CELEX: 31977R2415
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2415/77 of 27 October 1977 fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices for pigmeat

1 . 11 . 77                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 279/59
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2415/77
                                                     of 27 October 1977
                                 fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices for pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    feed grain must therefore be taken into account when
COMMUNITIES,                                                      fixing sluice-gate prices for the period 1 November
                                                                  1977 to 31 January 1978 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                               Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1
                                                                  November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      trends in world market prices for feed grain should be
2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                taken into account only if at the same time a new slui­
tion of the market in pigmeat (J ), as amended by Regu­           ce-gate price is being fixed ;
lation (EEC) No 367/76 (2), and in particular Articles 8
and 12 ( 1 ) thereof,                                             Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
                                                                  trends in world market prices for feed grain must be
Whereas sluice-gate prices for pig carcases and for the           taken into account in fixing the levies ;
other products specified in Article 1 of Council Regu­
lation (EEC) No 2766/75 of 29 October 1975 esta­                  Whereas, in the case of products falling within any of
blishing the list of products for which sluice-gate               subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I, 16.01 A or
prices are to be fixed and laying down the rules for               1 6.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect
fixing the sluice-gate prices for pig carcases (3), as            of which the rate of duty has been bound within
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 370/76 (4), and                    GATT, the levies should be limited to the amounts
levies for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of           resulting from that binding ;
Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, must be fixed in
 advance for each quarter in accordance with the                  Whereas a new tariff subheading has been created by
 methods of calculation laid down in Commission
                                                                  Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2333/77 of 25
 Regulation (EEC) No 1582/77 of 12 July 1977 fixing               October 1977 amending Regulation No 204/67/EEC
 the levies and sluice-gate prices on pigmeat (5) ;               fixing coefficients for calculating levies on pigmeat
                                                                  products other than pig carcases and Regulation (EEC)
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for                   No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (6) with
 pigmeat were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No                   effect from 1 November 1977 ; whereas the new
 1582/77, for the period 1 August to 31 October 1977,             wording resulting from that amendment should there­
 they must be fixed anew for the period 1 November                fore be used for the products falling within
 1977 to 31 January 1978 ; whereas such prices and                subheading 16.02 B III a) of the Common Customs
 levies should in principle be fixed by reference to feed         Tariff ;
 grain prices for the period 1 May to 30 September
 1977 ;                                                            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                   are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 Whereas, when the sluice-gate price applicable from 1             ment Committee for Pigmeat,
 November, 1 February and 1 May is being fixed,
 trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be
 taken into account only if the value of the quantity of
 feed grain required varies by at least a specified
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 minimum in relation to that used in calculating the
 sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas
 this minimum was fixed by Regulation (EEC) No
  2766/75 at 3 % ;                                                                         Article 1
 Whereas the value of the quantity of feed grain varies             1.   For the period 1 November 1977 to 31 January
 by more than 3 % from that used for the preceding                 1978 , the sluice-gate prices provided for in Article 12
 quarter ; whereas trends in world market prices for               of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 for the products
                                                                   specified in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75
 (!) OJ  No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                           and the levies provided for in Article 8 of Regulation
 (2) OJ  No L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 1 .
 (3) OJ  No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 25.                           (EEC) No 2759/75 for the products specified in
 (<) OJ  No L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 4.
 (5) OJ  No L  175, 15. 7. 1977, p. 12.                            (6) OJ No L 273, 26. 10 . 1977, p. 9 .
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Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation shall be as shown in       bound within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the
the Annex hereto .                                            amount resulting from that binding.
