CELEX: 31992R2770
Language: en
Date: 1992-09-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2770/92 of 23 September 1992 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat

24. 9 . 92                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 280/ 19
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2770/92
                                                      of 23 September 1992
                                     fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 October, 1
                                                                    January and 1 April are being fixed, trends in world
                                                                     market prices for feed grain should be taken into account
                                                                     only if at the same time a new sluice-gate price is being
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                fixed :
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75                 Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price has not been fixed
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                 it is necessary to maintain, unchanged, the levies until 31
                                                                     December 1 992 :
market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 1 249/89 (2), and in particular Articles 8 and 12
(1 ) thereof,
                                                                     Whereas, in the case of pigment products, in respect of
                                                                     which the rate of duty has been bound within GATT, the
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products               levies should be limited to the amounts resulting from
specified in Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75,          that binding ;
must be fixed in advance for each quarter in accordance
with the methods of calculation laid down in Commis­
sion Regulation (EEC) No 1611 /90 of 15 June 1990
fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on pigmeat (3) ;
                                                                     Whereas, by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 of 20
                                                                     December 1990 reducing for 1991 the levies on certain
                                                                     agricultural products originating in developing countries
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat             Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 509/92 (8),
were last fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No                    and Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (9) on the arran­
 1787/92 (4), for the period 1 July to 30 September 1992,            gements applicable to agricultural products and certain
they must be fixed anew for the period 1 October to 31               goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
December 1992 ; whereas such prices and levies should in             products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
principle be fixed by reference to feed grain prices for the         States (ACP States), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
period 1 April 1992 to 31 August 1992 ;                              297/91 (,0), special import arrangements were introduced
                                                                     involving a reduction to 50 % in levies within the frame­
                                                                     work of fixed amounts or annual quotas, in particular for
                                                                     certain pigmeat products ;
Whereas, when the sluice-gate price applicable from 1
October, 1 January and 1 April is being fixed, trends in
world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into
account only if the value of the quantity of feed grain
required varies by at least a specified minimum in rela­             Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Council Decision
tion to that used in calculating the sluice-gate price for           91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
the preceding quarter ; whereas this minimum was fixed               overseas countries and territories with the European
by Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 of the Council (% as last             Economic Community ("), no levies shall apply on
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3906/87 (6), at 3 % ;                 imports of products originating in the overseas countries
                                                                     and territories ; whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (4) of the
                                                                     abovementioned Decision, a special amount shall be
                                                                     charged on imports of certain products originating in the
Whereas the value of the quantity of feed grain varies by            overseas countries and territories in order to prevent
less than 3 % from that used for the preceding quarter ;             products originating from these countries and territories
whereas therefore the sluice-gate prices should remain               from receiving more favourable treatment than similar
unchanged until 31 December 1992 ;                                   products imported from Spain or Portugal into the
                                                                     Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ;
(') OJ  No  L  282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
O   OJ  No  L  129, 11 . 5. 1989, p. 12.                             O OJ    No L 370, 31 . 12. 1990.
O   OJ  No  L  152, 16. 6. 1990, p. 18.                              (8) OJ  No L 159, 12. 6. 1992, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No  L  182, 2. 7. 1992, p. 51 .                              O OJ    No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
(Ó OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 25.                                (10) OJ No L 36, 8. 2. 1991 , p. 9.
M OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1987, p. 11                                   (") OJ  No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
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 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 518/92 ('), (EEC)            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 No 519/92 (2) and (EEC) No 520/92 0 of 27 February
 1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim                                       Article 1
 Agreements on trade and trade-related matters between
 the European Economic Community and the European                 1 . For the period 1 October to 31 December 1992, the
 Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the               sluice-gate prices and the levies provided for in Articles
 Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the              12 and 8 respectively of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 for
 Czech and Slovak Federal Republic respectively, of the           the products specified in Article 1 (1 ) of that Regulation
                                                                  shall be as shown in the Annex.
 other part, introduce arrangements for reducing import
 levies on certain products ; whereas Commission Regula­          2.    Provided that, in the case of products falling within
 tion (EEC) No 564/92 (4) lays down detailed rules for            CN      codes     0206 30 21 ,  0206 30 31 ,    0206 41 91 ,
 applying the arrangements provided for in these agree­           0206 49 91 ,     1501 00 11 ,   1601 00 10,      1602 10 00,
 ments as regards pigmeat ;                                       1602 20 90 or 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.
