CELEX: 31982R0862
Language: en
Date: 1982-04-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 862/82 of 14 April 1982 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat

15. 4. 82                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 99/29
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 862/82
                                                         of 14 April 1982
                                  fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     quarter ; whereas the sluice-gate prices should there­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       fore be maintained unchanged until 31 July 1982 ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1
 Economic Community,                                                November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,
                                                                    trends in world market prices for feed grain should be
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       taken into account only if at the same time a new
 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                   sluice-gate price is being fixed ;
 zation of the market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 2966/80 (2), and in particular                 Whereas, since no new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
 Articles 8 and 12 ( 1 ) thereof,                                   the levies should accordingly be maintained
                                                                    unchanged until 31 July 1982 ;
 Whereas sluice-gate prices for pig carcases and for the
 other products specified in Article 1 of Council Regu­             Whereas, in the case of products falling within any of
 lation (EEC) No 2766/75 of 29 October 1975 esta­                   subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I, 16.01 A or
 blishing the list of products for which sluice-gate                16.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect
 prices are to be fixed and laying down the rules for               of which the rate of duty has been bound within
 fixing the sluice-gate prices for pig carcases (3), as last        GATT, the levies should be limited to the amounts
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 772/79 (4), and                     resulting from that binding ;
 levies for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of
 Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, must be fixed in
 advance for each quarter in accordance with the                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 methods of calculation laid down in Commission                     are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 Regulation (EEC) No 2109/81 of 22 July 1981 fixing                 Committee for Pigmeat,
the levies and sluice-gate prices on pigmeat (*) ;
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for
pigmeat were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
97/82 (*) and corrected by Regulation (EEC) No
 130/82 (J) for the period 1 February to 30 April 1982,
 they must be fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31
July 1982 ; whereas such prices and levies should in                                        Article 1
principle be fixed by reference to feed grain prices for
the period 1 November 1981 to 31 March 1982 ;                       1 . For the period 1 May to 31 July 1982, the
                                                                    sluice-gate prices provided for in Article 12 of Regula­
Whereas, when the sluice-gate price applicable from 1               tion (EEC) No 2759/75 for the products specified in
November, 1 February and 1 May is being fixed,                      Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2 766/75 and the
trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be              levies provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC)
taken into account only if the value of the quantity of             No 2759/75 for the products specified in Article 1 (1 )
feed grain required varies by at least a specified                  of that Regulation shall be as shown in the Annex to
minimum in relation to that used in calculating the                 corrected Regulation (EEC) No 97/82.
sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas
this minimum was fixed by Regulation (EEC) No                       2. Provided that, in the case of products falling
2766/75 at 3 % ;                                                    within any of subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01
                                                                    A I, 16.01 A or 16.02 A II of the Common Customs
Whereas the value of the quantity of feed grain varies              Tariff, in respect of which the rate of duty has been
by more than 3 % from that used for the preceding                   bound within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the
                                                                    amount resulting from that binding.
(') OJ  No  L  282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 307, 18. 11 . 1980, p. 5.
(3) OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 25.
(4) OJ  No  L 99, 21 . 4. 1979, p. 1 .                                                      Article 2
0   OJ  No  L 205, 25. 7. 1981 , p. 6.
(«) OJ  No  L  13, 19. 1 . 1982, p. 12.
0   OJ  No  L  16, 22. 1 . 1982, p. 28 .                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1982.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 14 April 1982.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Poul DALSAGER
                                                               Member of the Commission