CELEX: 31987R0264
Language: en
Date: 1987-01-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 264/87 of 28 January 1987 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

No L 26/24                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  29. 1 . 87
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 264/87
                                                           of 28 January 1987
                                      fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           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 be taken into account
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                only if at the same time a new sluice-gate price is fixed ;
  Economic Community,
                                                                        Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
                                                                        changes in world market prices for feed grain must be
  Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                    taken into account in fixing the levies ;
  Portugal,
                                                                        Whereas, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 631 /86 of 28
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75                  February 1986 on the application of import levies on
  of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                  products from Portugal suspended the application of
  market in poultrymeat ('), as last amended by Regulation              import levies on poultrymeat products from Portugal (*)
  (EEC) No 1475/86 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 7              owing to the minimal difference between the prices obtai­
  (1 ) thereof,                                                         ning in the Community on the one hand and in Portugal
                                                                        on the other hand ; whereas the situation still pertains ;
  Whereas the sluice-gate prices and levies for the products            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
  specified in Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75
                                                                        in accordance with the opinion of the Management
  must be fixed quarterly in advance in accordance with                 Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
  methods of calculation laid down in Council Regulation
 (EEC) No 2778/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down rules
  for calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for poul­
 trymeat (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
  3233/86 (4) ;
                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas, since the sluice-gate prices and levies for poul­
 trymeat were, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 3187/86 (*), last fixed for the period 1 November 1986 to                                      Article 1
 31 January 1987, they must be fixed anew for the period
  1 February to 30 April 1987 ; whereas such prices and
 levies should in principle be calculated by reference to               1 . In respect of the products specified in Article 1 (1)
 feed-grain prices for the period 1 August to 31 December              of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75, the levies provided for
  1986 ;                                                               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 1
 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed, trends                2. Provided that, in the case of products falling within
 in world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into            heading No 02.03 and within subheading 15.01 B or
 account only if the price of the quantity of feed grain               16.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect of
 required varies by at least a specified minimum in rela­             which the rate of duty has been bound within GATT, the
 tion to that used to calculate the sluice-gate price for the          levy shall not exceed the amount resulting from that
 preceding quarter ; whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No                   binding.
 2778/75, this minimum was set at 3 % ;
                                                                       3. For imports of products specified in paragraph 1
Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain required              from Portugal, application of the levies specified in the
varies by more than 3 % from that used for the preceding              Annex shall be suspended.
quarter ; whereas this variation must accordingly be taken
into account in fixing sluice-gate prices for the period 1
February to 30 April 1987 ;                                                                     Article 2
(')  OJ  No  L  282,  1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77.
O    OJ  No  L  133,  21 . 5. 1986, p. 39.                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1987.
O    OJ  No  L  282,  1 . 11 . 1975, p. 84.
(4)  OJ  No  L  301 , 25. 10. 1986, p. 3.
O    OJ  No  L  297,  21 . 10. 1986, p. 18.                           («) OJ No L 60, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 11 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in air Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 28 January 1987.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                       Vice-President
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                                                                 ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 28 January 1987 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies
                                                           for poultrymeat
       CCT
                                                        Description                                      Sluice-gate      Levy
     heading                                                                                                price
       No
        1                                                   2                                                  3            4
  I          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                                                                     98,06      23,40
                    II. Other                                                                                 22,00         7,62
  I          I                                                                                          ECU/ 100 kg    ECU/100 kg
                B. Other :
                      I. Fowls                                                                                76,08      31,42
                     II. Ducks                                                                                85,30      49,45
                    III . Geese                                                                             111,17       48,61
                    IV. Turkeys                                                                             101,34       36,09
                     V. Guinea-fowls                                                                        1 16,98      51,04
      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'               95,58      39.48
                          (b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, but with hearts, livers and
                              gizzards, known as '70 % chickens'                                            108,68       44,89
                          (c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without hearts, livers
                              and gizzards, known as '65 % chickens'                                        118,41       48,92
                     II. Ducks :
                          (a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted, with heads and feet, known as '85 %
                              ducks'                                                                        100,35       58,18
                          (b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with hearts, livers and
                              gizzards, known as '70 % ducks'                                               121,85       70,64
                          (c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, without hearts, livers and
                              gizzards, known as '63 % ducks'                                               135,39       78.49
                    III . Geese :
                          (a) Plucked, bled, not drawn, with heads and feet, known as '82 % geese'         158,82        69,44
                          (b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with or without hearts and
                              gizzards, known as '75 % geese'                                              149,45        74,23
                   IV. Turkeys
                          (a) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with necks, hearts, livers
                              and gizzards, known as '80 % turkeys'                                        144,77        51,55
                          (b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without necks, hearts,
                              livers and gizzards, known as '73 % turkeys'                                 158,69        56.50
                    V. Guinea-fowls                                                                        167,12        72,92
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           CCT
                                                        Description                                       Sluice-gate    Levy
         heading                                                                                             price
            No
             1                                                2                                                3          4
    I                                                                                                    ECU/ 100 kg  ECU/ 100 kg
          02.02   B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) :
         (cont'd)
                       I. Boned or boneless :
                          (a) Of geese                                                                       313,85     155,88
                          (b) Of turkeys                                                                     304,02     108,26
                          (c) Of other poultry                                                               278,36     131,92
                      II. Unboned (bone-in) :
                          (a) Halves or quarters :
                               1 . Of fowls                                                                  130,25      53,81
                              2. Of ducks                                                                    148,93      86,34
                              3. Of geese                                                                    164,40      81.65
                              4. Of turkeys                                                                  174,56      62,15
                              5. Of guinea-fowls                                                             183,83      80,21
                          (b) Whole wings, with or without tips                                               89,94      40,85
                          (c) Backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing tips                    62,27      28,28
                          (d) Breasts and cuts of breasts :
                               1 . Of geese                                                                  224,18     111,35
                              2. Of turkeys                                                                  231,63      82,48
                              3. Of other poultry                                                            179,32      74,07
                          (e) Legs and cuts of legs :
                               1 . Of geese                                                                  216,70     107,63
                              2. Of turkeys :
                                   aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks                                     108,58      38.66
                                   bb) Other                                                                 195.44      69,59
                              3. Of other poultry                                                            168.45      69,58
                          (f) Goose or duck paletots (')                                                     189,91     101,42
                          (g) Other                                                                          276,74     125,70
                  C. Offals                                                                                   62,27      28,28
          02.03   Poultry liver, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine :
                  A. Fatty liver of goose or duck                                                          1 588,20     694,40
                  B. Other                                                                                   159,13      72,28
          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                                                                             138,37      62,85
          15.01   Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted :
    I             B. Poultry fat                                                                             166,04      75,42
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          CCT
                                                                                                          Sluice-gate
         heading                                            Description                                                  Levy
                                                                                                             price
           No
            1                                                   2                                              3           4
  \                 ll 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                                  289,54      103,10
                                     bb) Other                                                              273,56      131,34
                                 2. Other                                                                   304,41      138,27
                            (b) Containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry­
                                meat (2)                                                                     166,04      75,42
                            (c) Other                                                                         96,86      44,00
    (') 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.