CELEX: 51989PC0660(44)
Language: en
Date: 1990-01-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING THE BASIC PRICE AND DETERMINING THE STANDARD QUALITY FOR PIG CARCASES FOR THE PERIOD 1 JULY 1990 TO 30 JUNE 1991

28. 2. 90                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No C 49/61
                                                              Proposal for a
                                             COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No . . .
                                                                  of . . .
                   fixing the basic price and determining the standard quality for pig carcases for the period
                                                      1 July 1990 to 30 June 1991
                                                              (90/C 49/44)
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                 1984 determining the Community scale for grading pig
                                                                          carcases (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   3530/86 ( 4 );
  Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
  thereof,
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
  Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
                                                                                                   Article 1
  Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
                                                                          For the periodl July 1990 to 30 June 1991 the basic price for
  Committee,
                                                                         pig carcases of the standard quality shall be ECU 1 900 per
                                                                         tonne.
 Whereas Article 4 (4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization
 of the market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by Regulation                                       Article 2
 (EEC) No 1249/89 ( 2 ), provides that the basic price is to be
 fixed and the standard quality for pig carcases is to be defined        The standard quality shall be defined in terms of carcase
 in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article.43 (2)            weight and lean meat content, determined as laid down in
 of the Treaty;                                                          Article 2 (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84, as
                                                                         follows:
 Whereas, when the basic price for slaughtered pigs is fixed,
 account should be taken of the objectives of the common                 (a) carcases weighing not less than 60 but less than
 agricultural policy and of the contribution which the                         120 kilograms: grade 'U';
 Community desires to make to the harmonious development                 (b) carcases weighing from        120 to    180 kilograms:
 of world trade; whereas the objectives of the common                          grade 'R'.
 agricultural policy are, in particular, to guarantee a fair
 standard of living for the farming community and to ensure
 that supplies are available and that they reach consumers at                                      Article 3
 reasonable prices;
                                                                         This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
 Whereas the basic price must be fixed in accordance with the            following its publication in the Official Journal of the
 criteria laid down in Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No              European Communities.
 2759/75 for a standard quality defined by reference to
 Council Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 of 13 November                      It shall apply from 1 July 1990.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, . .
                                                                                               For the Council
(') OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.                                     (3) OJ No L 301, 20. 11. 1984, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 129, 11. 5. 1989, p. 12.                                    (4) OJ No L 326, 21. 11. 1986, p. 8.