2. Provided that, in the case of products falling                                   Article 2
within any of subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01
A I, 16.01 A or 16.02 A II of the Common Customs              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
Tariff, in respect of which the rate of duty has been         1977 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 27 October 1977.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                       Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                          Vice-President
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                                                                  ANNEX
                                                                                                                Conventional
    CCT                                                                              Sluice-gate Amount of
   heading                                   Description of goods                       price        levies
                                                                                                                 rate of dutjr
                                                                                                                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                                               45-56         25-12            __
                     b) Other                                                          53-57         29-54            —
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, wiith or without heads, feet
                              or flare fait                                            69-66         38-41
                         2. Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in)                  107-98         59-53            —
                         3. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone­
                              in)                                                      84-99         46-86
                          4. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in)               112-85         62-22            __
                         5 . Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies                     60-61         33-41
                         6, Other :
                              aa) Boned or boneless and frozen                        112-85         62-22            -
                             bb) Other                                                   —           62-22            —
            B. Offals :
                II. Other :
                     c) Of domestic swine :
                         1 . Heads and cuts of heads ; necks                                         12-29              9
                        2. Feet; tails                                                   —             3-46             9
                        3. Kidneys                                                       —           40-33              9
                        4. Livers                                                        —           46-47            11
                        5. Hearts j tongues ; lungs                                      —
                                                                                                    ¡23-04              9
                         6. Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the
                             trachea and gullet                                                     !33-80              9
                        7. Other                                                         —           33-80              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                         29-26         16-13            —
                II. Dried or smoked                                                      —           18-82            —
            B. Pig fat, other than that falling within subheading A                      —              9-22          —
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                                                                                                         Conventional
    CCT                                                                         Sluice-gate Amount of
  heading
                                                                                                          rate of duty
                                        Description of goods                       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                                            69-66         38-41          __
                      2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles :
                         aa) Bacon sides                                          94-05        51-85           —
                         bb) Spencers                                               —           51-85          —
                          cc) 3/4 sides and middiles                                —           57-61          —
                     3. Hams and cuits of hams, unboned (bone-in)               107-98         59-53           —
                     4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned
                          (bone-in)                                               84-99         46-86          —
                     5. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in)              112-85          62-22          —
                     6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies                     60-61        33-41           —
                     7. Other                                                       —           62-22          —
                  b) Dried or smoked :
                      1. Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet
                         or flare fat                                                          57-61
                      2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles :
                          aa) Bacon sides                                           —          57-61           —
                         bb) Spencers                                               —
                                                                                             . 57-61           —
                          cc) 3/4 sides and middles                                 —          63-37           —
                      3. Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (ibone-in) :
                         aa) Slightly dried or «slightly smoked                     —          76-82           —
                         bb) Other                                                 —          108-31           —
                     4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone­
                         in) :
                         aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                     —           53-77           —
                         bb) Other                                                 —           85-27           —
                     5 . Loins and outs of loins, unboned (bone-in) :
                         aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                     —           80-66           —
                         bb) Other                                                 —          107-16           —
                     6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies :
                         aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                     —           38-41           —
                         bb) Other                                                 —           55-69           —
                     7. Other :
                         aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                     —           80-66           —
                         bb) Other                                                 —         108-31            —
             II. Edible meat offals :
                 a) Heads and cuts of heads ; necks                                —           12-29           —
                 b) Feet ; tails                                                   —             3-46          —
                 c) Kidneys                                                        —           40-33           —
                 d) Livers                                                         —           46-47           —
                 e) Hearts ; tongues ; lungs                                       —           23-04           —
                  f) Livers» hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the trachea
                     and gullet                                                    __          33-80
                 R) Other                                                          —           33-80           —
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                                                                                                                                 Conventional
    CCT                                                                                              Sluice-gate   Amount of
                                                                                                                      levies
                                                                                                                                  rate of duty
   heading                                    Description of goods                                       price                   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)                                                                    12-29             3
                    II . Other                                                                          22-29         12-29            —
16.01           Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal or animal blood :
                A. Liver saaisages                                                                         —          68-36            24
                B. Other (b) :
                     I. Sausages, dry or for sipreading, uncooked                                         —         116-92             —
                    II. Other                                                                             —           80-80            —
16.02           Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
                A. Liver :
                    II. Other                                                                             —           71-85            25
                B. Other :
                    III. Other :
                          a) Containing meat or offal of domestic swine :
                             1 . Containing bovine meat, uncooked                                          —        167-23             —
                             2. Other, containing, by weight :
                                 aa) 80 % or more of meat or offal, of any kind, in­
                                     cluding fats of any kind or origin :
                                     11 . Hams, fillets and loins ; pieces thereof                        —         123-98             —
                                     22. Shoulders and pieces thereof                                     —
                                                                                                                     102-90            —
                                     33. Other                                                             —          70-61            —
                                 bb) 40 % or more but less than 80 % of meat or
                                     offals, of any kind, including fats of any kind or
                                     origin                                                                           59-51
                                 cc) Less than 40 % of meat or offal, of any kind,
                                     including fats of any kind or origin                                 —           37-12            —
(a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions 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.