeys
                          V. Guinea fowls                                                       175.06            43.41
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  CCT heading                                                                                                 Sluice-gate
       No                                               Description                                                          Levy
                                                                                                                 price
        1                                                   2                                                      3           4
                                                                                                            ECU/100 kg    ECU/100 kg
    02.02             B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) •
    (cont'd)
                           I. Boned or boneless                                                                27406         68.98
                          II. Unboned (bone-in) :
                              a) Halves or quarters :
                                  1 . Of fowls                                                                 125.50        30.34
                                 2. Of ducks                                                                   156.10        45-55
                                 3. Of geese                                                                   158.97        41.81
                                 4. Of turkeys                                                                 146.47        311.27
                                 5. Of guinea fowls                                                            192.57        47-75
                              b) Whole wings, with or without tips                                               89.07       22.42
                              c) Backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing
                                 tips                                                                           61.66        15-52
                              d) Breasts and cuts of breasts :
                                 1. Of geese                                                                   216.78        57.02
                                 2. Of turkeys                                                                 219.70        46.91
                                 3. Of other poultry                                                           172-77        41.78
                              e) Legs and cuts of legs :
                                 1. Of geese                                                                   209-55        55-11
                                 2. Of turkeys :
                                      aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks                                    119.84        215.59
                                      bb) Other                                                                206.38        44.07
                                 3. Of other poultry                                                           162.30        39.25
                              f) Other                                                                         274.06        68.98
                      C. Offals                                                                                 61 -66       15-52
    02.03             Poultry liver, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine :
                      A. Fatty liver of goose or duck                                                        1 542.90       363.10
                      B. Other                                                                                 157-58        39.66
    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                                                                           137.03        34.49
    15.01             Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted :
                      B. Poultry fat                                                                           164-44        41.39
    16.02             Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
                      B. Other :
                          I. Poultryimeat or offal :
                              a) Containing 57 %> or more by weight of poultrymeat (a)                         301.47        75.88
                              b) Containing 25 % or more but less than 57 %> by weight
                                 of poultrymeat (a)                                                            164.44        41.39
                              c) Other                                                                           95.92       24.14
(a) For the purport of determining the percentage of poultrymeat, weight of any bones shall be disregarded.