CELEX: 31993R1651
Language: en
Date: 1993-06-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1651/93 of 28 June 1993 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on pigmeat

29. 6. 93                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 157/43
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1651/93
                                                         of 28 June 1993
                                     fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         component is calculated ; whereas that period is 1 January
                                                                    to 31 May 1993 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                 Whereas the second component must be equal to 7 % of
                                                                    the average of the sluice-gate prices applicable for the
                                                                    four quarters to 1 April in each year ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 1249/89 (2), and in particular Articles 8 and 12           Whereas the levies on the products specified in Article 1
(1 ) thereof,                                                       (1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2 759/75 other than
                                                                    pig carcases must be derived from the levy on pig carcases
                                                                    on the basis of the coefficients fixed for such products
Whereas a levy fixed quarterly in advance must be                   pursuant to Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No
charged on imports into the Community for the products              2759/75 in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
specified in Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                  3944/87 of 21 December 1987 fixing coefficients for
2759/75 ;                                                           calculating levies on pigmeat products (6), as last amended
                                                                    by Regulation (EEC) No 2242/91 Q ;
Whereas, as the levies and sluice-gate prices were last
fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 633/93 of 18                Whereas the levies on the products specified in Article 1
March 1993 (3), for the period from 1 April to 30 June              (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2 759/75 are made up of
1993, new levies and sluice-gate prices must be fixed for           two components ;
the period 1 July to 30 September 1993 ;
                                                                    Whereas the first component must be derived from the
Whereas the levy on pig carcases is made up of two                  levy on pig carcases on the basis of the coefficients fixed
components ;                                                        in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3944/87 ;
Whereas the first component must be equal to the diffe­
rence between prices within the Community and on the                Whereas the second component must be equal to 7 % ,
world market for the quantity of feed grain determined in           and for products falling within CN codes ex 1 602 and ex
accordance with Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC)               1902 to 10 % of the average offer prices for imports
No 2764/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down the rules for             during the 12 months to 1 April ; whereas those averages
calculating a component of the levy on pig carcases (4), as         should be determined bearing in mind all the informa­
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4160/87 (*), the                tion available on imports into the Community from third
composition whereof is indicated therein ;                          countries, taking into account the representative character
                                                                    of prices ;
Whereas the value within the Community of that quan­
tity of feed grain must be determined in accordance with            Whereas, in the case of products falling within CN codes
Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2764/75 ; whereas the              0206 30 21 ,       0206 30 31 ,   0206 41 91 ,   0206 49 91 ,
value for the same quantity on the world market must be             1501 00 11 ,     1601 00 10, 1602 10 00, 1602 20 90 and
determined in accordance with Article 3 thereof ;                   1602 90 10 in respect of which the rate of duty has been
                                                                    bound under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
                                                                    (GATT), the levies must not exceed the amount resulting
Whereas Article 3 of that Regulation provides that the              from that binding ;
price of each cereal on the world market is to be equal to
the average of the cif prices of that cereal ; whereas the cif
prices are recorded for the five-month period ending one            Whereas for pig carcases and other products referred to in
month before the quarter in respect of which the said               Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 of 29
                                                                    October 1975 establishing the list of products for which
(') OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                            sluice-gate prices are to be fixed and laying down the
(J) OJ  No  L 129, 11 . 5. 1989, p. 12.
(3  OJ  No  L 67, 19. 3. 1993, p. 16.
(4) 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.                            o OJ No L 204, 27. 7. 1991 , p. 21 .