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are                                  Article 2
 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 Committee for Pigmeat,                                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1992.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 23 September 1992.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(■) OJ  No L  56,  29. 2. 1992, p. 3.
0   OJ  No L  56,  29. 2. 1992, p. 6.
0   OJ  No L  56,  29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
(4) OJ  No L  61 , 6. 3. 1992, p. 9.
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                                                       ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 23 September 1992 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)          bound within
                                                                                       GATT (%)
                  0103 91 10               71,76                    48,67                  —
                  0103 92 11               61,02                    41,39                  —
                  0103 92 19               71,76                    48,67 (4)              —
                  0203 11 10               93,31                    63,29 (4)              —
                  0203 12 11              135,30                    91,77 (4)              —
                  0203 12 19              104,51                    70,88 (4)              —
                  0203 19 11              104,51                    70,88 (4)              —
                  0203 19 13              151,16                  102,53 (4)               —
                  0203 19 15                81,18                   55,06 (4)              —
                  0203 19 55              151,16                  102,53 (4)               —
                  0203 19 59              151,16                  1 02,53 (4)              —
                  0203 21 10                93,31                   63,29 (4)              —
                  0203 22 11              135,30                    91,77 (4)              —
                  0203 22 19              104,51                    70,88 (4)              —
                  0203 29 11              104,51                    70,88 (4)              —
                  0203 29 13              151,16                . 102,53 (])(4)            —
                  020329  15                81,18                   55,06 (4)              —
                  0203 29 55              151,16                  102,53 (') (4)           —
                  0203 29 59              151,16                  102,53 (4)               —
                  0206 30 21              112,91                    76,58                    7
                  0206 30 31                82,11                   55,69                    4
                  0206 41 91              112,91                    76,58                    7
                  0206 49 91                82,11                   55,69                    4
                  0209 00 11                37,32                   25,32                  —
                  0209 00 19                41,06                   27,85                  —
                  0209 00 30                22,39                   15,19                  —
                  0210 11 11              135,30                    91,77 (') (4)          —
                  0210 11 19              104,51                    70,88 (4)              —
                  0210 11 31              263,13                  178,47 (4)               —
                  0210 11 39              207,15                  140,50 (4)               —
                  0210 12 11                81,18                   55,06 0 (4)            —
                  0210 12 19              135,30                    91,77 (4)              —
                  0210 19 10              119,44                    81,01 (4)              —
                  0210 19 20              130,63                    88,60 (4)              —
                  0210 19 30              104,51                    70,88 (4)              —
                  0210 1940               151,16                  102,53 (') (4)           —
                  0210 19 51              151,16                  102,53 (4)               —
                  0210 19 59              151,16                  102,53 (4)               —
                  0210 19 60              207,15                  140,50 (4)               —
                  0210 19 70              260,33                  1 76,57 (4)              —
                  0210 19 81              263,13                  178,47 (4)               —
                  0210 19 89              263,13                  178,47 (4)               —
                  0210 90 31              112,91                    76,58                  —
                  0210 90 39                82,11                   55,69                  —
                  1501 00 11                29,86                   20,25                    3
                  1501 00 19                29,86                   20,25                  —
                  1601 00 10              130,63                  1 04,34 (2)              24
                  1601 00 91              219,28                  185,05 (') (2) (4)       —
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                                                                                                        Conventional
                                                Sluice-gate price         Amount of levies               rate of duty
                       CN code
                                                 (ECU/ 100 kg)              (ECU/ 100 kg)               bound within
                                                                                                          GATT ( %)
                     1 601 00 99                     149,30                    1 24,92 (') (2) (4)            —
                     1602 10 00                      104,51                      79,42                        26
                     1602 20 90                      121,30                    123,59                         25
                     1602 41 10                      228,61                    202,32 (4)                     —
                     1602 42 10                      191,29                    1 57,74 (4)                    —
                     1602 49 11                      228,61                    202,21 (4)                     —
                     1602 49 13                      191,29                    175,53 (4)                     —
                     1602 49 15                      191,29                    150,31 00                      —
                     1602 49 1 9                     125,97                    106,12 (')(4)                  —
                     1602 49 30                      104,51                      89,09 (4)                    —
                     1602 49 50                       62,52                      56,50 (4)                    —
                     1602 90 10                      121,30                    103,54                         26
                     1602 90 51                      125,97                    101,72                         —
                     1902 20 30                       62,52                      54,89                        —
            (') 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.
            (2) 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.
            NB : The CN codes and the footnotes are defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                    2658/87.