CELEX: 31983R2028
Language: en
Date: 1983-07-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2028/83 of 20 July 1983 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on pigmeat

No L 199/ 16                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              22. 7. 83
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2028/83
                                                        of 20 July 1983
                                 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    period of five months ending one month before the
COMMUNITIES,                                                      quarter in respect of which the said component is
                                                                  calculated ; whereas that period is 1 February to 30
                                                                  June 1983 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                  Whereas the second component must be equal to 7 %
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      of the average of the sluice-gate prices applicable for
2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                  the four quarters to 1 May in each year ;
zation of the market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 2966/80 (2), and in particular
Articles 8 and 12 ( 1 ) thereof,                                  Whereas the levies on the products specified in Article
                                                                  1 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 other
                                                                  than pig carcases must be derived from the levy on pig
Whereas a levy fixed quarterly in advance must be                 carcases on the basis of the coefficients fixed for such
charged on imports into the Community for the                     products pursuant to Article 1 0 (4) of Regulation (EEC)
products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)         No 2759/75 in Annex I to Commission Regulation
No 2759/79 ; whereas levies were last fixed by                    (EEC) No 3602/82 of 21 December 1982 fixing coeffi­
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 902/83 of 15 April                 cients for calculating levies on pigmeat products other
1983 (3) for the period 1 May to 31 July 1983 and                 than pig carcases, amending the Annex to Council
levies must therefore be fixed anew for the period                Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common
1 August to 31 October 1983 ;                                     Customs Tariff and repealing Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  747/79 (6) ■
Whereas the levy on pig carcases is made up of two
components ;                                                      Whereas the levies on the products specified in Article
                                                                  1 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 are made up
                                                                  of two components ;
Whereas the first component must be equal to the
difference between prices within the Community and
on the world market for the quantity of feed grain                Whereas the first component must be derived from
specified in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No             the levy on pig carcases on the basis of the coefficients
2764/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down the rules for              fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3602/82 ;
calculating a component of the levy on pig carcases (4),
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2791 /82 j5),
the composition whereof is indicated therein ;
                                                                  Whereas the second component must be equal to
                                                                  7 % , and for products falling within heading No ex
Whereas the value within the Community for that                   16.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, to 10 % , of the
quantity of feed grain must be determined in accor­               average offer prices for imports during the 12 months
dance with Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2764/75 ;             to 1 May ; whereas these averages should be deter­
whereas the value for the like quantity on the world              mined bearing in mind all the information available
market must be determined in accordance with Article              relating to imports into the Community from third
3 thereof ;                                                       countries, taking into account the representative
                                                                  character of prices ;
Whereas the said Article 3 provides that the prices for
each type of feed grain on the world market shall be              Whereas, in the case of products falling within sub­
equal to the average of the cif prices of such cereal ;           headings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I, 16.01 A and
whereas the cif prices shall be determined for the                 16.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect
                                                                  of which the rate of duty has been bound with GATT,
(') OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                          the levies must not exceed the amount resulting from
 2  OJ  No  L 307, 18 . 11 . 1980, p. 5.                          that binding ;
(3) OJ  No  L 100, 19 . 4. 1983, p. 5.
0   OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 21 .
n   OJ  No  L 295, 21 . 10 . 1982, p . 4.                         (6) OJ No L 376, 31 . 12. 1982, p. 23 .
