CELEX: 31994R1582
Language: en
Date: 1994-07-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1582/94 of 30 June 1994 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

1 . 7. 94                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 166/ 117
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1582/94
                                                           of 30 June 1994
                                     fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          twelve months beginning on 1 July, on the basis of the
                                                                       threshold prices and the monthly increases therein ;
                                                                       whereas, in spite of all the Commission's efforts, the
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Community,                                                           Council has not yet fixed the monthly increases for feed
                                                                       grain ; whereas, in order to ensure the continued opera­
                                                                       tion of the levy mechanism in question, the amounts of
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75                 the monthly increases likely to be adopted by the Council
  of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                 for the 1994/95 marketing year should be taken as the
  market in poultrymeat ('), as last amended by Regulation             basis ; whereas, however, this fixing is without prejudice to
  (EEC) No 1574/93 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 7             measures to be adopted as a result of decisions which the
  (1 ) thereof,                                                        Council may adopt at a later date as regards monthly
                                                                       increases for feed grain for the 1994/95 marketing year ;
  Whereas a levy fixed quarterly in advance must be
 charged on imports into the Community for the products
 specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                  Whereas the said Article 3 provides that the price for
  2777/75 ;                                                            each type of feed grain on the world market shall be
                                                                      equal to the average of the cif prices determined for that
                                                                      cereal for the period of five months ending one month
 Whereas sluice-gate prices for the products specified in             before the quarter in respect of which the said component
 Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regultion No 2777/75 must be fixed in             is calculated ; whereas that period is 1 January to 31 May
 advance for each quarter ;                                            1994 ;
 Whereas, as the levies and sluice-gate prices were fixed
 latterly in Commission Regulation (EC) No 711 /94 (3), for           Whereas the second component must be equal to 7 % of
 the period 1 April to 30 June 1994, new levies and slui­             the average of the sluice-gate prices applicable for the
 ce-gate prices must be fixed for the period 1 July to 30             four quarters to 1 April in each year ;
 September 1994 ;
 Whereas the levy on slaughtered poultry is made up of                Whereas the levy on chicks must be calculated in the
 two components ;                                                     same way as the levy on slaughtered poultry ; whereas,
                                                                      however, the quantity of feed grain used in the calculation
                                                                      must be that shown in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No
 Whereas the first component must be equal to the diffe­              2778/75 ; whereas the second component must be equal
 rence between prices within the Community and on the                 to 7 % of the average of the sluice-gate prices applicable
 world market for the quantity of feed grain specified in             to chicks ;
 Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 of 29
 October 1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy
 and the sluice-gate price for poultrymeat (4), as last
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3714/92 Q ;                          Whereas the levy on the products specified in Article 1
                                                                     (2) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 must be derived
                                                                     from the levy on slaughtered poultry on the basis of the
Whereas the price within the Community for that quan­                coefficients set out in the Annex to Commission Regula­
tity of feed grain must be determined in accordance with             tion (EEC) No 3011 /79 of 20 December 1979 fixing the
Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 ; whereas the               coefficients for calculating levies on derived poultrymeat
price for the like quantity on the world market must be              products and repealing Regulation No 199/67/EEC (6), as
determined in accordance with Article 3 thereof ;                    last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3714/92 ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2777/75, for calculating the import levies in the                 Whereas, in the case of products falling within CN codes
poultrymeat sector, the prices for feed grain within the             0207 31 , 0207 39 90, 0207 50, 0210 90 71 , 0210 90 79,
Community are determined once a year for a period of                 1501 00 90,      1602 31 ,   1602 39 19, 1602 39 30 and
                                                                      1 602 39 90, in respect of which the rate of duty has been
(')   OJ  No L  282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77.                           bound within GATT, the levies must not exceed the
(2)   OJ  No L  152, 24. 6. 1993, p. 1 .                             amount resulting from that binding ;
0     OJ  No L  85, 30. 3. 1994, p. 36.
(4)   OJ  No L  282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 84.
