CELEX: 31967R0146
Language: en
Date: 1967-06-21 00:00:00
Title: Regulation No 146/67/EEC of the Council of 21 June 1967 laying down rules for calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for poultrymeat

Official Journal of the European Communities                                    105
2470/67                      OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                        26.6.67
                               REGULATION No 146/67/EEC OF THE COUNCIL
                                                    of 21 June 1967
                 laying down rules for calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for poultrymeat
THE    COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC                                     feet but with hearts, livers and gizzards,
COMMUNITY,                                                                  hereinafter called '70% chickens';
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                 1 : 2-81 for slaughtered cocks, hens and chickens,
pean Economic Community ;                                                   plucked and drawn, without heads and
                                                                            feet and without hearts, livers and giz­
                                                                            zards, hereinafter called ' 65% chickens';
Having regard to Council Regulation No 123/67/
EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common organisation                    1 : 3-21 for slaughtered ducks, plucked, bled, not
of the market in poultrymeat, and in particular                             drawn or gutted, with heads and feet,
Article 4 (3 ) and Article 7 (5 ) thereof;                                  hereinafter called '85% ducks';
                                                               — 1 : 3-89 for slaughtered ducks, plucked and
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                         drawn, without heads and feet, with or
                                                                            without hearts, livers and gizzards, here­
Whereas one of the components of the levy on                                inafter called '70% ducks';
slaughtered poultry is equal to the difference between
prices within the Community and on the world mar­              — 1 : 3-05 for slaughtered geese, plucked, bled, not
ket for the quantity of feed grain, varied according to                     drawn, with heads and feet, hereinafter
kind of poultry, which is required for the production                       called '82% geese';
in the Community of one kilogramme of slaughtered
poultry ;                                                      — 1 : 3-33 for     slaughtered    geese,   plucked   and
                                                                            drawn, without heads and feet, with or
                                                                            without hearts and gizzards, hereinafter
Whereas that quantity should be determined on the                           called '75% geese';
basis of a processing coefficient which expresses the
weight ratio of the slaughtered poultry to the feed            — 1 : 3-28 for slaughtered turkeys ;
grain required for its production ; whereas when this
ratio is being determined account should be taken of           — 1 : 4-44 for slaughtered guinea fowls ;
the' quantity of feed grain required for the production
of chicks as defined in Article 1 (2) (b) of Regulation
No 123/67/EEC and of a certain percentage of poultry
mortality during fattening; whereas the coefficient            Whereas the levy on chicks should be calculated in
must be varied according to kind of poultry ; whereas          the same way as the levy on slaughtered poultry ;
in view of this it is appropriate to fix it at :               whereas, however, the quantity of feed grain to be
                                                               used should be that required for the production in
                                                               the Community of one chick of any kind ;
— 1 : 2-20 for slaughtered cocks, hens and chickens,
             plucked and gutted, with heads and feet,
             hereinafter called ' 83% chickens';               Whereas that quantity should be determined on the
                                                               basis of a processing coefficient of 1 : 0-368, express­
— 1 : 2-61 for slaughtered cocks, hens and chickens,           ing the ratio of one chick to the weight of feed grain
             plucked and drawn, without heads and              required for its production ; whereas when this ratio
                                                               is being determined account should be taken of the
                                                               quantity of feed grain required for the production of
1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p . 2301 /67.                          eggs for hatching to produce one chick;
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 Whereas the composition of a mixture of cereals                    which is required for the production in third
making up these quantities should be determined ;                    countries of one kilogramme of slaughtered
                                                                     poultry;
 Whereas this mixture includes cereals or their by­                  a standard amount representing other feeding
products which it is advisable to assimilate to one of               costs and overhead costs of production and mar­
 the three cereals mainly used as feed for poultry,                  keting, varied according to kind of poultry ;
 namely maize, barley and oats, and whereas in par­
 ticular fodder wheat should be assimilated to barley ;
                                                                Whereas the sluice-gate price for chicks should be
Whereas therefore a cereal mixture made up as fol­              calculated in the same way as the sluice-gate price for
 lows should be considered as representative :                  slaughtered poultry ; whereas, however, the price for
                                                                the quantity of feed grain on the world market
— for hens and chickens :                                       should be the price for the quantity required for the
                                                                production in third countries of one chick ; whereas
                     Maize :       78%                          the standard amount should be the amount express­
                     Barley :      19%                          ing other feeding costs and overhead costs of pro­
                                                                duction and marketing in respect of one chick;
                     Oats :         3%                          whereas the value of the quantity of feed grain and
                                                                the standard amount should not be varied according
                                                                to kind :
     for ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls :
                     Maize :       58%
                                                                Whereas the quantities of feed grain should be deter­
                     Barley:       32%                          mined on the basis of a processing coefficient fixed
                                                                according to the same criteria as those used to fix the
                     Oats :        10%                          processing coefficients used in calculating levies;