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 rules for fixing the sluice-gate price for pig carcases ('), as    gements applicable to agricultural products and certain
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3909/87 (2), the               goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
sluice-gate prices must be fixed in advance for each                products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
quarter ;                                                           States (ACP States), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    444/92 (6), special import arrangements were introduced
                                                                    involving a reduction to 50 % in levies within the frame­
Whereas the sluice-gate price for pig carcases' is made up          work of fixed amounts or annual quotas, in particular for
of three components ;                                               certain pigmeat products ;
Whereas the first component must be equal to the value              Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
on the world market of the quantity of feed grain equiva­           91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
lent to the quantity of feedingstuffs required for the              overseas countries and territories with the European
production in third countries of one kilogram of pigmeat,           Economic Community (J), no levies shall apply on
such quantity being composed as provided in Article 2 ( 1 )         imports of products originating in the overseas countries
                                                                    and territories :
of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 ;
                                                                    Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 518/92 (8), (EEC)
Whereas the value of that quantity of grain must be deter­          No 519/92 0 and (EEC) No 520/92 (10) of 27 February
mined in accordance with Article 2 (2) and (3) of Regula­           1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim
tion (EEC) No 2766/75 ;                                             Agreements on trade and trade-related matters between
                                                                    the European Economic Community and the European
                                                                    Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the
Whereas the said Article 2 provides that the price for              Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the
each cereal on the world market shall be equal to the               Czech and Slovak Federal Republic respectively, of the
average of the cif prices of such cereal ; whereas the cif          other part, introduce arrangements for reducing import
prices shall be determined for the period of five months            levies on certain products ; whereas Commission Regula­
ending one month before the quarter in respect of which             tion (EEC) No 564/92 ("), as amended by Regulation
the said amount is calculated ; whereas that period is              (EEC) No 3371 /92 (12), lays down detailed rules for
1 January to 31 May 1993 ;                                          applying the arrangements provided for in these agree­
                                                                    ments as regards pigmeat ;
Whereas the second component, which represents the
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        Whereas, in addition, account must be taken of Council
tion (EEC) No 2766/75, be 15% of the value of the                   Decision 93/239/EEC of 15 March 1993 concerning the
quantity of feed grain ;                                            conclusion of the Agreements in the form of exchanges
                                                                    of letters between the European Economic Community,
                                                                    of the one part, and the Republic of Austria, the Republic
Whereas the third amount, which represents overhead                 of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of
costs of production and marketing, shall, in accordance             Norway and the Kingdom of Sweden, of the other part,
with Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75, be               on the provisional application of the Agreements on
ECU 38,69 per 100 kilograms of pig carcases :                       certain arrangements in the field of agriculture, signed by
                                                                    the said parties in Oporto on 2 May 1 992 (I3) ; whereas
                                                                    Commission Regulation (EEC) No 11 56/93 (14> lays down
Whereas the sluice-gate prices of products referred to in           detailed rules for the application of the import arrange­
Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75, other than pig            ments for these products originating in Austria and
carcases, must be derived from the sluice-gate price for            Finland ;
pig carcases on the basis of the coefficients laid down by
Regulation (EEC) No 3944/87 ;
                                                                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Whereas, by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 of 20               in accordance with the opinion of the Management
December 1990 reducing for 1991 the levies on certain               Committee for Pigmeat,
agricultural products originating in developing countries
(3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1028/93 (4),            (0 oj No L 52, 27. 2. 1992, p. 7.
and Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (*) on the arran­            0 OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
                                                                    0 OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 3.
                                                                    0 OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6.
(') OJ  No   L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 25.                           (10) OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
(2) OJ  No   L 370, 30. 12. 1987, p. 11 .                           (■») OJ No L 61 , 6. 3 . 1992, p. 9.
 3  OJ  No   L 370, 31 . 12. 1990, p. 121                           (,2) OJ No L 342, 25. 11 . 1993, p. 22.
(4) OJ  No   L 108, 1 . 5. 1993.                                    H OJ No L 109, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 1 .
M OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.                                   O OJ No L 129, 27. 5. 1993, p. 14.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                    1602 20 90 and 1602 90 10, in respect of which the rate of
                                                                 duty has been bound within GATT, the levy shall not
                                                                 exceed the amount resulting from that binding.
                         Article 1
1 . For the period 1 July to 30 September 1993 the slui­
ce-gate prices and levies provided for in Articles 12 and 8                              Article 2
respectively of Regulation (EEC) No 2 759/75 for the
products referred to in Article 1 (1 ) thereof shall be as set
out in the Annex hereto.                                         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
