CELEX: 31991R1817
Language: en
Date: 1991-06-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1817/91 of 27 June 1991 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on pigmeat

28 . 6 . 91                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 166/ 19
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1817/91
                                                       of 27 June 1991
                                   fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       the average of the cif prices of that cereal ; whereas the cif
                                                                  prices are recorded for the five-month period ending one
                                                                  month before the quarter in respect of which the said
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             component is calculated ; whereas that period is 1 January
Economic Community,                                               to 31 May 1991 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75              Whereas the second component must be equal to 7 % of
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the              the average of the sluice-gate prices applicable for the
market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by Regulation              four quarters to 1 April in each year ;
(EEC) No 1249/89 (2), and in particular Articles 8 and 12
(1 ) thereof,
                                                                  Whereas the levies on the products specified in Article 1
Whereas a levy fixed quarterly in advance must be                 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 other than
charged on imports into the Community for the products            pig carcases must be derived from the levy on pig carcases
specified in Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                on the basis of the coefficients fixed for such products
2759/75 :                                                         pursuant to Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  2759/75 in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  3944/87 of 21 December 1987 fixing coefficients for
                                                                  calculating levies on pigmeat products (6), as amended by
Whereas, as the levies and sluice-gate prices were last           Regulation (EEC) No 1251 /90 f7);
fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 670/91 of 20
March 1991 (3), for the period from 1 April to 30 June
1991 , new levies and sluice-gate prices must be fixed for
the period 1 July to 30 September 1991 ;                          Whereas the levies on the products specified in Article 1
                                                                  (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 are made up of
                                                                  two components ;
Whereas the levy on pig carcases is made up of two
components ;
                                                                  Whereas the first component must be derived from the
                                                                  levy on pig carcases on the basis of the coefficients fixed
Whereas the first component must be equal to the diffe­           in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3944/87 ;
rence between prices within the Community and on the
world market for the quantity of feed grain determined in
accordance with Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC)
No 2764/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down the rules for           Whereas the second component must be equal to 7 % ,
calculating a component of the levy on pig carcases (4), as       and for products falling within CN codes ex 1 602 and ex
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4160/87 (*), the              1902 to 10 % of the average offer prices for imports
composition whereof is indicated therein ;                        during the 1 2 months to 1 April ; whereas those averages
                                                                  should be determined bearing in mind all the informa­
                                                                  tion available on imports into the Community from third
Whereas the value within the Community of that quan­              countries, taking into account the representative character
tity of feed grain must be determined in accordance with          of prices ;
Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2764/75 ; whereas the
value for the same quantity on the world market must be
determined in accordance with Article 3 thereof ;
                                                                  Whereas, in the case of products falling within CN codes
                                                                  0206 30 21 ,        0206 30 31 ,   0206 41 91 ,   0206 49 91 ,
                                                                  1501 00 11 ,      1601 00 10, 1602 10 00, 1602 20 90 and
Whereas Article 3 of that Regulation provides that the            1602 90 10 in respect of which the rate of duty has been
price of each cereal on the world market is to be equal to        bound under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
                                                                  (GATT), the levies must not exceed the amount resulting
(') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                            from that binding ;
(j OJ No L 129, 11 . 5. 1989, p. 12.
(3) OJ No L 75, 21 . 3. 1991 , p. 13.
(j OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 21 .                            (6) OJ No L 373, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 25.
0 OJ No L 392, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 46.                              0 OJ No L 121 , 12. 5. 1990, p. 29 .
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Whereas, for pig carcases and other products referred to           pig carcases on the basis of the coefficients laid down by
in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 of            Regulation (EEC) No 3944/87 ;
29 October 1975 establishing the list of products for
which sluice-gate prices are to be fixed and laying down
the rules for fixing the sluice-gate price for pig carcases ('),
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3909/87 (2), the            Whereas, by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 of 20
sluice-gate prices must be fixed in advance for each              December 1990 reducing for 1991 the levies on certain
quarter ;                                                         agricultural products originating in , developing coun­
                                                                  tries (3) and Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of 5
                                                                  March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­
                                                                  tural products and certain goods resulting from the
Whereas the sluice-gate price for pig carcases is made up         processing of agricultural products originating in the
of three components ;                                             African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) or the
                                                                  overseas countries and territories (OCT) (4), as last
                                                                  amended by Regulation (EEC) No 523/91 (5), special
                                                                  import arrangements were introduced involving a reduc­
                                                                  tion to 50 % in levies within the framework of fixed
Whereas the first component must be equal to the value            amounts or annual quotas, in particular of certain pigmeat
on the world market of the quantity of feed grain equiva­         products ;
lent to the quantity of feedingstuffs required for the
production in third countries of one kilogram of pigmeat,
such quantity being composed as provided in Article 2 ( 1 )
of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 ;                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                  in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                  Committee for Pigmeat,
Whereas the value of that quantity of grain must be deter­
mined in accordance with Article 2 (2) and (3) of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 2766/75 ;
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the said Article 2 provides that the price for
each cereal on the world market shall be equal to the
average of the cif prices of such cereal ; whereas the cif
                                                                                            Article 1
prices shall be determined for the period of five months
ending one month before the quarter in respect of which
the said amount is calculated ; whereas that period is
1 January to 31 May 1991 ;                                        1 . For the period 1 July to 30 September 1991 the slui­
                                                                  ce-gate prices and levies provided for in Articles 12 and 8
                                                                  respectively of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 for the
                                                                  products referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) thereof shall be as set
Whereas the second component, which represents the                out in the Annex hereto.
