CELEX: 31978R1671
Language: en
Date: 1978-07-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1671/78 of 13 July 1978 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

No L 192/ 60                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             15, 7 . 78
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1671 /78
                                                       of 13 July 1978
                               fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas the second component must be equal to
COMMUNITIES,                                                      7 % of the average of the sluice-gate prices applicable
                                                                  for the four quarters ta 1 May of each year ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                  Whereas the levy on chicks must be calculated in the
                                                                  same way as the levy on slaughtered poultry ; whereas,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      however, the quantity of feed grain used in the calcula­
2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                tion must be that shown in Annex I to Regulation
tion of the market in poultrymeat (*), as amended by              (EEC) No 2778/75 ; whereas the second component
Regulation (EEC) No 369/76 (2), and in particular Arti­           must be equal to 7 % of the average of the sluice-gate
cles 3 and 7 ( 1 ) thereof,                                       prices applicable to chicks ;
Whereas a levy fixed quarterly in advance must be
charged on imports into the Community for the                     Whereas the levy on the products specified in Article
products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)         1 (2) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 must be
No 2777/75 ; whereas levies were last fixed by Regula­            derived from the levy on slaughtered poultry on the
tion (EEC) No 756/78 (3) for the period ending 31                 basis of the coefficients set out in the Annex to
July 1978 , and levies must therefore be fixed anew for           Commission Regulation No 199/67/EEC of 28 June
the period 1 August to 31 October 1978 ;                          1967 fixing the coefficients for calculating levies on
                                                                  derived poultrymeat products (6), as last amended by
Whereas the levy on slaughtered poultry is made up                Regulation (EEC) No 1776/74 (7) ;
of two components ;
Whereas the first component must be equal to the                  Whereas, for products falling within heading No
difference between prices within the Community and                02.03, or within subheadings 15.01 B or 16.02 B I of
on the world market for the quantity of feed grain                the Common Customs Tariff, in respect of which the
specified in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No               rate of duty payable has been bound within GATT,
2778/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down rules for                  the levies must not exceed the amount resulting from
calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for poul­          that binding ;
trymeat (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
2299/77 (5) ;
                                                                  Whereas sluice-gate prices for the products specified
Whereas the price within the Community for that                   in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 must
quantity of feed grain must be determined in accor­               be fixed in advance for each quarter ; whereas sluice­
dance with Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No                       gate prices were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No
2778 /75 ; whereas the price of the like quantity on the          756/78 for the period ending 31 July 1978, and prices
world market must be determined in accordance with                must therefore now be fixed anew for the period 1
Article 3 thereof ;                                               August to 31 October 1978 ;
Whereas that Article provides that the price for each
type of feed grain on the world market shall be equal             Whereas the sluice-gate price on slaughtered poultry
to the average of the cif prices determined for that              is made up of two components ;
cereal for the period of five months ending one
month before the quarter in respect of which the said
component is calculated ; whereas that period is 1                Whereas the first component must be equal to the
February to 30 June 1978 ;                                        price on the world market for the quantity of feed
                                                                  grain shown in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
(») OJ No   L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77 .                         2778 /75 ;
(2  OJ No   L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 3 .
(3) OJ No   L 101 , 14. 4. 1978 , p. 29 .
(<) OJ No   L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 84.                          (') OJ No 134, 30 . 6. 1967, p. 2831 /67.
(5) OJ No   L 271 , 22. 10 . 1977, p. 1 .                          7) OJ No L 186, 10 . 7. 1974, p. 16.
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Whereas the price of this quantity of cereals must be       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
determined in accordance with Article 4 (2) and (3) of       are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 ;                                ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Whereas the said Article 4 provides that the price for
each cereal on the world market shall be equal to the
average of the cif prices determined for that cereal for     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the period of five months ending one month before
the quarter in respect of which the said component is
calculated ; whereas that period is 1 February to 30                                 Article 1
June 1978 ;
                                                             1 . The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regula­
Whereas the second amount, which represents other            tion (EEC) No 2777/75 in respect of the products
feeding costs and overhead costs of production and           specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation and the
marketing, is fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC)          sluice-gate prices provided for in Article 7 thereof in
No 2778 /75 ;                                                respect of the like products shall be as shown in the
                                                             Annex hereto .
