CELEX: 31986R1254
Language: en
Date: 1986-04-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1254/86 of 29 April 1986 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

30 . 4. 86                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 113/29
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1254/86
                                                           of 29 April 1986
                                    fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 November, 1
                                                                      February and 1 May are being fixed, changes in world
                                                                      market prices for feed grain should be taken into account
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 only if at the same time a new sluice-gate price is fixed ;
 Economic Community,
                                                                      Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                    changes in world market prices for feed grain must be
Portugal,                                                             taken into account in fixing the levies ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75                  Whereas, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 631 /86 of 28
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                  February 1986 on the application of import levies on
market in poultrymeat ('), as last amended by Regulation              products from Portugal suspended the application of
(EEC) No 3768/85 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 7              import levies on poultrymeat products from Portugal
(1 ) thereof,                                                         owing to the minimal difference between the prices obtai­
                                                                      ning in the Community on the one hand and in Portugal
                                                                      on the other hand ; whereas the situation still pertains ;
Whereas the sluice-gate prices and levies for the products
specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
must be fixed quarterly in advance in accordance with                 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
methods of calculation laid down in Council Regulation                Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
(EEC) No 2778/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down rules
for calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for poul­
trymeat (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
750/8 1 (4) ;
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, since the sluice-gate prices and levies for poul­
trymeat were, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 177/86 (*), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 631 /86 (*),
last fixed for the period 1 February to 30 April 1986, they
must be fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31 July 1986 ;                                      Article 1
whereas such prices and levies should in principle be
calculated by reference to feed-grain prices for the period
 1 November 1985 to 31 March 1986 ;                                   1 . In respect of the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 )
                                                                      of Regulation (EEC) No 2177US, the levies provided for
                                                                      in Article 3 thereof and the sluice-gate prices provided for
                                                                      in Article 7 thereof shall be as shown in the Annex
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from 1
                                                                      hereto.
November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed, trends
in world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into
account only if the price of the quantity of feed grain               2. Provided that, in the case of products falling within
required varies by at least a specified minimum in rela­              heading No 02.03 and within subheading 15.01 B or
tion to that used to calculate the sluice-gate price for the
                                                                      16.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect of
preceding quarter ; whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No                   which the rate of duty has been bound within GATT, the
2778/75, this minimum was set at 3 % ;
                                                                      levy shall not exceed the amount resulting from that
                                                                      binding.
Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain required
varies by more than 3 % from that used for the preceding              3 . For imports of products specified in paragraph 1
quarter ; whereas this variation must accordingly be taken            from Portugal, application of the levies specified in the
into account in fixing sluice-gate prices for the period 1            Annex shall be suspended.
May to 31 July 1986 ;
(») OJ  No    L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77.
(2) OJ  No    L 362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 .                                                     Article 2
(3) OJ  No    L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 84.
(4) OJ  No    L 80, 26. 3 . 1981 , p. 1 .