                                                                whereas, however, as regards slaughtered poultry, ac­
                                                                count should not be taken of the quantity of feed
— for chicks :
                                                                grain used for the production of one chick; whereas,
                     Maize :       58%                          in view of these considerations, it is appropriate to
                                                                fix the coefficient at :
                     Barley:       29%
                     Oats :        13%                         — 1 : 1-958 for 83% chickens;
                                                               — 1 : 2-321 for 70% chickens;
Whereas in view of the composition of these quanti­            — 1 : 2-500 for 65% chickens ;
ties of feed grain it would appear necessary that their
price in the Community and on the world market                 — 1 : 3-000 for 85% ducks;
should be equal to the average, weighted according             — 1 : 3-643 for 70% ducks ;
to the composition mentioned, of the prices in the
Community and on the world market for each of the              — 1 : 3-000 for 82% geese;
cereals in question ;
                                                               — 1 : 3-280 for 75% geese;
                                                               — 1 : 3-128 for slaughtered turkeys ;
Whereas in order to calculate the price for each type
of feed grain it is necessary to take as a basis :             — 1 : 4-038 for slaughtered guinea fowls;
— the average of the threshold prices, plus the                — 1 : 0-416 for chicks;
    monthly increase for the period mentioned in the
    second subparagraph of Article 4 ( 1 ) ( a) of Regu­
    lation No 123/67/EEC ;                                     Whereas in the light of experience in the Community
                                                               and on the world market the same composition
— the average of the c.i.f. prices determined for the          should be adopted for the quantity of feed grain on
    period mentioned in the third subparagraph of              the world market as that used within the Community
    Article 4 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation No 123/67/EEC;           for calculating the levy;
Whereas in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation             Whereas the price for the quantity of feed grain
No 123/67/EEC, the sluice-gate price for slaughtered           should be calculated in the same way as the levy;
poultry consists of two components :
— the price on the world market for the quantity of            Whereas the average of the c.i.f. prices should be in­
    feed grain, varied according to kind of poultry,           creased by 0-475 units of account per 100 kilo­
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grammes of cereal in order to take account of cost of                                  Article 2
carriage to place of use and cost of processing into
feeding-stuffs.                                              1 . The price for the quantity of feed grain in the
                                                             Community shall be equal to the average, weighted
                                                             according to the percentages shown in column 4 of
Whereas when the quantity of feed grain on the               Annex I, of the prices in the Community per kilo­
world market is being determined other feeding costs         gramme for each of the cereals included in this
and overhead costs of production and marketing are           quantity, the average being multiplied by the cor­
not taken into account; whereas these other feeding          responding figure in column 3 of Annex I.
costs cover supplementary protein foods, mineral
salts, vitamins and prophylactic products ; whereas
overhead costs of production and marketing include           2. The price for each type of feed grain in the
veterinary fees, animal boarding costs, labour,              Community shall be equal to the average of the
insurance, transport and the trading margin ; whereas        threshold prices, plus their monthly increase, opera­
these costs may be assessed at flat rates of:                tive for that cereal for a period of twelve months be­
                                                             ginning on 1 August.
— 0-4711 u.a. per kilogramme for 83% chickens ;
— 0-5586 u.a. per kilogramme for 70% chickens ;
                                                                                       Article 3
— 0-6015 u.a. per kilogramme for 65% chickens ;
                                                             1 . The price for the quantity of feed grain on the
— 0-3836 u.a. per kilogramme for 85% ducks ;                 world market shall be equal to the average, weighted
                                                             according to the percentages shown in column 4 of
— 0-4659 u.a. per kilogramme for 70% ducks ;                 Annex I, of the prices on the world market per kilo­
                                                             gramme for each of the cereals included in this quan­
— 0-4888 u.a. per kilogramme for 82% geese ;                 tity, the average being multiplied by the correspond­
                                                             ing figure in column 3 of Annex I.
— 0-3344 u.a. per kilogramme for 75% geese;
                                                             2.     The price for each type of feed grain on the
— 0-6200 u.a. per kilogramme for slaughtered tur­            world market shall be equal to the average of the
    keys;                                                    c.i.f. prices determined for that cereal for the period
                                                             of six months mentioned in the third subparagraph
— 0-9059 u.a". per kilogramme for slaughtered guinea         of Article 4 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation No 123/67/EEC.
    fowls;
— 0-1112 u.a. per kilogramme for one chick;
                                                                                       Article 4
Whereas when the sluice-gate price applicable from 1         1.     The price for the quantities ' of feed grain men­
November, 1 February and 1 May is being fixed,               tioned in Article 7 (2) ( a) and (3 ) of Regulation No
trends in world market prices for feed grain should be       123 /67/EEC shall be equal to the price for the quan­
taken into account only if the price of the quantity of      tities of feed grain shown in column 3 of Annex II,
feed grain shows a minimum variation from that used          the composition of which appears in column 4 of An­
in calculating the sluice-gate price for the preceding       nex II.
quarter; whereas a variation of less than 3% has no
appreciable effect on poultry feeding costs ; whereas
the minimum variation should be fixed at 3 % ;               2.     The price for these quantities of feed grain shall
                                                             be equal to the average, weighted according to the
                                                             percentages shown in column 4 of Annex II, of the
                                                             prices per kilogramme for each of the cereals included
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                in this quantity the average being multiplied by the
                                                             corresponding figure in column 3 of Annex II.