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Whereas, for pig carcases and other products referred           dance with Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
to in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                  2766/75, be 38-69 ECU per 100 kilograms of pig
2766/75 of 29 October 1975 establishing the list of             carcases :
products for which sluice-gate prices are to be fixed
and laying down the rules for fixing the sluice-gate            Whereas the sluice-gate prices of products referred to
price for pig carcases ('), as last amended by Regulation       in Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2766/75, other
(EEC) No 1905/83 (2), the sluice-gate prices must be            than pig carcases, must be derived from the sluice-gate
fixed in advance for each quarter ; whereas sluice-gate         price for pig carcases on the basis of the coefficients
prices were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 902/ 83           laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 3602/82 ;
for the period 1 May to 31 July 1983 and prices must
therefore be fixed anew for the period 1 August to              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
31 October 1983 ;                                               are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Whereas the sluice-gate price for pig carcases is made          Committee for Pigmeat,
up of three components ;
Whereas the first component must be equal to the
value on the world market of the quantity of feed               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
grain equivalent to the quantity of feedingstuffs
required for the production in third countries of one
kilogram of pigmeat, such quantity being composed as
                                                                                         Article 1
provided in Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
2766/ 75 ;
                                                                1.      For the period 1 August to 31 October 1983 the
Whereas the value of that quantity of grain must be             levies provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC)
determined in accordance with Article 2 (2) and (3) of          No 2759/75 for the products referred to in Article
Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 ;                                   1 ( 1 ) thereof and the sluice-gate prices provided for in
Whereas the said Article 2 provides that the price for          Article 12 thereof for the products referred to in
each cereal on the world market shall be equal to the           Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 shall be as
                                                                set out in the Annex hereto .
average of the cif prices of such cereal ; whereas the cif
prices shall be determined for the period of five
months ending one month before the quarter in                   2. Nevertheless, in the case of products falling
respect of which the said amount is calculated ;                within subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I,
                                                                16.01 A and 16.02 A II of the Common Customs
whereas that period is 1 February to 30 June 1983 ;
                                                                Tariff, in respect of which the rate of duty has been
Whereas the second component, which represents the              bound within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the
extra cost, in relation to feed grain of feedingstuffs          amount resulting from that binding.
other than grain required for the production of one
kilogram of pigmeat, shall, in accordance with Article
3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75, be 15 % of the                                   Article 2
value of the quantity of feed grain ;
Whereas the third amount, which represents overhead             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August
costs of production and marketing, shall, in accor              1983 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 20 July 1983 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Poul DALSAGER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975 , p . 25 .
(2) OJ No L 190, 14. 7. 1983 , p . 1 .
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                                                                ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 20 July 1983 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on
                                                                pigmeat
                                                                                                                   Conventional
      CCT                                                                                Sluice-gate   Amount of
    heading                                        Description                              price        levies     rate of duty
                                                                                                                   bound within
       No                                                                              (ECU/ 100 kg) (ECU/ 100 kg)   GATT ( % )
01.03         Live swine :
              A. Domestic species :
                  II . Other :
                        a) Sows having farrowed at least once, of a weight of not less
                            than 1 60 kg                                                    83,99         36,50
                        b) Other                                                            98,76         42,92          —
02.01         Meat and edible offals of the animals falling within heading No
              01.01 , 01.02, 01.03 or 01.04 , fresh , chilled or frozen :
              A. Meat :
                  III . Of Swine :
                         a) Of domestic swine :
                              1 . Whole carcases or half carcases                          128,43         55,81          —
                             2.   Legs and parts thereof                                   186,23         80,93          —
l                             3.  Fore-ends or shoulders ; parts thereof                   143,84         62,51          —
                             4.   Loins and parts thereof                                  208,06         90,42          —
                              5.  Bellies and parts thereof                                1 1 1 ,74      48,56          —
                              6 . Other :
                                  aa) Boned or boneless                                    208,06         90,42          —
                                  bb) Other                                                   —
                                                                                                          90,42          —
              B. Offals :
                  II . Other :
                        c) Of domestic swine :
                             1 . Heads and parts thereof                                      —
                                                                                                          17,86            4
                            2 . Feet or tails                                                 —
                                                                                                             5,02          4
                            3 . Kidneys                                                       —
                                                                                                          58,60            4
                            4 . Livers                                                        —
                                                                                                          67,53            7
                             5 . Hearts, tongues or lungs                                     —
                                                                                                          33,49            4
                             6. Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs with windpipe and
                                  gullet all attached                                         —
                                                                                                          49,11            4
                            7. Other                                                          —
                                                                                                          49,11            4
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 :
              A. Subcutaneous pig fat :
                    I. Fresh , chilled, frozen , salted or in brine                          51,37         22,32         —