extra cost, in relation to feed grain of feedingstuffs other
than grain required for the production of one kilogram of
pigmeat, shall, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 2766/75, be 1 5 % of the value of the               2.     Nevertheless, in the case of products falling within
quantity of feed grain ;                                          CN       codes    0206 30 21 ,   0206 30 31 ,     0206 41 91 ,
                                                                  0206 49 91 ,     1501 00 11 ,    1601 00 10,       1602 10 00,'
                                                                  1602 20 90 and 1602 90 10, in respect of which the rate of
                                                                  duty has been bound within GATT, the levy shall not
Whereas the third amount, which represents overhead               exceed the amount resulting from that binding.
costs of production and marketing, shall, in accordance
with Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75, be
ECU 38,69 per 100 kilograms of pig carcases :
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas the sluice-gate prices of products referred to in
Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75, other than pig          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1991 .
carcases, must be derived from the sluice-gate price for
                                                                  (3) OJ No L 370, 31 . 12. 1990, p. 121 .
(') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 25.                            (4) OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
 2 OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1987, p. 11 .                             0 OJ No L 58, 5. 3. 1991 , p. 1 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.                             -       t
           Done at Brussels, 27 June 1991 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                              Member of the Commission
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                                                       ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 27 June 1991 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on
                                                       pigmeat
                                                                                    Conventional
                    CN code          Sluice-gate price         Amount of levies     rate of duty
                                      (ECU/ 100 kg)             (ECU/ 100 kg)      bound within
                                                                                     GATT (%)
                   0103 91 10              68,24                     51,95
                  0103 92 11               58,04                     44,18               —
                  0103 92 19               68,24                     51,95               —
                  0203 11 10               88,74                     67,56               —
                  0203 12 11              128,67                     97,96               —
                  0203 12 19               99,39                     75,67               —
                  0203 19 11               99,39                     75,67               —
                  0203 19 13              143,76                   109,44                _   ■
                  0203 19 15               77,20                     58,78               —
                  0203 19 55              143,76                   109,44                —
                  0203 19 59              143,76                   109,44                —
                  0203 21 10               88,74                     67,56               —
                  0203 22 1 1             128,67                     97,96               —
                  0203 22 19               99,39                     75,67               —
                  0203 29 1 1              99,39                     75,67               —
                  0203 29 13              143,76                   1 09,44 (')           —
                  0203 29 15               77,20                     58,78               —
                  0203 29 55              143,76                   1 09,44 (')           —
                  0203 29 59              143,76                   109,44                —
                  0206 30 21              107,38                     81,75                7
                  0206 30 31               78,09                     59,45                4
                  0206 41 91              107,38                     81,75                7
                  0206 49 91               78,09                     59,45                4
                  0209 00 1 1              35,50                     27,02               —
                   0209 00 19              39,05                     29,73               —
                   0209 00 30              21,30                     16,21               —
                   0210 1111              128,67                     97,96 (')           —
                   0210 11 19          ,   99,39                     75,67               —
                   0210 11 31             250,25                   190,52                —
                   0210 11 39             197,00                   149,98                —
                   0210 12 11              77,20                     58,78 (')           —
                   0210 12 19             128,67                     97,96               —
                   0210 19 10             113,59                     86,48               —
                   0210 19 20             124,24                     94,58               —
                   0210 19 30              99,39                     75,67               —
                   0210 19 40             143,76                   1 09,44 (')           —
                   0210 19 51             143,76                   109,44                —
                   0210 19 59             143,76                   109,44                —
                   0210 19 60             197,00                   149,98                —
                   0210 19 70             247,58                   188,49                —
                   0210 19 81             250,25                   190,52                —
                   0210 19 89             250,25                   190,52                —
                   0210 90 31             107,38                     81,75               —
                   0210 90 39               78,09                    59,45               —
                   1501 00 11               28,40                    21,62                 3
                   1501 00 19               28,40                    21,62               —
                   1601 00 10             124,24                    11 0,32 (2)          24
                   1601 00 91             208,54                   196,71 (<)(2)         —
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                                                                                                          Conventional
                     CN code                   Sluice-gate price         Amount of levies                  rate of duty
                                                (ECU/ 100 kg)              (ECU/ 100 kg)                  bound within
                                                                                                            GATT (%)
                    1601 00 99                      141,98                    129,99 C)(2)
                    1602 10 00                       99,39                    103,49                            26
                    1602 20 90                      115,36                    114,94                            25
                    1602 41 10                      217,41                    199,66                            —
                    1602 42 10                      181,92                    163,25                            —
                    1602 49 11                      217,41                    211,76                            —  •
                    1602 49 13                      181,92                    170,82                            —
                    160249 15                       181,92                    156,56 (1)                        —
                    1602 49 19                      119,80                    110,12 0                          —
                                                                                92,29                         ' —
                    1602 49 30                       99,39
                    1602 49 50                       59,46                      66,51                           —
                    1602 90 10                      115,36                    109,09                            26
                    1602 90 51                      119,80                    107,49                            —
                    1902 20 30                       59,46                      57,75                           —
           (') The levy on 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.
           (2) The levy on products originating in the ACP States/OCT countries and listed in Article 8 of amended Regulation
               (EEC) No 715/90 reduced by 50 % within the limits of the quotas referred to in that Regulation .
           NB : The CN codes and the footnotes are defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                  2658/87 (OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 ).