CELEX: 31985R2960
Language: en
Date: 1985-10-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2960/85 of 23 October 1985 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

No L 285/ 18                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            25 . 10 . 85
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2960/85
                                                         of 23 October 1985
                                fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain
COMMUNITIES,                                                          required varies by more than 3 % from that used for
                                                                      the preceding quarter ; whereas this variation must
                                                                      accordingly be taken into account in fixing sluice-gate
                                                                      prices for the period 1 November 1985 to 31 January
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 1986 ;
                                                                                          \
Economic Community,
                                                                      Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1
                                                                      November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,
                                                                      changes in world market prices for feed grain should
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                          be taken into account only if at the same time a new
2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­
                                                                      sluice-gate price is fixed ;
zation of the market in poultrymeat ('), as last
amended by the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in
particular Articles 3 and 7 ( 1 ) thereof,                            Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
                                                                      changes in world market prices for feed grain must be
                                                                      taken into account in fixing the levies ;
Whereas the sluice-gate prices and levies for the
products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
No 2777/75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in                      are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
accordance with methods of calculation laid down in                    Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 of 29 October
1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy and the
sluice-gate price for poultrymeat (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 750/81 (4) ;
                                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, since the sluice-gate prices and levies for
poultrymeat were, by Regulation (EEC) No 2130/85 (*),
last fixed for the period 1 August to 31 October 1985,                                         Article 1
they must be fixed anew for the period 1 November
 1985 to 31 January 1986 ; whereas such prices and
levies should in principle be calculated by reference to               1.     In respect of the products specified in Article 1
feed-grain prices for the period 1 May to 30 September                 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777US, the levies
 1985 ;                                                                provided for in Article 3 thereof and the sluice-gate
                                                                       prices provided for in Article 7 thereof shall be as
                                                                       shown in the Annex hereto .
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from                   2. Provided that, in the case of products falling
 1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,                     within heading No 02.03 and within subheading 15.01
 trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be                 B or 16.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff, in
 taken into account only if the price of the quantity of                respect of which the rate of duty has been bound
 feed grain required varies by at least a specified                    within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the amount
 minimum in relation to that used to calculate the
                                                                        resulting from that binding.
 sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas,
 by Regulation (EEC) No 2778 /75, this minimum was
 set at 3 % ;
                                                                                                Article 2
 (') OJ No  L  282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77.
 (2) OJ No  L  291 , 19 . 11 . 1979, p. 17.
 (3) OJ No  L  282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 84.                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
 (4) OJ No  L  80 , 26 . 3 . 1981 , p . 1 .
                                                                        1985 .
 O   OJ No  L  198 , 30 . 7 . 1985, p . 47 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 23 October 1985 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                       Vice-President
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                                                            ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 23 October 1985 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies
                                                      for poultrymeat
   CCT
                                                   Description                                      Sluice-gate      Levy
  heading                                                                                              price
    No
     1                                                 2                                                 3              4
                                                                                                  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                                                                    85,59        13,55
                II . Other                                                                               23,67          5,22
                                                                                                   ECU/ 100 kg    ECU/ 100 kg
            B. Other :
                  I. Fowls                                                                               79,67        19,42
                 II . Ducks                                                                            103,74     -  29,31
                III . Geese                                                                            123,02         28,50­
                IV. Turkeys                                                                            108,16         22,47
                 V. Guinea-fowls                                                                       133,64         33,58
   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'             100,10         24,39
                      b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, but with hearts, livers and
                         gizzards, known as '70 % chickens'                                            113,82         27,74
                      c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without hearts, livers and
                         gizzards, known as '65 % chickens'                                            124,02         30,22
                 II . Ducks :
                      a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted, with heads and feet, known as '85 %
                         ducks'                                                                        122,04         34,48
                      b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with hearts, livers and
                         gizzards, known as '70 % ducks'                                               148,20         41,87
                      c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, without hearts, livers and
                         gizzards, known as '63 % ducks'                                               164,66         46,53
                III . Geese :
                      a) Plucked, bled, not drawn, with heads and feet, known as '82 % geese'          175,74         40,72
                      b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with or without hearts and
                         gizzards, known as '75 % geese'                                               167,96         42,82
                IV. Turkeys                                                                       l1
                      a) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with necks, hearts, livers
                         and gizzards, known as '80 % turkeys'                                         154,52          32,10
                      b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without necks, hearts,
                         livers and gizzards, known as '73 % turkeys'                                  169,33          35,17
                 V. Guinea-fowls                                                                        190,91         47,97
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      CCT
    heading                                            Description                                       Sluice-gate
                                                                                                                          Levy
       No                                                                                                   price
        1                                                   2                                                 3             4
                                                                                                        ECU/ 100 kg    ECU/ 100 kg
     02.02      B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) :
    (cont'd)
                     I. Boned or boneless :
                         a) Of geese                                                                       352,72        89,92
                         b) Of turkeys                                                                     324,49        67,41
                         c) Of other poultry                                                               317,06        82,30
                    II. Unboned (bone-in) :
                        a) Halves or quarters :
                            1 . Of fowls                                                                   1 36,42       33,24
                            2 . Of ducks                                                                   181,13        51,18
                            3 . Of geese                                                                   1 84,76       47,10
                            4. Of turkeys                                                                  186,26        38,69
                            5 . Of guinea-fowls                                                            210,00        52,77
                        b) Whole wings, with or without tips                                               100,80        25,03
                        c) Backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing tips                      69,79       17,33
                        d) Breasts and cuts of breasts :
                            1 . Of geese                                                                   251,94        64,23
                            2. Of turkeys                                                                  247,23        51,36
                            3 . Of other poultry                                                           187,80        45,77
                        e) Legs and cuts of legs :
                            1 . Of geese                                                                   243,54        62,09
                            2. Of turkeys :
                                aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks                                       115,89       24,08
                                bb) Other                                                                  208,60        43,34
                            3 . Of other poultry                                                           176,42        43,00
                        f) Goose or duck paletots (')                                                      221,31        59,29
                        g) Other                                                                           310,16        77,00
               C. Offals                                                                                     69,79       17,33
    02.03      Poultry liver, fresh, chilled, frozen , salted or in brine :
               A. Fatty liver of goose or duck                                                           1 757,40       407,20
               B. Other                                                                                    178,34        44,28
    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                                                                              155,08        38,50
     15.01     Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted :
               B. Poultry fat                                                                              186,10        46,20
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      CCT
                                                      Description                                    Sluice-gate    Levy
     heading
       No
                                                                                                        price
        1                                                  2                                              3            4
                                                                                                    ECU/ 100 kg  ECU/ 100 kg
      16.02       Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
                  B. Other :
                     I. Poultrymeat or offal :
                        a) Containing 57 % or more by weight of poultrymeat (2) :
                           1 . Containing uncooked meat or offal ; mixtures of cooked meat or offal
                               and uncooked meat or offal :
                               aa) Containing exclusively turkeymeat                                    309,04      64,20
                               bb) Other                                                                310,44      80,20
                           2 . Other                                                                    341,18      84,70
                        b) Containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry­
                           meat (2)                                                                     186,10      46,20
                        c) Other                                                                        108,56      26,95
(') For the purposes of subheading 02.02 B II f), 'goose or duck paletots shall be taken to mean geese or ducks plucked and
    completely drawn, without heads or feet, with carcase bones (breastbone, ribs, backbone and sacrum) removed but with the
    femurs, tibias and humeri .
(2) For the purpose of determining the percentage of poultrymeat, weight of any bones shall be disregarded .