                   II . Dried or smoked                                                      56,51         24,56         —
               B. Other pig fat                                                                -
                                                                                                           1 3,39         —
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                                                                                                                Conventional
      CCT                                                                            Sluice-gate  Amount of
    heading                                  Description                                price        levies      rate of duty
                                                                                                                bound within
       No                                                                          (ECU/ 100 kg) (ECU/ 100 kg)    GATT (%)
02.06       Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted, in brine,
            dried or smoked :
            B. Of domestic swine :
                 I. Meat :
                     a) Salted or in brine :
                        1 . Bacon sides or spencers                                    164,39        71,44            —
                        2. '/4 sides or middles                                        179,80        78,14            —
                        3.  Hams and parts thereof                                     186,23         80,93           —
                        4.  Fore-ends or shoulders ; parts thereof                     143,84         62,51           —
                        5.  Loins and parts thereof                                    208,06        90,42            —
                        6.  Bellies and parts thereof                                  111,74        48,56            —
                        7 . Other :
                            aa) Boned or boneless                                      208,06         90,42           —
                            bb) Other                                                    —
                                                                                                      90,42           —
                     b) Dried or smoked :
                        1 . Hams and parts thereof                                     362,18       157,39            —
                        2. Fore-ends or shoulders ; parts thereof                      285,12       123,90            —
                        3 . Loins and parts thereof                                    358,33       155,72            —
                        4 . Bellies and parts thereof                                  186,23         80,93           —
                        5 . Other :
                            aa) Boned or boneless                                      362,18       157,39            —   '
                            bb) Other                                                    —
                                                                                                    157,39            —
                II . Offals :
                     a) Heads and parts thereof                                          —
                                                                                                      17,86           —
                     b) Feet or tails                                                    —
                                                                                                       5,02           —
                     c) Kidneys                                                          —
                                                                                                      58,60           —
                     d) Livers                                                           —
                                                                                                      67,53           —
                     e) Hearts, tongues or lungs                                         —
                                                                                                      33,49           —
                     f) Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs with windpipe and gullet
                        all attached                                                                  49,11
                     g) Other                                                            —
                                                                                                      49,11           —
15.01       Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent extracted :
            A. Lard and other pig fat :
                 I. For industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs   \\\\
                     for human consumption (a)                                           —
                                                                                                      17,86             3
                II . Other                                                              41,10         17,86           —
16.01       Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal or animal blood :
            A. Liver sausages                                                            —
                                                                                                      94,64           24
            B. Other (b) :
                 I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked                           301,82       162,16            —
                II . Other                                                               —
                                                                                                    114,80            —
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      CCT                                                                                                           Conventional
                                                                                          Sluice-gate   Amount of
     heading                                      Description                                price        levies     rate of duty
       No                                                                                                           bound within
                                                                                        (ECU/ 100 kg) (ECU/ 100 kg)
                                                                                                                      GATT (%)
 16.02          Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
               A. Liver :
                    II . Other                                                                —
                                                                                                          98,56           25
I               B. Other :
                    III . Other :
                          a) Containing meat or offal of domestic swine :
                             1 . Containing bovine meat, uncooked                             —
                                                                                                         240,25           —
                             2. Other, containing by weight :
                                 aa) 80 % or more of meat or offal, of any kind, inclu­
                                     ding fats of any kind or origin :
                                     11 . Hams or loins, (excluding collars); parts
                                          thereof                                          314,66        175,54
                                     22. Collars or shoulders ; parts thereof              263,29        143,42           —
                                     33 . Other                                               —
                                                                                                          96,75           —
                                 bb) 40 % or more but less than 80 % of meat or offal,
                                     of any kind, including fats of any kind or origin        —
                                                                                                          84,51           —
                                 cc) Less than 40 % of meat or offal, of any kind,
                                     including fats of any kind or origin                     —
                                                                                                          60,79           —
(a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities.
(b) The levy on sausages imported in containers which also contain preserving liquid shall be charged on the net weight, i. e.
    minus the weight of the liquid .