CELEX: 31978R0092
Language: en
Date: 1978-01-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 92/78 of 16 January 1978 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

No L 15 / 16                          Official Journal of the European Communities                             19 . 1 . 78
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 92/78
                                                    of 18 January 1978
                              fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   the preceding quarter ; whereas this variation must
COMMUNITIES ,                                                    accordingly be taken into accunt in fixing sluice-gate
                                                                 prices for the period 1 February to 30 April 1978 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                              Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                    November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,
2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­               changes in world market prices for feed grain should
tion of the market in poultrymeat ^), as amended by              be taken into account only if at the same time a new
Regulation ( EEC) No 369/76 (2 ), and in particular Arti­        sluice-gate price is fixed ;
cles 3 and 7 ( 1 ) thereof,
                                                                 Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
Whereas the sluice-gate prices and levies for the                changes in world market prices for feed grain must be
products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)        taken into account in fixing the levies ;
No 2777/75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in
accordance with methods of calculation laid down in              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2778 /75 of 29 October              are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy and             ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
the sluice-gate price for poultrymeat (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2299 /77 (4) ;                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas since the sluice-gate prices and levies for
poultrymeat were, by Regulation (EEC) No                                                   Article 1
2277/77 (5), last fixed for the period 1 November 1977
to 31 January 1978 , they must be fixed anew for the              1.      In respect of the products specified in Article
period 1 February to 30 April 1978 ; whereas such                 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75, the levies
prices and levies should in principle be calculated by           provided for in Article 3 thereof and the sluice-gate
reference to feed-grain prices for the period 1 August           prices provided for in Article 7 thereof shall be as
to 31 December 1977 ;                                            shown in the Annex hereto .
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from             2. Provided that, in the case of products, falling
 1 i November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,             within heading No 02.03 and within subheading
trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be            15.01 B or 16.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff,
taken into account only if the price of the quantity of           in respect of which the rate of duty has been bound
 feed grain required varies by at least a specified              within GATT, 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
                                                                                           Article 2
 set at 3 % ;
 Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
 required varies by more than 3 % from that used for              1978 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 18 January 1978 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                 Vice-President
 (!) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77 .
 I2) OJ No L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 3.
 (>) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 84.
 (4) OJ No L 271 , 22. 10 . 1977, p. 1 .
 (5 ) OJ No L 262, 15 . 10 . 1977, p. 40 .
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                                                           ANNEX
             Sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat for the period 1 February to 30 April 1978
 CCT heading                                                                                   Sluice-gate
       No                                        Description                                       price            Levy
        1                                            2                                               3                4
                                                                                             u.a. / 100 units u.a. / 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                                                          66.20               7.91
                  II. Other                                                                       17.41              4-43
                                                                                              u.a. / 100 kg    u.a. /100 kg
              B. Other :
                    I. Fowls                                                                     58.21            16.74
                   II. Ducks                                                                     70-13            24-26
                  III. Geese                                                                     85-72            22.51
                  IV. Turkeys                                                                    74-39            18.58
                   V. Guinea fowls                                                               97.31            28.54
    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 °/o chickens'                                                    73.13            21.04
                        b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, but with
                           hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 °/o chickens'               83-15            23.92
                        c) Plucked and drawn , without heads and feet and without
                           hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '65 °/o chickens'               90-60            26.06
                   II. Ducks :
                        a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted, with heads and feet,
                           known as ' 85 °/o ducks'                                              82-51            28.54
                        b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with
                           hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 °/o ducks'                100.19             34.65
                        c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, without
                           hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '63 °/o ducks'                111-33             38.50
                  III . Geese :
                        a) Plucked, bled, not drawn, with heads and feet, known
                           as '82 °/o geese'                                                    122.45            32-16
                        b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with or
                           without hearts and gizzards, known as '75 °/o geese'                113.88             33.76
                  IV. Turkeys                                                                . 106.27             26-54
                   V. Guinea fowls                                                             139.02             40.77
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  CCT heading                                                                                                Sluice-gate
        No                                               Description                                            price           Levy
                i
         1                                                   2                                                      3             4
                                                                                                             u.a. / 100 kg u.a. / 100 kg
    02.02             B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) :
     (cont'd)
                           I. Boned or boneless                                                               217.00          63-8 .
                          II. Unboned (bone-in) :
                               a) Halves or quarters :
                                  1 . Of fowls                                                                  99.66         28.67
                                  2 . Of ducks                                                                122-46          42-35
                                  3 . Of geese                                                                125-27          37-14
                                  4. Of turkeys                                                               116.90          29-19
                                  5. Of guinea fowls                                                          152-92          44-85
                               b) Whole wings, with or without tips                                             70.53         20-75
                               c) Backs , necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing
                                  tips                                                                          48.83           14.37
                               d) Breasts and cuts of breasts :
                                  1 . Of geese                                                                170.82           50-64
                                  2. Of turkeys                                                               175-35            43.79
                                  3. Of other poultry                                                         137.20            39-47
                               e) Legs and cuts of legs :
                                  1 . Of geese                                                                165-13          .'48.95
                                  2 . Of turkeys :
                                      aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks                                     95.64           23-89
                                      bb ) Other                                                               164.72           41-14
                                  3 . Of other poultry                                                         128.88           37-08
                               f) Other                                                                       217.00            63-86
                       C. Offals                                                                                48.83           14.37
     02.0?,            Poultry live, fresh, chilled , frozen, salted or in brine :
                       A. Foie gras (goose or duck)                                                          1224.58         321.60
                       B. Other                                                                                124.78           36-72
      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                                                                          108.50           31.93
      15.01            Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted :
                       B. Poultry fat                                                                          130.23           38-32
      16.02            Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
                       B. Other :
                            I. Poultrymeat or offal :
                               a) Containing 57 °/o or more by weight of poultrymeat (a)                       238.70           70.25
                               b) Containing 25 %> or more but less than 57 °/o by weight
                                   of poultrymeat ( a)                                                          130.20'          38-32
                               c) Other                                                                           75-95          22-35
 (•) For the purpose of determining the percentage of poultrymeat, weight of any bones shall be disregarded.