CELEX: 31982R0156
Language: en
Date: 1982-01-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 156/82 of 22 January 1982 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

26. 1 . 82                           Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 18/7
                                COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 156/82
                                                   of 22 January 1982
                            fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain
COMMUNITIES,                                                   required varies by more than 3 % from that used for
                                                               the preceding quarter ; whereas this variation must
                                                               accordingly be taken into account in fixing sluice-gate
                                                               prices for the period 1 February to 30 April 1982 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                               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
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   be taken into account only if at the same time a new
2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­               sluice-gate price is fixed ;
zation of the market in poultrymeat ('), as last
amended by the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in
particular Articles 3 and 7 (1 ) thereof,                      Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
                                                               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 specified in Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
No 2777/75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in               are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
accordance with methods of calculation laid down in            Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 of 29 October
1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy and the
sluice-gate price for poultrymeat (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 750/81 (*) ;
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, since the sluice-gate prices and levies for
poultrymeat were, by Regulation (EEC) No 2920/81 (\
last fixed for the period 1 November 1981 to 31                                        Article 1
January 1982, they must be fixed anew for the period
1 February to 30 April 1982 ; whereas such prices and
levies should in principle be calculated by reference to        1 . In respect of the products specified in Article 1
feed-grain prices for the period 1 August 1981 to 31           ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75, the levies
December 1981 ;                                                provided for in Article 3 thereof and the sluice-gate
                                                               prices provided for in Article 7 thereof shall be as
                                                               shown in the Annex hereto.
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from           2. Provided that, in the case of products falling
1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,              within heading No 02.03 and within subheading 15.01
trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be         B or 16.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff, in
taken into account only if the price of the quantity of        respect of which the rate of duty has been bound
feed grain required varies by at least a specified             within GAIT, the levy shall not exceed the amount
minimum in relation to that used to calculate the
                                                               resulting from that binding.
sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas,
by Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75, this minimum was
set at 3 % :
                                                                                       Article 2
(') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77.
I1) OJ No L 291 , 19. 11 . 1979, p. 17.
(3) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 84.
(4) OJ No L 80, 26. 3. 1981 , p. 1 .                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
(*) OJ No L 290, 10. 10. 1981 , p. 7.                           1982.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 22 January 1982.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Poul DALSAGER
                                                              Member of the Commission
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                                                             ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 22 January 1982 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/ 1 00 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                                                                   84-02        12-73
                 II . Other                                                                              22-93          4-84
                                                                                                    ECU/ 100 kg    ECU/ 1 00 kg
             B. Other :
                   I. Fowls                                                                              76-18        19-00
                  II . Ducks                                                                             99-47       26-71
                 III . Geese                                                                            118-97       26-01
                 IV. Turkeys                                                                            105-15       20-34
                  V. Guinea-fowls                                                                       129-11       31-06
    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'              95-71       23-86
                       b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, but with hearts, livers and
                          gizzards, known as '70 % chickens'                                            108-83       27-14
                       c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without hearts, livers and
                          gizzards, known as '65 % chickens'                                            118-58       29-56
                  II . Ducks :
                       a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted, with heads and feet, known as '85 %
                          ducks'                                                                        117-02       31-42
                       b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with hearts, livers and
                          gizzards, known as '70 % ducks'                                               142-10       38-16
                       c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, without hearts, livers and
                          gizzards, known as '63 % ducks'                                               157-89       42-40
                 III . Geese :
                       a) Plucked, bled, not drawn, with heads and feet, known as '82 % geese'          169-96       37-15
                       b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with or without hearts and
                          gizzards, known as '75 % geese'                                               161-64       38-92
                 IV. Turkeys
                       a) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with necks, hearts, livers
                          and gizzards, known as '80 % turkeys'                                         150-21       29-05
                       b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without necks, hearts,
                          livers and gizzards, known as '73 % turkeys'                                  164-60        30-93
                  V. Guinea-fowls                                                                       184-44       44-37
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     OCT
                                                       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                                                                  298-88      71-06
                   II. Unboned (bone-in) :
                        a) Halves or quarters :
                            1 . Of fowls                                                                  13044       32-52
                            2. Of ducks                                                                   173-68      46-64
                            3 . Of geese                                                                  177-80      42-81
                            4. Of turkeys                                                                 181-06      34-02
                            5. Of guinea-fowls                                                            202-88      48-81
                        b) Whole wings, with or without tips                                                97-14     23Ό9
                        c) Backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing tips                     67-25     15-99
                        d) Breasts and cuts of breasts :
                            1 . Of geese                                                                  242-46      58-38
                            2. Of turkeys                                                                 240-34      46-48
                            3. Of other poultry                                                           179-57      44-78
                        e) Legs and cuts of legs :
                            1 . Of geese                                                                  234-38      56-43
                            2. Of turkeys :
                                aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks                                     112-66      21-79
                                bb) Other                                                                 202-78      39-22
                            3. Of other poultry                                                           168-69      42-07
                        f) Other                                                                          298-88      71-06
               C. Offals                                                                                    67-25     15-99
     02.03     Poultry liver, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine :
               A. Fatty liver of goose or duck                                                          1 699-60     371-50
                B. Other                                                                                  171-86      40-86
     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                                                                            149-44      35-53
     15.01      Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted :
                B. Poultry fat                                                                            179-33      42-64
      16.02     Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
                B. Other :
                    L Poultrymeat or offal :
                        a) Containing 57 % or more by weight of poultrymeat (a) :
                           1 . Containing uncooked meat or offal ; mixtures of cooked meat or offal
                                and uncooked meat or offal :
                                aa) Containing exclusively turkeymeat                                     300-42      58-10
                                bb) Other                                                                 298-50      74-30
                           2. Other                                                                       328-77      78-17
                        b) Containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry­
                           meat (a)                                                                        179-33     42-64
                        c) Other                                                                           104-61     24-87
(a) For the purpose of determining the percentage of poultrymeat, weight of any bones shall be disregarded.