0     OJ  No L  378, 23. 12. 1992, p. 23.                            (6) OJ No L 337, 29. 12. 1979, p. 65.
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  Whereas the sluice-gate price for slaughtered poultry is           Poland, of the other part, and Council Regulation (EEC)
  made up of two components ;                                        No 520/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain rules for
                                                                     applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade­
 Whereas the first component must be equal to the price              related matters between the European Economic Commu­
  on the world market for the quantity of feed grain shown           nity and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the
  in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 ;                       one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of
                                                                     the other part (6), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     2235/93 f), and in particular Article 1 thereof introduce
 Whereas the price for that quantitiy of cereals must be             arrangements for reducing import levies on certain
  determined in accordance with Article 4 (2) and (3) of             products ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No
  Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 ;                                      2699/93 (8), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
                                                                     3549/93 (9), lays down detailed rules for applying the
 Whereas the said Article 4 provides that the price for              arrangements provided for in these agreements as regards
 each cereal on the world market shall be equal to the               poultrymeat ;
 average of the cif prices determined for that cereal for the
 period of five months ending one month before the
 quarter in respect of which the said component is calcu­
 lated ; whereas that period is 1 January to 31 May 1994 ;          Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 of 29 March
                                                                     1994(1°) has opened Community tariff quotas for certain
                                                                     agricultural products and fixed the levies to be applied on
 Whereas the second amount, which represents other                   imports of those products ; whereas Regulation (EC) No
 feeding costs and overhead costs of production and                  1431 /94 (u) has established the detailed rules of th import
 marketing, is fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No              regime for poultrymeat laid down in Regulation (EC) No
 2778/75 ;                                                           774/94 :
 Whereas the sluice-gate price for chicks must be calcu­
 lated in the same way as the sluice-gate price for slaught­
 ered poultry ; whereas, however, the quantity of feed grain        Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3641 /93 (12) and
 used in the calculation must be that shown in Annex II to          (EC) No 3642/93 (13) on certain rules for applying the
 Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 ; whereas the standard                  Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters
 amount must be that fixed in the same Annex ;                      between the European Economic Community and the
                                                                     European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part,
 Whereas the sluice-gate price for the products specified in        and the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, of the other
 Article 1 (2) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 must be           part ; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1559/
 derived from the sluice-gate prices for slaughtered poultry        94 (l4) lays down detailed rules for applying the arrange­
 on the basis of the coefficients fixed for these products in       ments provided for in these agreements as regards
 accordance with Article 5 (3) of that Regulation ;                 poultrymeat ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3833/90 of 20
 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for          Whereas, by Council Regulations (EEC) No 3834/90 of
 1991 in respect of certain agricultural products originating       20 December 1990 reducing for 1991 the levies on
 in developing countries ('), as last amended by Regulation         certain agricultural products originating in developing
(EC) No 3668/93 (2), partially or totally suspends                  countries (15), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
 Common Tariff duties, in particular on certain poultry­            3668/93 and (EEC) 715/90 of 5 March 1990 on the arran­
 meat products ;                                                    gements applicable to agricultural products and certain
                                                                    goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1) of Council Decision            products originating in the Africain, Caribbean and
91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the               Pacific States (ACP States) or the overseas countries and
overseas countries and territories with the European                territories (OCT)(16) as last amended by Regulation (EC)
 Economic Community (3), no levies shall apply on                   No 235/94 (l7) ; special import arrangements were intro­
imports of products originating in the overseas countries           duced involving a reduction to 50 % in levies within the
and territories ;                                                   framework of fixed amounts or annual quotas, in parti­
                                                                    cular for certain poultrymeat products ;
Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3491 /93 (4) and
(EC) No 3492/93 (% on certain procedures for applying               (6) OJ  No L 56, 29 . 2. 1992, p. 9.
                                                                    O OJ    No L 200, 10. 8 . 1993, p. 5.
the Europe Agreement establishing an association                    (8) OJ  No L 245, 1 . 10. 1993, p. 88.
between the European Communities and their Member                   O OJ    No L 324, 24. 12. 1993, p. 8.
States, of the one part, and the Republics of Hungary and           (I0) OJ  No L 91 , 8 . 4. 1994, p. 1 .
                                                                    (") OJ   No L 156, 23. 6. 1994, p. 9.
                                                                    (12) OJ  No L 333, 31 . 12. 1993, p. 16.
(■) OJ  No  L  370, 31 . 12. 1990, p. 86.                           H OJ No L 333, 31 . 12. 1993, p. 17.
O   OJ  No  L  338, 31 . 12. 1993, p. 22.                           (14) See page 62 of this Official Journal.
(3) OJ  No  L  263, 19.  9. 1991 , p. 1 .                           (15) OJ No L 370, 31 . 12. 1990, p. 121 .
O   OJ  No  L  319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 1 .                           H OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
O   OJ  No  L  319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 4.                            H OJ No L 30, 3. 2. 1994, p. 12.
