CELEX: 31976R0911
Language: en
Date: 1976-04-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 911/76 of 21 April 1976 fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices on pigmeat

No L 105/ 18                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                22. 4. 76
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 911 /76
                                                         of 21 April 1976
                                    fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices on pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas the second component shall be 7 % of the
COMMUNITIES,                                                        average sluice-gate prices applicable for the four quar­
                                                                     ters preceding 1 May of each year ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                    Whereas the levies applicable to products listed in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No
2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                   2759/75 other than pig carcases shall be derived from
tion of the market in pigmeat ('), as amended by Regu­               the levy on pig carcases on the basis of the coeffi­
lation (EEC) No 367/76 (2), and in particular Articles 8             cients fixed for such products pursuant to Article 10
and 12 ( 1 ) thereof,                                                (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 in Annex I to
                                                                     Commission Regulation No 204/67/EEC of 28 June
Whereas imports into the Community of any of the                     1967 fixing coefficients for calculating levies on
products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No            pigmeat products other than pig carcases (7), as last
2759/75 shall be subject to a levy fixed in advance for              amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3406/73 (8) ;
each quarter ; whereas levies were last fixed by
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 85/76 of 19
January 1976 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                  Whereas the levies applicable to products listed in
1 64/76 (4), for the period 1 February to 30 April 1976              Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 shall
and must therefore be fixed anew for the period 1                    be composed of two components ;
May to 31 July 1976 ;
Whereas the levy applicable to pig carcases is                       Whereas the first component shall be derived from
                                                                     the levy on pig carcases on the basis of the coeffi­
composed of two components ;
                                                                     cients laid down in Annex II to Regulation No 204/
                                                                     67/EEC :
Whereas the first component is to be equal to the
difference between prices within the Community and
on the world market for the quantity of feed grain                   Whereas the second component shall be 7 % , and for
composed as provided in Article 1 of Council Regula­                  products falling within heading No ex 16.02 of the
tion (EEC) No 2764/75 of 29 October 1975 laying                       Common Customs Tariff to 10 % , of the average offer
down the rules for calculating a component of the                     prices for imports during the 12 months preceding 1
levy on pig carcases (5), as amended by Regulation                    May ; whereas these averages should be determined
(EEC) No 370/76 (6) ;                                                 bearing in mind all the information available relating
                                                                      to exports from third countries into the Community
Whereas the value of the quantity of feed grain within                and into other third countries, taking into account, in
the Community shall be determined in accordance                       the latter case, differences in the cost of transport and,
with Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2764/75 ;                      generally, differences in quality and the representative
whereas the value of the same quantity on the world                   character of prices ;
market shall be determined in accordance with Article
3 thereof ;
                                                                      Whereas for the products falling within subheadings
Whereas the said Article 3 provides that the world                    02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I, 16.01 A and 16.02 A II
 market price for each cereal shall be equal to the                   of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect of which
 average of the cif prices of such cereal ; whereas the               the rate of duty has been bound with GATT, levies
cif prices shall be determined for the period of five                 must be restricted to the amounts resulting from that
 months ending one month before the quarter in                        binding ;
 respect of which the said component is calculated ;
whereas that period runs from 1 November 1975 to
 31 March 1976 ;                                                      Whereas for pig carcases and other products referred
                                                                      to in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
(!)  OJ No   L 282, 1.11 . 1975, p. 1 .                               2766/75 of 29 October 1975 establishing the list of
(2)  OJ No   L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 1 .                               products for which sluice-gate prices are to be fixed
(3)  OJ No   L 11 , 20 . 1 . 1976, p. 9 .
(4)  OJ No   L 18 , 27. 1 . 1976, p. 19 .
(5)  OJ No   L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 21 .                            (7) OJ No L 134, 30 . 6. 1967, p . 2840/67.
(<>) OJ No   L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 4.                                (8) OJ No L 349, 19 . 12. 1973, p. 18 .
