CELEX: 31977R2333
Language: en
Date: 1977-10-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2333/77 of 25 October 1977 amending Regulation (EEC) No 204/64/EEC fixing coefficients for calculating levies on pigmeat products other than pig carcases and Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff

26 . 10 . 77                          Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 273 /9
                                COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2333/77
                                                    of 25 October 1977
                amending Regulation No 204/67/EEC fixing coefficients for calculating levies
                on pigmeat products other than pig carcases and Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on
                                               the Common Customs Tariff
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  since certain traders are making more and more use of
COMMUNITIES,                                                     this possibility since the amendment of the import
                                                                arrangements in the beef and veal sector ; whereas
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            these imports could threaten the working of the
Economic Community,                                              system ; whereas, moreover, prudent traders could
                                                                 foresee this amendment which is merely a correction
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     of an existing anomaly ; whereas, in these circum­
2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­               stances, it is not only necessary to put the measure
                                                                 into force as soon as possible to prevent the conclu­
tion of the market in pigmeat (*), as amended by Regu­
                                                                 sion of contracts for further imports under the same
lation (EEC) No 367/76 (2), and in particular Article
                                                                 conditions, but to allow only those already in exist­
10 (4) thereof,                                                  ence to be carried out ;
Whereas      Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No               Whereas, under Article 17 of Regulation (EEC) No
2759/75     provides that the levy on imports of the             2759/75, the tariff nomenclature resulting from the
products    listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) thereof is to be       application of that Regulation forms part of the
equal to   the sum of two components, one of which is            Common Customs Tariff annexed to Council Regula­
derived from the levy on pig carcases on the basis of            tion (EEC) No 950/68 of 28 June 1968 (5), as last
the ratio within the Community of the price for such             amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1111 /77 (6) ;
products for the price for pig carcases ; whereas this
ratio is expressed by a coefficient ; whereas Commis­            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
sion Regulation No 204/67/EEC of 28 June 1967 (3),               are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3406/73 (4),              ment Committee for Pigmeat,
fixed the coefficients for calculating the levies which
apply to pigmeat products other than pig carcases ;
Whereas subheading 16.02 B III a) of the Common                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Customs Tariff includes prepared or preserved meat
containing pigmeat and possibly other meat ; whereas
the Community price for prepared meat containing                                         Article 1
mainly uncooked beef and veal is considerably higher
than that of other prepared meat containing pigmeat ;            Annex II to Regulation No 204/67/EEC is hereby
whereas a flow of imports into the Community of                  replaced by the Annex hereto.
prepared meat containing mainly uncooked beef and
veal has built up, thereby removing products
containing beef and veal from the levy normally appli­                                   Article 2
cable to such meat ; whereas a coefficient should there­
fore be fixed for calculating^the levy on prepared or            The following Article 2a is hereby added to Regula­
preserved meat containing pigmeat and uncooked                   tion No 204/ 67/ EEC :
beef and veal which takes and account the rate of the
levy and the customs duties normally applicable to                   'Article 2a
beef and veal contained in such products, such
charges being representative factors of their value ;                 For the purposes of subheading 16.02 B III a) 1 ,
whereas a differentiation according to the proportion                 the term "uncooked* shall apply to products which
of beef and pigmeat is not practicable ;                             have not been subjected to any heat-treatment or
                                                                     which have been subjected to a heat-treatment
Whereas an immediate amendment of Regulation No                       insufficient to ensure the coagulation of meat
204/67/EEC is necessary, in view of the rapid increase                proteins in the whole of the product and which
of the import of these products over recent weeks,                    therefore show traces of a pinkish liquid on the
                                                                      cut surface when the product is cut along a line
0) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                                 passing through its thickest part.'
I2) OJ No L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No 134, 30. 6. 1967, p. 2840/67.                          (5) OJ No L 172, 27. 7. 1968, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No L 349, 19 . 12. 1973, p. 18 .                          (6) OJ No L 134, 28 . 5. 1977, p. 4.
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                                                                   Article 3
             The Common Customs Tariff annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 is hereby
             amended to read as follows :
             1 . The Additional Note to Chapter 16 shall be replaced by the following Additional
                 Note :
                  'Additional Note
                 For the purposes of subheadings 16.02 B III a) 1 and B III b) 1 aa), the term
                  "uncooked " shall apply to products which have not been subjected to any heat-
                 treatment or which have been subjected to a heat-treatment insufficient to ensure the
                 coagulation of meat proteins in the whole of the product and which therefore show
                 traces of a pinkish liquid on the cut surface when the product is cut along a line
                 passing through its thickest part.'
             2. Subheading 16.02 B III a) shall read as follows :
                                                                                                                 Rate of duty
      CCT                                                                                               Autonomous
  heading No
                                                         Description                                        (%)            Conventional
                                                                                                             or
                                                                                                            levy               (%)
                                                                                                             (L)
       1                                                     2                                                3                 4
16.02           Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
                B. Other :
                    III . Other :
                          a) Containing meat or offal of domestic swine :
                             1 . Containing bovine meat, uncooked                                         26 (L)               —
                             2. Other, containing, by weight :
                                 aa) 80 % or more of meat or offal, of any kind, including fats of
                                     any kind or origin :
                                      1 1 . Hams, fillets and loins ; pieces thereof                      26 (L)                —
                                     22. Shoulders and pieces thereof                                     26 (L)                —
                                     33 . Other                                                           26 (L)                —
                                 bb) 40 % or more but less than 80 % of meat or offal, of any
                                     kind, including fats of any kind or origin                           26 (L)                —
                                 cc) Less than 40 % of meat or offal, of any kind, including fats
                                     of any kind or origin                                                26 (L)                —
                                                                     Article 4
             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 1977.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 25 October 1977.
                                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                      Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                         Vice-President
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                                                                         ANNEX
                                                                       ANNEX II
                     CCT
                                                                                                                                   Coefficient
                    heading                                              Description
                      No
                                                                                                                                       (%)
              16.01                  Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal or animal blood :
                                     A. Liver sausages                                                                                1.53
                                      B. Other (a) :
                                           I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked                                                2.50
                                          II . Other                                                                                  1.76
              16.02                  Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
                                     A. Liver :
                                          II . Other                                                                                  1.41
                                     B. Other :
                                          III . Other :
                                                a) Containing meat or offal of domestic swine :
                                                   1 . Containing bovine meat, uncooked                                              400
                                                   2. Other, containing, by weight :
                                                       aa) 80 % or more of meat or offal, of any kind,
                                                              including fats of any kind or origin :
                                                               11 . Hams, fillets and loins ; pieces thereof                         2.65
                                                              22. Shoulders and pieces thereof                                       2.20
                                                              33 . Other                                                              1.50
                                                       bb) 40 % or more but less than 80 % of meat or
                                                             offal, of any kind, including fats of any kind or
                                                             origin                                                                   1.25
                                                       cc) Less than 40 % of meat or offal, of any kind,
                                                              including fats of any kind or origin                                   0.74
             (a) The levy applicable to sausages imported in containers which also contain preservative liquid is collected on the net weight, i.e.
                 after deduction of the weight of the liquid .'