CELEX: 31974R1920
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-24 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1920/74 of the Commission of 23 July 1974 fixing sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

24 . 7 . 74                                Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 202/ 23
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 1920/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                             of 23 July 1974
                                   fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          nevertheless, the quantity of feed grain used for the
 COMMUNITIES,                                                           calculation must be that shown in Annex I to Regula­
                                                                        tion No 146/67/ EEC ; whereas the second component
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  must be equal to 7 % of the average of the sluice-gate
 Economic Community ;                                                   prices applicable to chicks ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 123/67/ EEC
  (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organization of                     Whereas the levy applicable to the products specified
 the market in poultrymeat, as last amended by the                      in Article 1 (2) (d) of Regulation No 123/ 67/ EEC
Act (2 ) on the conditions of accession and adjustments                 must be derived from the levy on slaughtered poultry
 to the Treaties, and in particular Articles 3 and 7(1 )                on the basis of the coefficients set out in the Annex to
 thereof ;                                                              Commission Regulation No 1 99/ 67/ EEC (6) of 28
                                                                       June 1967 fixing the coefficients for calculating levies
Whereas a levy fixed quarterly in advance must be                       on derived poultrymeat products, as last amended by
charged on imports into the Community of the                            Regulation (EEC) No 1 776/74 ( 7);
 products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation No
 123/67/ EEC ; whereas levies were last fixed by Regula­                Whereas, for the products falling within heading No
 tion (EEC) No 968 /74 (3 ), for the period ending 31                   02.03 , and subheading 15.01 B, and 16.02 B I of the
July 1974, and new levies must therefore be fixed for                   Common Customs Tariff, in respect of which the rate
the period 1 August to 31 October 1974 ;                                of duty payable has been bound within GATT, the
Whereas the levy on slaughtered poultry consists of                     levies shall be limited to the amount resulting from
two components ;                                                        that binding ;
Whereas the first component must be equal to the                       Whereas, for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of
difference between prices within the Community and                      Regulation No 123/ 67/ EEC, sluice-gate prices must
on the world market for the quantity of feed grain                      be fixed in advance for each quarter ; whereas sluice­
specified in Annex I to Council Regulation No 146/                     gate prices were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No
67/ EEC (4 ) of 21 June 1967 laying down rules for                      968 /74 for the period ending 31 July 1974, and new
calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for poul­                prices must therefore now be fixed for the period 1
trymeat, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC) No                       August to 31 October 1974 ;
 1717/74 (5) ;
Whereas the price within the Community for that                        Whereas the sluice-gate price for slaughtered poultry
quantity of feed grain must be determined in accor­                     is made up of two components ;
dance with Article 2 of Regulation No 146/ 67/ EEC ;
whereas the price of the like quantity on the world                    Whereas the first component must be equal to the
market      must    be    determined        in    accordance  with      price on the world market of the quantity of feed
Article 3 of that Regulation ;                                         grain shown in Annex II to Regulation No 146/
                                                                        67/ EEC ;
Whereas the said Article 3 provides that the price for
each type of feed grain on the world market shall be                   Whereas the price of this quantity of cereals must be
equal to the average of the cif prices determined for                   determined in accordance with Article 4 (2) and (3) of
that cereal for the period of six months preceding the                  Regulation No 146/67/ EEC ;
quarter during which the component is calculated ;
whereas this period is that from 1 November 1973 to
                                                                       Whereas the said Article 4 provides that the price of
30 April 1974 ;
                                                                       each cereal on the world market shall be equal to the
Whereas the second component must be equal to                          average of the cif prices determined for that cereal for
7 % of the average of the sluice-gate prices applicable                 the period of six months preceding the quarter during
for the four quarters to 1 May of each year ;                          which the said component is calculated ; whereas this
                                                                        period is that from 1 November 1973 to 30 April
Whereas the levy on chicks must be calculated in the                    1 974 ;
same way as the levy on slaughtered poultry ; whereas,
                                                                       Whereas the second amount, which represents other
(')  OJ   No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967 , p . 2301 / 67 .                       feeding costs, and overhead costs of production and
(*') OJ   No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p. 14 .
(3 ) OJ   No L 110 , 24 . 4 . 1974, p. 17 .
(4 ) OJ   No L 125 , 26 . 6 . 1967 , p . 2470 / 67 .                   (o ) OJ No 134, 30 . 6 . 1967 , p . 2X31 / 67 .
(5)  OJ   No L 181 , 4 . 7 . 1974, p. 3 .                              ( 7 ) OJ No L 186 , 10 . 7 . 1974, p . 16 .