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and laying down the rules for fixing the sluice-gate           Whereas the third amount, representing overhead
price for pig carcases (!), as amended by Regulation           costs of production and marketing, shall, in accor­
(EEC) No 370/76, the sluice-gate prices must be fixed          dance with Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
in advance for each quarter ; whereas the sluice-gate          2766/75, be 20 units of account per 100 kilogrammes
prices were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 85/76            of pig carcases ;
for the period 1 February to 30 April 1976 and must
be fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31 July 1976 ;           Whereas the sluice-gate prices of products referred to
                                                               in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75, other
Whereas the sluice-gate price for pig carcases is              than pig carcases, shall be derived from the sluice-gate
composed of three components ;                                 price for pig carcases on the basis of the coefficients
                                                               laid down by Regulation No 204/67/EEC ;
Whereas the first component shall be equal to the
value on the world market of the quantity of feed              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
grain equivalent to the quantity of feedingstuffs              are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
required for the production in third countries of one          ment Committee for Pigmeat,
kilogramme of pigmeat, such quantity being
composed as provided in Article 2 ( I ) of Regulation          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
(EEC) No 2766/75 ;
                                                                                       Article 1
Whereas the value of that quantity of cereals shall be
established in accordance with Article 2 (2) and (3) of         1 . For the period 1 May to 31 July 1976 the levies
Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 ;                                  provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas the said Article 2 provides that the price of          2759/75 for the products referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) of
each cereal on the world market shall be equal to the          that Regulation and the sluice-gate prices provided for
average cif price of such cereal ; whereas the cif prices      in Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 for the
shall be determined for the period of five months              products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                               No 2766/75, shall be as shown in the Annex hereto.
ending one month before the quarter in respect of
which the said amount is calculated ; whereas that             2. Provided that in the case of products falling
period runs from 1 November 1975 to 31 March                   within subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I,
 1976 ;                                                         16.01 A and 16.02 A II of the Common Customs
                                                               Tariff in respect of which the rate of duty has been
Whereas the second component, representing 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 fror the production of one
kilogramme of pigmeat, shall, in accordance with                                       Article 2
Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75, be
 1 5 % of the value of the quantity of feed grain ;            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1976.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 21 April 1976.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                          P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                     Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 25.
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                                                                ANNEX
                                                                                                               Conventional
    CCT                                                                             Sluice-gate   Amount oí
                                                                                                                rate of duty
  heading                                  Description of goods                         price        levies    bound within
    No                                                                              u. a. /100 kg u.a. /100 kg   GATT (% )
01.03     Live swine :
          A. Domestic species :
              11. Other :
                   a) Sows having farrowed at least once, of a weight of not
                      less than 160 kg                                                57-92          12-71              -
                   b) Other                                                           68-10          14-94           —
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 . Carcases or half-carcases, wiith or without heads, feet
                             or flare fat                                             88-56          19-43
                        2. Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in)                 137-26          3012             —
                       3 . Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone­
                             in)                                                    108-04           23-71
                        4. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in)               143-46           31-48           —
                       5. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies                       77-04          16-91           —
                       6. Other :
                             aa) Boned or boneless and frozen                       143-46          31-48            —
                             bb) Other                                                               31-48
          B. Offals :
              II. Other :
                   c) Of domestic swine :
                       1 . Heads and cuts of heads ; necks                               —             6-22           9
                      2. Feet ; tails                                                    —             1-75           9
                      3. Kidneys                                                        —           20-41             9
                      4. Livers                                                         —           23-51            11
                      5 . Hearts ; tongues ; lungs                                       —
                                                                                                     11-66            9
                      6. Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the
                            trachea and gullet                                          _            17-10            9
                      7. Other                                                           —           17-10            9
02.05     Pig fat free of lean meat and poultry fat (not rendered or solvent­
          extracted), fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, ¡n brine, dried or smoked :
          A. Back-fat :
               I. Fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine                          37-19            8-16          —
              II. Dried or smoked                                                        —             9-52        . —
          B. Pig fat, other than that falling within ' subheading A                      —             4-66          —
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                                                                                                              Conventional
   CCT                                                                            Sluice-gate   Amount of
  heading                                Description of goods                         price        levies
                                                                                                               rate of duty
                                                                                                              bound within
    No                                                                            u. a. /100 kg u.a ./100 kg    GATT (% )