                         Article 1
                                                             3 . The price for each cereal shall be equal to the
                                                             average of the c.i.f. prices determined for that cereal
The quantities and composition of feed grain men­            for the period of six months mentioned in the second
tioned in Article 4 ( 1 ) (a) and (2) of Regulation No       subparagraph of Article 7 (2) of Regulation No 123/
123 /67/EEC are fixed as shown in columns 3 and 4            67/EEC, increased by 0-475 units of account per 100
of Annex I.                                                  kilogrammes of cereal.
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                        Article 5                                 paragraph of Article 7 (2) of Regulation No 123/67/
                                                                  EEC is fixed at 3% .
The standard amounts mentioned in Article 7 (2) (b)
and (3 ) of Regulation No 123/67/EEC are fixed as
shown in column 5 of Annex II.                                                            Article 7
                        Article 6                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day fol­
                                                                  lowing its publication in the Official Journal of the
The minimum variation mentioned in the last sub­                  European Communities.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
            Done at Brussels, 21 June 1967.
                                                                                         For the Council
                                                                                          The President
                                                                                      R. VAN ELSLANDE
                                                           ANNEX 1
                   CCT
                                                                                 Quantity
                 heading                            Products
                                                                                   in kg         Composition
                    No
                      1                                2                             3                4
                 01.05          Live poultry, that is to say, fowls, ducks,
                                geese, turkeys and guinea fowls :
                                A. Of a weight not exceeding 185                  0-368         maize   58%
                                    grammes                                                     barley 29%
                                                                                                oats    13%
                 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) 83% chickens                         2-20          maize   78%
                                                                                                barley 19%
                                                                                                oats     3%
                                         (b) 70% chickens                         2-61          maize   78%
                                                                                                barley· 19%
                                                                                                oats     3%
                                         (c) 65% chickens                         2-81          maize   78%
                                                                                                barley 19%
                                                                                                oats     3%
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    CCT
  heading                          Products
                                                            Quantity
                                                              in kg         Composition
    No
       1                              2                         3                 4
  02.02            II. Ducks :
(Cont'd)                (a) 85% ducks                        3-21          maize    58%
                                                                           barley 32%
                                                                           oats     10%
                        (b) 70% ducks                        3-89          maize    58%
                                                                           barley 32%
                                                                           oats     10%
                  III . Geese :
                        (a) 82% geese                        3-05          maize    58%
                                                                           barley 32%
                                                                           oats      10%
                        (b) 75% geese                        3-33          maize    58%
                                                                           barley 32%
                                                                           oats      10%
                  IV. Turkeys                                3-28          maize    58%
                                                                           barley 32%
                                                                           oats      10%
                   V. Guinea fowls                           4-44          maize    58%
                                                                           barley 32%
                                                                           oats      10%
                                          ANNEX 11
   CCT                                                                          Standard
                                                   Quantity
 heading                    Products
                                                     in kg     Composition      amount
   No                                                                            in u.a .
     1                          2                      3            4               J
 01.05    Live poultry, that is to say, fowls,
          ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea
          fowls :
          A. Of a weight not exceeding 185         0-416    maize     58%       0-1112
              grammes .                             each    barley    29%         each
                                                            oats      13%
 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:
               L Fowls :
                    (a) 83% chickens                1-958   maize     78%       0-4711
                                                            barley    19%
                                                            oats       3%
                    (b) 70% chickens                2-321   maize     78%       0-5586
                                                            barley    19%
                                                             oats      3%
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      CCT                                                           Standard
     heading              Products
                                              Quantity
                                                in kg   Composition amount
       No                                                            in u.a .
        1                    2                    3          4          5
     02.02        (c) 65% chickens             2-500   maize   78%  0-6015
    (Cont'd)                                           barley 19%
                                                       oats      3%
              II. Ducks :
                  (a) 85% ducks                3000    maize   58%  0-3836
                                                       barley 32%
                                                       oats    10%
                  (b) 70% ducks                3-643   maize   58%  0-4659
                                                       barley 32%
                                                       oats    10%
             III. Geese :
                  (a) 82% geese                3-000   maize   58%  0-4888
                                                       barley 32%
                                                       oats    10%
                  (b) 75% geese                3-280   maize   58%  0-3344
                                                       barley 32%
                                                       oats    10%
             IV. Turkeys                       3-128   maize   58%  0-6200
                                                       barley 32%
                                                       oats    10%
              V. Guinea fowls                  4-038   maize   58%  0-9463
                                                       barley 32%
                                                       oats    10%