                                                                 publication in the Official Journal of the European
2.    Nevertheless, in the case of products falling within       Communities.
CN      codes    0206 30 21 ,    0206 30 31 ,    0206 41 91 ,
0206 49 91 ,    1501 00 11 ,     1601 00 10,      1602 10 00,    It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1993.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 28 June 1993.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            Rene STEICHEN
                                                                      Member of the Commission
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                                                          ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 28 June 1993 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) 0         bound within
                                                                                            GATT (%)
                  0103 91 10                  72,16                    40,30                    —
                  0103 92 11                  61,37                    34,27                    —
                  0103 92 19                  72,16                    40,30 (4)                —
                  0203 11 10                  93,84                    52,40 (4)0               —
                  0203 12 11                 136,07                    75,98 (4)0               —
                  0203 12 19                 105,10                    58,69 00                 —
                  0203 19 11                 105,10                    58,69 0 0                —
                  0203 19 13                 152,02                    84,89 0 0                —
                  0203 19 15                  81,64                    45,59 0 0                —
                  0203 19 55                 152,02                    84,89 0 0 -              —
                  0203 19 59                 152,02                    84,89 0 0                —
                  0203 21 10                  93,84                    52,40 0 0                —
                  0203 22 11                 136,07                    75,98 0 0                —
                  0203 22 19                 105,10                    58,69 0 0                —
                  0203 29 11                 105,10                    58,69 0 0                —
                  0203 29 13                 152,02                    84,89 0 00               —
                  0203 29 15                  81,64                    45,59 0 0                —
                  0203 29 55                 152,02                    84,89 0 0(0              —
                  0203 29 59                 152,02                    84,89 0 0                —
                  0206 30 21                 113,55                    63,40                     7
                  0206 30 31                  82,58                    46,11                     4
                  0206 41 91                 113,55 .                  63,40                     7
                  0206 49 91                  82,58                    46,11                     4
                  0209 00 11                  37,54                    20,96                    —
                  0209 00 19                  41,29                    23,06                    —
                  0209 00 30                  22,52                    12,58                    —
                  0210 11 11   .             136,07                    75,98 0 0                —
                  0210 11 19                 105,10                    58,69 0                  —
                  0210 11 31                 264,63                   147,77 0 0                —
                  0210 11 39                 208,32                   116,330                   —
                  0210 12 11                  81,64                    45,59 00                 —
                  0210 12 1*9                136,07                    75,98 0 0                —
                  0210   19 10               120,12                    67,07 0                  —
                  0210   19 20               131,38                    73,36 0                  —
                  0210   19 30               105,10                    58,69 0                  —
                   0210  19 40               152,02                    84,89 0 0                —
                  0210   19 51               152,02                    84,89 0                  —
                  0210   19 59               152,02                    84,89 0                  —
                  0210   19 60               208,32                   116,330                   —
                   0210  19 70               261,81            -      146,19 0                  —
                   0210  19 81               264,63                   147,77 0 0                —
                   0210  19 89               264,63                   147,77 0                  —
                   0210 90  31               11 3,55                   63,40                    —
                   0210 90  39                82,58                    46,11                    —
                   150 1 00 11                30,03                    16,77                      3
                   1501 00  19                30,03                    16,77                    —
                   1601 00 10                131,38                   111,20 0                  24
                   1601 00 91                220.52                   162,56 (') (2H4) tt       —
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                                                                                                            Conventional
                       CN code                 Sluice-gate price           Amount of levies                  rate of duty
                                                (ECU/ 100 kg)               (ECU/ 100 kg) (3)               bound within
                                                                                                              GATT (%)
                     1 60 1 00 99                   1 50,1 4                     1 08,90 (') (2) (4) 0            —
                     160210 00                      105,10                         62,82                          26
                     1602 20 90                     121,99                       108,08                           25
                     1602 41 10                     229,91                       175,25 (4)                       —
                     1602 42 10                     192,37                       140,47 (4)                       —
                     1602 49 11                     229,91                       176,78 (4)                       —
                     1602 49 13                     192,37                       1 26,35 (4)                      —
                     1602 49 15                     192,37                       1 27,99 (>)(4)                   —
                     1 602 49 1 9                   1 26,68                        88,84 (') (4)                  —
                     1602 49 30                     105,10                         75,12 (4)                      —
                     1602 49 50                       62,87                        55,64 (4)                      —
                     1602 90 10                     121,99                         89,38                          26
                     1602 90 51                     126,68                         87,02                          —
                     1902 20 30                       62,87                        47,98                          —
           (') 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.
           0 The levy on products originating in the ACP 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.
           (3) No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
           (4) Products falling within this code, imported from Poland, Czechoslovakia or Hungary under the Interim Agree­
               ments concluded between those countries and the Community, and in respect of which EUR.l certificates issued
               in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 564/92 have been presented, are subject to the levies set out in the
               Annex to that Regulation.
           (*) For products imported from Austria or Finland, the levy applicable is restricted within the conditions provided
               for in Regulation (EEC) No 1156/93.
           NB : The CN codes and the footnotes are defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                   2658/87.