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Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are          0210 90 79, 1501 00 90, 1602 31 , 1602 39 19, 1602 39 30
in accordance with the opinion of the Management                  and 1602 39 90, in respect of which the rate of duty has
Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,                               been bound within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the
                                                                  amount resulting from that binding.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                             Article 2
                           Article 1                              The levies fixed in this Regulation shall apply without
                                                                  prejudice to measures to be taken as a result of decisions
1 . The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation            which may be adopted by the Council at a later date,
(EEC) No 2777/75 and the sluice-gate prices provided for          possibly with effect from 1 July 1994, as regards the
in Article 7 thereof, in respect of the products specified in     monthly increases applicable to feed grain.
Article 1 (1 ), shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
                                                                                          Article 3
2.     However, in the case of products falling within CN
codes      0207 31 ,   0207 39 90,    0207 50,    0210 90 71 ,    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1994.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 30 June 1994.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             Rene STEICHEN
                                                                       Member of the Commission
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                                                         ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 1994 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for
                                                    poultrymeat (') (6)
                                                                                          Conventional rate
                     CN code           Sluice-gate price                 Levy                 of duty
                                        ECU/ 100 units            ECU/ 100 units                 %
                    0105 11 11                 22,53                      4,60                  —
                    010511 19                  22,53                      4,60                  —
                    0105 11 91                 22,53                      4,60                  —
                    0105 11 99                 22,53                      4,60                  —
                    0105 19 10                 99,63                     15,80                  —
                    0105 1990                  22,53                      4,60                  —
                                         ECU/100 kg                 ECU/ 100 kg
                    010591 00                  78,47                     18,03 (4)              —
                    010599 10                  88,59                     27,59                  —
                    0105 99 20               114,35                      28,29 (4)              —
                    0105 99 30               103,58                      21,71 (4)              —
                    0105 99 50               120,11                      29,55                  —
                    0207 10 11                 98,58                     22,65 (4)              —
                    0207 10 15               112,10                      25,75 (4)              —
                    0207 10 19               122,14                      28,06 00               —
                    0207 10 31               147,97                      31,02 (4)              —
                    0207 10 39               162,20                      34,00 (4)              —
                    0207 10 51               104,21                      32,47 0 0              —
                    0207 10 55               126,55                      39,42 00               —
                    0207 10 59               140,61                      43,81 (2) (4) 0        —
                    0207 10 71               163,35                      40,4100                —
                    0207 10 79               154,40                      42,49 00(0             —
                    0207 10 90               171,58                      42,22                  —
                    0207 21 10               112,10                      25,75 00               —
                    0207 21 90               122,14                      28,06 00               —
                    0207 22 10               147,97                      31,02 0                —
                    0207 22 90               162,20                      34,00 0                —
                    0207 23 1 1              1 26,55                     39,42 0 0              —
                    0207 23 1 9              1 40,6 1                    43,8 1 (2) (4) 0       —
                    0207 23 51               163,35                      40,41 00               —
                    0207 23 59               154,40                      42,49 000              —
                    0207 23 90               171,58                      42,22                  —
                    0207 31 10             1 633,50                     404,10                    30
                    0207 31 90             1 633,50                     404,10                    30
                    0207 39 11               287,15                      75,18 0                —
                    0207 39 13               134,35                      30,87 0                —
                    0207 39 15                 92,64                     23,52 0                —
                    0207 39 1 7                64,13                     16,28 0                —
                    0207 39 21               184,97                      42,49 0                —
                    0207 39 23               173,76                      39,91 0                —
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                                                                      Conventional rate
           CN code          Sluice-gate price        Levy
                                                                          of duty
                              ECU/ 100 kg         ECU/ 100 kg                %
          0207 39 25              285,04             72,36                  —
          0207 39 27               64,13             16,28 0                —
          0207 39 31              310,74             65,14 (4)              —
          0207 39 33              178,42             37,40 0                —
          0207 39 35               92,64             23,52 (4)              —
          0207 39 37               64,13             16,28 (4)              —
          0207 39 41              236,75             49,63 (4)              —
          0207 39 43              110,98             23,27 (4)              —
          0207 39 45              199,76             41,88 (4)              —
          0207 39 47              285,04             72,36 (4)              —
          0207 39 51               64,13             16,28 (4)              —
          0207 39 53              324,24             89,23 (2) (4) 0        —
          0207 39 55              287,15             75,1 8 (2) (4) O       —
          0207 39 57              154,67             48,19                  —
          0207 39 61              169,84             46,74 (2) (4) O        —