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marketing, is fixed in Annex II to Regulation No 146/         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
67/ EEC ;
                                                                                       Article 1
Whereas the sluice-gate price for chicks must be calcu­
lated in the same way as the sluice-gate price for            1 . The levies provided for      in Article 3 of Regula­
slaughtered poultry ; whereas, nevertheless, the quan­        tion No 123 / 67/ EEC and         the sluice-gate prices
tity of feed grain used for the calculation must be that      provided for in Article 7 of     that Regulation for the
shown in Annex II to Regulation No 146/67/ EEC ;              products specified in Article   1 ( 1 ) thereof shall be as
whereas the standard amount must be that fixed in             shown in the Annex hereto .
the same Annex ;
                                                              2 . However, for products falling within heading No
Whereas the sluice-gate prices for the products speci­        02.03 or within subheadings 15.01 B or 16.02 B I of
fied in Article 1 (2) (d) of Regulation No 123/67/ EEC        the Common Customs Tariff in respect of which the
must be derived from the sluice-gate prices for slaught­      rate of duty has been bound within GATT, the levies
ered poultry on the basis of the coefficients fixed for       shall be limited to the amount resulting from that
these products in accordance with Article 5 (3) of that       binding.
Regulation ;
                                                                                       Article 2
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August
ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,                       1974 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 23 July 1974.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                            The President
                                                                       Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
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                                                                  ANNEX
             Sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat for the period 1 August 1974 to 31 October 1974
 CCT heading                                                                                    Sluice-gate          Rate of
       No                                           Description of goods                              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'                            19-12               1-02
                                                                                                u. a. / 100 kg    u. a. / 100 kg
                   B. Others :
                         I. Fowls                                                                   64-11              3-68
                        II. Ducks                                                                   73-89               3-77
                       III . Geese                                                                  75-93              3-63
                       IV. Turkeys                                                                  81-34              4-32
                        V. Guinea fowls                                                           107-73                6-29
    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'                                                   80-56              4-43
                             b ) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, but with
                                 hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 % chickens'              91-59              5-25
                             c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without
                                 hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '65 % chickens'              99-80              5 -6b
                        II . Ducks :
                             a ) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted, with heads and feet,
                                 known as ' 85 °/o ducks'                                           86-93              4-44
                             b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with
                                 hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 °/o ducks'             105-56               5-39
                             c) Plucked and drawn , without heads and feet, without
                                 hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '63 °/o ducks'             117-29               5-99
                       III . Geese :
                             a) Plucked , bled, not drawn , with heads and feet, known
                                 as ' 82 °/o geese'                                               108-47               5-18
                             b ) Plucked and drawn , without heads and feet, with or
                                  without hearts and gizzards, known as '75 °/o geese'              98-58              4-26
                       IV. Turkeys                                                                116-20               6-17
                        V. Guinea fowls                                                           153-90               8-98
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  (X T heading                                                                                               Sluice-gate      Rate of
        No                                           Description of goods                                        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                                                                226-34         12-02
                          II. Unboned ( bone-in ) :
                              a) Halves or quarters :
                                  1 . Of fowls                                                                 109-78           6-23
                                  2 . Of ducks                                                                 129-02           6· 59
                                  3 . Of geese                                                                 108-44           4-69
                                  4. Of turkeys                                                                127-82           6-79
                                  5. Of guinea fowls                                                            169-29          9-88
                              b ) Whole wings, with or without tips                                              73-56          3-91
                              c) Backs, necks, backs with necks attached , rumps and wing
                                  tips                                                                           50-93          2-70
                              d ) Breasts and cuts of breasts :
                                  1 . Of geese                                                                  147-87          6-39
                                  2. Of turkeys                                                                 191-73         10-18
                                  3. Of other poultry                                                           151-12           8-66
                              e) Legs and cuts of legs :
                                  1 . Of geese                                                                  142-94           6-18
                                  2 . Of turkeys :
                                      aa ) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks                                    104-58           5-55
                                      bb ) Other                                                                180-11           9-56
                                  3 . Of other poultry                                                          141-96           8-14
                              f) Other                                                                         226-34          12-02
                      C. Offals                                                                                  50-93           2-70
    02.03             Poultry live, fresh , chilled , frozen, salted or in brine :
                      A. Foie gras ( goose or duck )                                                          1084-70         51-80
                      B. Other                                                                                  130-15          6-91
    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                                                                            113-17           6-01
     15.01            Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted :
                      B. Poultry fat                                                                            135-80           7-21
      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)                       248-97         13-22
                ;             b) Containing 25 °/o or more but less than 57 % by weight
                                  of poultrymeat ( a)                                                           135-80           7-21
                              c ) Other                                                                           79-22          4-21
(a) For the purpose of determining the percentage of poultrymeat, weight of any bones shall be disregarded .