Whereas the sluice-gate price for chicks must be calcu­
lated in the same way as the sluice-gate price for
slaughtered poultry ; whereas, however, the quantity of      2. However, in the case of products falling within
feed grain used in the calculation must be that shown        heading No 02.03 and within subheadings 15.01 B or
in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 ;                 16.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff in respect
whereas the standard amount must be that fixed in            of which the rate of duty has been bound within
the same Annex ;                                             GATT, the levy shall not exceed the amount resulting
                                                             from that binding.
Whereas the sluice-gate price for the products speci­
fied in Article 1 (2) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No
2777/75 must be derived from the sluice-gate prices                                  Article 2
for slaughtered poultry on the basis of the coefficients
fixed for these products in accordance with Article 5        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August
(3) cf that Regulation ;                                     1978 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 13 July 1978 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                        Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                           Vice-President
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                                                           ANNEX
             Sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat for the period 1 August to 31 October 1978
 CCT heading                                                                                  Sluice-gate
     No                                          Description                                       price           Levy
      1                                              2                                              3                4
                                                                                             u.a. /100 units u.a. /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                                                           66.82            8-24
                   II. Other                                                                       17.70           4-16
                                                                                              u.a./100 kg     u.a./100 kg
               B. Other :
                     I. Fowls                                                                     59.48          15-44
                    II. Ducks                                                                     71-82          22-74
                   III. Geese                                                                     87.31          21-37
                   IV. Turkeys                                                                    75.59          17-48
                    V. Guinea fowls                                                               99.10          26-78
  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'                                                      74.74          19.40
                        b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, but with
                           hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 °/o chickens'                 84.97         22-05
                        c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without
                           hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '65 % chickens'                  92.59          24.03
                    II. Ducks :
                        a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted, with heads and feet,
                           known as ' 85 %> ducks'                                                84.49          26.76
                        b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with
                           hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 °/o ducks'                 102.60           32-48
                        c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, without
                           hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '63 °/o ducks'                 114.00           36.09
                   III. Geese :
                        a) Plucked, bled, not drawn, with heads and feet, known
                           as '82 %> geese'                                                     124.73           30.53
                        b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with or
                           without hearts and gizzards, known as '75 °/« geese'                 116.38          31.98
                   IV. Turkeys                                                                  107.98          24-97
                    V. Guinea fowls                                                             141.57          38.26
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   CCT heading                                                                                                Sluice-gate
        No                                              Description                                              price          Levy
         1                                                   2                                                      3            4
                                                                                                              u.a. /100 kg  u.a./100 kg
     02.02            B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) :
     (cont'd)
                           I. Boned or boneless                                                                 221.40        59.90
                          II. Unboned (bone-in) :
                               a) Halves or quarters :
                                  1 . Of fowls                                                                  101.85        26.43
                                  2. Of ducks                                                                   125.40'       39.70
                                  3 . Of geese                                                                  128.02        35-18
                                  4. Of turkeys                                                                 118.78        27-47
                                  5. Of guinea fowls                                                            155-73        42.09
                              b)  Whole wings, with or without tips                                              71.96        19-47
                              c)  Backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing
                                  tips                                                                           49-82         13-48
                              d)  Breasts and cuts of breasts :
                                  1 . Of geese                                                                  174-57        47.97
                                  2. Of turkeys                                                                 178-17        41.20
                                  3. Of other poultry                                                           140.20        36.38
                              e)  Legs and cuts of legs :
                                  1 . Of geese                                                                  168-75        46-37
                                  2. Of turkeys :
                                      aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks                                      97-18        22-47
                                      bb ) Other                                                               167-37         38-70
                                  3. Of other poultry                                                          131.70         34-18
                              f)  Other                                                                        221.40         59.90
                      C. Offals                                                                                  49.82        13-48
     02.03            Poultry, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine :
                      A. Foie gras (goose or duck)                                                           1 247.30        305-30
                      B. Other                                                                                 127-31         34-44
     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                                                                            110-70        29.95
     15.01            Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted :
                      B. Poultry fat                                                                           132-84         35-94
     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 (a)                          243.54         65-89
                              b) Containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight
                                  of poultrymeat ( a)                                                           132-84        35-94
                              c) Other                                                                           77.49        20.97
(A) For die purpose of determining the percentage of poultrymeat, weight of any bones shall be disregarded .