0   OJ  No    L 22, 29 . 1 . 1986, p. 15.
fa OJ No L 60, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 11 .                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1986.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 29 April 1986.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                       Vice-President
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                                                                  ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 29 April 1986 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for •
                                                                poultrymeat
          CCT
                                                         Description                                      Sluice-gate      Levy
        heading                                                                                              price
           No
            1                                                 2                                                3             4
   I                                                                                                    ECU/ 100 units ECU/ 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                                                                   82,59        16,55
                      II . Other                                                                              22,26         6,64
                                                                                                         ECU/ 100 kg    ECU/ 100 kg
                  B. Other :                                                                            I
                        I. Fowls                                                                              75,03       24,72
                       II . Ducks                                                                             95,59       38,08
                      III . Geese                                                                            115,30       36,41
                      IV. Turkeys                                                                            102,40       28,39
                       V. Guinea-fowls                                                                       125,00       43,23
        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'              94,27       31,06
                            b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, but with hearts, livers and
                               gizzards, known as '70 % chickens'                                            107,19       35,32
                            c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without hearts, livers and
                               gizzards, known as '65 % chickens'                                            116,79       38,49
                       II . Ducks :                                                                     l
                            a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted, with heads and feet, known as '85 %
                               ducks'                                                                        112,46       44,81
                            b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with hearts, livers and
                               gizzards, known as '70 % ducks'                                               136,56       54,40
                            c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, without hearts, livers and
                               gizzards, known as '63 % ducks'                                              151,74        60,46
                     III . Geese :
                            a) Plucked, bled, not drawn, with heads and feet, known as '82 % geese'         164,71        52,02
                            b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with or without hearts and
                               gizzards, known as '75 % geese'                                              155,90        55,18
                     IV. Turkeys
                            a) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with necks, hearts, livers
                               and gizzards, known as '80 % turkeys'                                        146,29        40,56
                            b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without necks, hearts,
                               livers and gizzards, known as '73 % turkeys'                                 160,31        44,44
   li                 V. Guinea-fowls                                                                       178,57        61,75
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       CCT
                                                    Description                                       Sluice-gate    Levy
     heading                                                                                             price
        No
         1                                               2                                                 3           4
                                                                                                     ECU/ 100 kg  ECU/ 100 kg
      02.02   B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) :
     (cont'd)
                  I. Boned or boneless :
                      a) Of geese                                                                        327,39     115,88
                      b) Of turkeys                                                                      307,21      85,18
                      c) Of other poultry                                                                295,62     106,03
                 II. Unboned (bone-in) :
                      a) Halves or quarters :
                          1 . Of fowls                                                                   128,47      42,34
                         2. Of ducks                                                                     166,91      66,51
                         3. Of geese                                                                     171,49      60,70
                         4. Of turkeys                                                                   176,34      48,88
                         5. Of guinea-fowls                                                              196,43      67,93
                      b) Whole wings, with or without tips                                                 94,19     32,14
                      c) Backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing tips                      65,21     22,25
                      d) Breasts and cuts of breasts :
                          1 . Of geese                                                                   233,85      82,77
                          2. Of turkeys                                   1                              234,06      64,90
                          3. Of other poultry                                                            176,86      58,28
                      e) Legs and cuts of legs :
                          1 . Of geese                                                                   226,06      80,01
                          2. Of turkeys :
                              aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks                                       109,72     30,42
                              bb) Other                                                                  197,49      54,76
                          3 . Of other poultry                                                           166,14      54,75
                      f) Goose or duck paletots (')                                                      204,72      76,71
                      g) Other                                                                           289,80      98,88
              C. Offals                                                                                    65,21     22,25
                                                       '
      02.03   Poultry liver, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine :
              A. Fatty liver of goose or duck                                                          1 647,10     520,20
              B. Other                                                                                    166,64     56,86
      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                                                                              144,90     49,44
       15.01  Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted :
              B. Poultry fat                                                                              173,88      59,33
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          CCT
                                                          Description                                    Sluice-gate    Levy
         heading                                                                                            price
           No
            1                                                  2                                              3           4
                    I                                                                                   ECU/ 100 kg  ECU/ 100 kg
          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 (2) :
                               1 . Containing uncooked meat or offal ; mixtures of cooked meat or offal
                                   and uncooked meat or offal :
                                   aa) Containing exclusively turkeymeat                                    292,58      81,12
                                   bb) Other                                                                289,12     103,32
                               2. Other                                                                     318,78     108,77
                            b) Containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry­
                               meat (2)                                                                     173,88      59,33
                            c) Other                                                                        101,43      34,61
    (') For the purposes of subheading 02.02 B II f), 'goose or duck paletots shall be taken to mean geese or ducks plucked and
        completely drawn, without heads or feet, with carcase bones (breastbone, ribs, backbone and sacrum) removed but with the
        femurs, tibias and humeri .
    (2) For the purpose of determining the percentage of poultrymeat, weight of any bones shall be disregarded.