          0207 39 63              188,74             46,44                  —
          0207 39 65               92,64             23,52 (2) (4) O        —
          0207 39 67               64,13             16,28 (2) (4) O        —
          0207 39 71              231,60             63,74 (2) (4) O        —
          0207 39 73              184,97             42,49 (2) (4) 0        —
          0207 39 75              223,88             61,61 0 00             —
          0207 39 77              173,76             39,91 0 0 0            —
          0207 39 81              196,67             57,34 0 00             ~
          0207 39 83              285,04             72,36                  —
          0207 39 85               64,13             16,28 0 0              —
          0207 39 90              163,90             41,61                  10
          0207 41 10              287,15             75,1800                —
          0207 41 11              134,35             30,87 0                —
          0207 41 21               92,64             23,52 O                —
          0207 41 31               64,13             16,28 0                —
          0207 4141               184,97             42,49 0 0              —
          0207 41 51              173,76             39,91 00               —
          0207 41 71              285,04             72,36 0 0 0            —
          0207 41 90               64,13             16,28 0 0              —
          0207 42 10              310,74             65,14 0 0              —
          0207 42 11              178,42             37,40OO                —
          0207 42 21               92,64             23,52 0                —
          0207 42 31               64,13             16,28 0                —
          0207 42 41              236,75             49,63 0                —
          0207 42 51              110,98             23,27 0                —
          0207 42 59              199,76             41,88 0                —
          0207 42 71              285,04             72,36 0 0              —
          0207 42 90               64,13             16,28                  —
          0207 43 11              324,24             89,23 0 0 0            —
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                                                                                                          Conventional rate
                          CN code                   Sluice-gate price               Levy
                                                                                                                of duty
                                                      ECU/ 100 kg               ECU/ 100 kg                        %
                        0207 43 15                        287,15                    75,1 8 (2) (4) O              —
                        0207 43 21                        154,67                    48,19                         —
                        0207 43 23                        169,84                    46,74 (2) (4) (*)             —
                        0207 43 25                        188,74                    46,44                         —
                        0207 43 31                         92,64                    23,52 (2) (4) O               —
                        0207 43 41                         64,13                    16,28 (2)(4)0                 —
                        0207 43 51                        231,60                    63,74 (2) (4) O               —
                        0207 43 53                        184,97                    42,49 (2) (4) f)              —
                        0207 43 61                        223,88                    61,61 OOO                     —
                        0207 43 63                        173,76                    39,91 (2)(4)0                 —
                        0207 43 71                        196,67                    57,34 (2) (4) (*)             —
                        0207 43 81                        285,04                    72,36                         —
                        0207 43 90                         64,13                    16,28 (4)0                    —
                        0207 50 10                      1 633,50                   404,10                           3 (3)
                        0207 50 90                        163,90                    41,61                          10
                        0209 00 90                        142,52                    36,18                         —
                        0210 90 71                      1 633,50                   404,10                           3
                        0210 90 79                        163,90                    41,61                          10
                        1501 00 90                        171,02                    43,42                          18
                        1602 31 11                        295,94                    62,04                          17
                        1602 31 19                        313,54                    79,60                          17
                        1602 31 30                        171,02                    43,42                          17
                        1602 31 90                         99,76                    25,33                          17
                        1602 39 11                        282,32                    74,94                         —
                        1602 39 19                        313,54                    79,60                          17
                        1602 39 30                        171,02                    43,42                          17
                        1602 39 90                         99,76                    25,33                          17
              (') The levy on products covered by CN codes 0207, 1602 31 and 1602 39 originating in the ACP countries and
                  listed in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 is reduced by 50 % within the limits of the quotas referred to
                  in that Regulation .
              (2) The levy on such products originating in the developing countries and listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC)
                  No 3834/90 is reduced by 50 % within the limits of the fixed amounts referred to in that Annex.
              (3) Products imported under the Interim Agreements concluded between Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, the
                  Slovak Republic, Romania and Bulgaria or originating in the developing countries and listed in Regulation (EEC)
                  No 3833/90 are suspended and no levy is to be collected.
              (4) Products falling within this code, imported from Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic
                  under the Interim Agreements concluded between those countries and the Community, and in respect of which
                  EUR.l certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2699/93 have been presented, are subject to
                  the levies set out in the Annex to that Regulation.
              (*) Products falling within this code, imported from Bulgaria and Romania under the Interim Agreements
                  concluded between those countries and the Community, and in respect of which EUR. 1 certificates issued in
                  accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1559/94 have been presented, are subject to the levies set out in the Annex
                  to that Regulation.
              (') No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
              Q The levy on products falling within this code, imported under Regulation (EC) No 1 559/94, is limited under the
                  conditions laid down in this Regulation.