CELEX: 31973R0988
Language: en
Date: 1973-04-09 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 988/73 of the Council of 9 April 1973 amending Regulation No 146/67/EEC as regards the provisions for calculating the levy and the sluice gate prices for certain slaughtered ducks

No L 99/6                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                    13 . 4. 73
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 988/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                       of 9 April 1973
               amending Regulation No 146/67/EEC as regards the provisions for calculating the
                               levy and the sluice gate prices for certain slaughtered ducks
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       tered ducks, plucked and drawn, without heads and
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      feet, with hearts, livers and gizzards, it is possible,
                                                                   given a similar composition of the feed grain mix­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                ture, to determine the relevant figures for 63 %
pean Economic Community ;                                          ducks by adjusting those for 70 % ducks in accor­
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 123/67/                    dance with the increased value of birds in the for­
 EEC ( x) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                  mer presentation ;
 tion of the market in poultrymeat, as last amended                The tariff nomenclature established pursuant to
by the Act of Accession (2) and the Adjustments to                 Regulation No 123/67/EEC is incorporated in the
the Treaties, and in particular Articles 4 (3 ) and '              Common Customs Tariff introduced by Regulation
7 (5 ) thereof ;                                                   (EEC) No 950/68 (4), as last amended by Regulation
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­                     (EEC) No 220/73 (5) ;
sion ;
Whereas Regulation No 146/67/EEC (3) contains pro­                HAD ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING REGULATION :
visions for calculating the levy on poultrymeat, and
in particular lays down the quantity of feed grain                                           Article 1
required for the production in the Community of
one kilogramme of slaughtered poultry and the per­                 1.    In Annex I to Regulation No 146/67/EEC, after
centage of each type of feed grain contained in that *            the entry relating to subheading 02.02 A II b), the
quantity ; whereas that Regulation also contains                  following entry is inserted :
provisions for calculating the sluice-gate price for              'c) 63 % ducks             4-38        maize 58 %
poultrymeat, and in particular lays down the quan­                                                       barley 32 %
tity of feed grain required for the production in                                                        oats   10 % '
third countries of one kilogramme of slaughtered
poultry and the percentage of each type of feed grain             2. In Annex II to Regulation No 146/67/EEC,
contained in that quantity and fixes a standard                   after the entry relating to sub-heading 02.02 A II
amount representing other feeding costs and over­                 b ), the following entry is inserted :
head costs of production and marketing ;
                                                                  'c) 63 % ducks            3-048        maize 58 %       0-5176'
Whereas the abovementioned Regulation makes pro­                                                         barley 32 %
vision for slaughtered ducks in the so-called ' 85 % '                                                   oats   10 %
and '70 % ' presentations ; whereas, however, as a
result of developments on the duck market, it has                                            Article 2
become necessary to fix a separate levy and sluice­
gate price for ducks offered for sale plucked and                 The Regulation No 950/68 is amended as indicated in
drawn, without heads and feet and without hearts,                 the Annex hereto .
livers and gizzards ; whereas ducks in this presenta­
tion may be referred to as '63 °/o' ducks ;                                                  Article 3
Whereas, since the feed grain quantity and the stan­              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May
dard amount fixed for 70 % ducks relate to slaugh­                1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Luxembourg, 9 April 1973 .
                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                The President
                                                                                 A. LA YENS
(l) OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p . 2301 /67.
(*) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.                              (4) OJ No L 172 , 22 . 7. 1968 , p. 1 .
{*) OJ No 125, 26. 6. 1967, p. 2470/67.                           (5 ) OJ No L 27, 1 . 2 . 1973 , p. 1 .
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                                                          ANNEX
           Subheading 02.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff shall read as follows :
                                                                                      Rate of duty
              Heading
                No                               Description                autonomous
                                                                                              conventional
                                                                                 %                 %
                                                                            or levy ( L)
                 1                                   2                           3                 4
              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 :
                              II . Ducks :
                                   a) Plucked, bled, gutted but not drawn,
                                       with heads and feet, known as '85 %>
                                      ducks '                                 18 ( L)
                                   b) Plucked and drawn, without heads
                                      and feet, with hearts, livers and
                                      gizzards, known as '70 % ducks '        18 ( L)
                                   c) Plucked and drawn, without heads
                                      and feet and without hearts, livers
                                      and gizzards known as '63 °/o ducks'    18 ( L )             —