CELEX: 31986R0177
Language: en
Date: 1986-01-29
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 177/86 of 28 January 1986 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

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                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 177/86
                                                           of 28 January 1986
                                   fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain required
                                                                      varies by more than 3 % from that used for the preceding
                                                                       quarter ; whereas this variation must accordingly be taken
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  into account in fixing sluice-gate prices for the period 1
Economic Community,                                                    February to 30 April 1986 ;
                                                                       Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 November, 1
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75                   February and 1 May are being fixed, changes in world
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                   market prices for feed grain should be taken into account
market in poultrymeat ('), as last amended by Regulation               only if at the same time a new sluice-gate price is fixed ;
(EEC) No 3768/85 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 7               Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
(1 ) thereof,                                                          changes in world market prices for feed grain must be
                                                                       taken into account in fixing the levies ;
Whereas the sluice-gate prices and levies for the products             Whereas, pursuant to Article 394 of the Act of Accession
specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75            of Spain and Portugal, the application to the new Member
must be fixed quarterly in advance in accordance with                  States of the Community rules introduced for the produc­
methods of calculation laid down in Council Regulation                 tion of and trade in agricultural products and for the trade
(EEC) No 2778/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down rules                  in certain goods resulting from the processing of agricul­
for calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for poul­           tural products shall be postponed ;
trymeat (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
750/81 (4) ;                                                           in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                       Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Whereas, since the sluice-gate prices and levies for poul­             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
trymeat were, by Regulation (EEC) No 2960/85 (*), last
fixed for the period 1 November 1985 to 31 January                                               Article 1
1986, they must be fixed anew for the period 1 February                1 . In respect of the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 )
to 30 April 1986 ; whereas such prices and levies should               of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75, the levies provided for
in principle be calculated by reference to feed-grain prices           in Article 3 thereof and the sluice-gate prices provided for
for the period 1 August to 31 December 1985 ;                          in Article 7 thereof shall be as shown in the Annex
                                                                       hereto .
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from 1                 2. Provided that, in the case of products falling within
November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed, trends                 heading No 02.03 and within subheading 15.01 B or
in world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into             16.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect of
account only if the price of the quantity of feed grain                which the rate of duty has been bound within GATT, the
required varies by at least a specified minimum in rela­               levy shall not exceed the amount resulting from that
tion       to      that       used       to      calculate     the     binding.
sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas, by                                        Article 2
Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75, this minimum was set at
3 % :                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1986.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 28 January 1986.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                   Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                      Vice-President
(') OJ   No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77.
(2) OJ   No  L 362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 .
(3) OJ   No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 84.
(4) OJ   No  L 80, 26. 3. 1981 , p. 1 .
H OJ No L 285, 25. 10 . 1985, p. 18 .
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                                                               ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 28 January 1986 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies
                                                         for poultrymeat
       CCT
                                                      Description                                      Sluice-gate     Levy
     heading                                                                                              price
        No
         1                                                2                                                 3             4
  \                                                                                                  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                                                                   83,56        15,57
                   II . Other                                                                              22,72          6,18
                                                                                                      ECU/ 100 kg    ECU/ 100 kg
               B. Other :
                     I. Fowls                                                                              76,51       23,04
                    II . Ducks                                                                             98,25       35,22
                   III . Geese                                                                            117,81       33,84
                   IV. Turkeys                                                                            104,28        26,47
                    V. Guinea-fowls                                                                       127,81       40,08
      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'              96,13        28,94
                         b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, but with hearts, livers and
                            gizzards, known as '70 % chickens'                                            109,30        32.91
                         c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without hearts, livers and
                            gizzards, known as '65 % chickens'                                            119,09        35,86
                    II . Ducks :
                         a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted, with heads and feet, known as '85 %
                            ducks'                                                                        115.58        41,45
                         b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with hearts, livers and
                            gizzards, known as '70 % ducks'                                               140,35        50,32
                         c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, without hearts, livers and
                            gizzards, known as '63 % ducks'                                               155,94        55.92
                   III . Geese :
                         a) Plucked, bled, not drawn, with heads and feet, known as '82 % geese'          168,30        48,34
                         b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with or without hearts and
                            gizzards, known as '75 % geese'                                               159,82        51,15
                   IV. Turkeys
                         a) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with necks, hearts, livers
                            and gizzards, known as '80 % turkeys'                                         148,97        37,81
                         b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without necks, hearts,
                            livers and gizzards, known as '73 % turkeys'                                  163,24        41,42
                    V. Guinea-fowls                                                                       182.59         57,26
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           CCT
         heading                                         Description                                      Sluice-gate
                                                                                                                            Levy
            No                                                                                               price
             1                                                2                                                3             4
                  I                                                                                      ECU/ 100 kg    ECU/ 100 kg
          02.02    B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) :
         (cont'd)
                        I. Boned or boneless :
                           a) Of geese                                                                      335,62        107,42
                           b) Of turkeys                                                                    312,84         79,40
                           c) Of other poultry                                                              302,57         98,34
                       II. Unboned (bone-in) :                                                           I
                           a) Halves or quarters :                                                       l
                              1 . Of fowls                                                                  131,00         39,45
                              2 . Of ducks                                                                  171,53         61,51
                              3. Of geese                                                                   175,80         56,27
                              4. Of turkeys                                                                 179,56         45,56
                              5. Of guinea-fowls                                                            200,85         62,99
                           b) Whole wings, with or without tips                                               96,34        29,83    .
                           c) Backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing tips                    66,69        20,65
                           d) Breasts and cuts of breasts :
                              1 . Of geese                                                                  239,73         76,73
                              2. Of turkeys                                                                 238,35         60,50
                              3 . Of other poultry                                                          180,35         54,30
                           e) Legs and cuts of legs :
                              1 . Of geese                                                                  231,74         74,17
                              2. Of turkeys :
                                  aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks                                      111,73        28,36
                                  bb) Other                                                                 201,11         51,04
                              3 . Of other poultry                                                          169,42         51,01
                           f) Goose or duck paletots (')                                                    210,13         71,04
                           g) Other                                                                         296,42         91,78
                  C. Offals                                                                                   66,69        20,65
         02.03    Poultry liver, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine :
                  A. Fatty liver of goose or duck                                                         1 683,00       483,40
                  B. Other                                                                                  170,44        52,77
         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                                                                            148,21        45,89
          15.01   Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted :
                  B. Poultry fat                                                                            177,85    .    55,07
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        CCT
                                                        Description                                    Sluice-gate    Levy
       heading                                                                                            price
         No
          1                                                  2                                              3           4
  lI                                                                                                  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                                    297,94      75,62
                                 bb) Other                                                                296,04      95,82
                             2. Other                                                                     326,06     100,96
                          b) Containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry­
                             meat (2)                                                                     177,85      55,07
                          c) Other                                                                        103,75      32,12
  (') 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.