02.06     Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted, in brine,
          dried or Simoked :
          B. Meat and edible meat offals of domestic swine :
              I. Meat :
                   a) Salted or in brine :
                      1 . Carcase? or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet
                           or flare fat                                              88-56         19-43
                       2. Bacon sides, sipencers, 3/4 sides and middles :
                           aa) Bacon sides                                         119-55          26-24             —
                           bb) Spencers                                                 —          26-24             —
                           cc) 3/4 sides and middles                                    —          29-15             —
                       3 . Hams and cuits of hams, unboned (bone-in)               137-26          30-12             —
                       4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned
                           (bone-in)                                               108-04          23-71
                      5. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in)                143-46          31-48
                       6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies                      77-04          16-91
                       7. Other                                                         —          31-48
                   b) Dried or smoked :
                       1 . Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet
                           or flare fat                                                             29-15            _
                        2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles :
                           aa) Bacon sides                                               —
                                                                                                    29-15            —
                           bb) Spencers                                                  —
                                                                                                    29-15            —
                           cc) 3/4 sides and middles                                     —          32-07            —
                       3. Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (ibone-in) :
                           aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                         —          38-87            —
                           bb) Other                                                     —          54-80            —
                       4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone­
                           in) :
                           aa) Slightly dried or «lightly smoked                         —          27-21           '—
                           bb) Other                                                     —          43-14            —
                       5. Loins and outs of loins, unboned (bone-in) :
                           aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                         —          40-81            —
                           bb) Other                                                     __         54-22            —
                       6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies :
                           aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                         —          19-43            —
                           bb) Other .                                                   —          28-18            —
                       7. Other :
                           aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                         —          40-81            —
                           bb) Other                                                     —          54-80            —
              II . Edible meat offals :
                   a)   Heads and cuts of heads ; necks                                  —            6-22           —
                   b)   Feet ; tails                                                     —
                                                                                                      1-75           —
                   c)  Kidneys                                                           —
                                                                                                    20-41            —
                   d)   Livers                                                           —
                                                                                                    23-51            —
                   e) Hearts ; tongues ; lungs                                           —
                                                                                                    11-66            —
                    f) Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the trachea
                       and gullet                                                                   17-10
                   g) Other                                                                         17-10
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                                                                                                                                  Conventional
    CC.T                                                                                              Sluice-gate  Amount of
   heading                                     Description of goods                                      price        levies
                                                                                                                                   rate of duty
                                                                                                                                  bound within
     No                                                                                               u.a ./100 kg u.a./100 kg      GATT ( % )
                                                                                                    '
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)                                                        —            6-22             3
                     II . Other                                                                         28-34           6-22            —
16.01          Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal or animal blood :
               A. Liver sausages                                                                           —
                                                                                                                      40-03             24
               B. Other ( b) :
                      I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked                                          —          68-78             —
                     II . Other                                                                            —          45-30             —
16.02           Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
                A. Liver :
                     II . Other                                                                            —
                                                                                                                      43-00             25
                B. Other :
                     III. Other :
                           a) Containing meat or offals of domestic swine and con­
                              taining by weight :
                              1 . 80% or more of meat or offal, of any kind, including
                                  fats of any kind or origin :
                                  aa) Hams, tenderloins and loins ; pieces thereof                         —          70-00             —
                                  bb) Shoulders and pieces thereof                                         —          57-85             —
                                  cc) Other                                                                —          41-45             —
                              2. 40 % or more but less than 80 % of meat or offals, of
                                  any kind, including fats of any kind or origin                                      34-29             _
                              3 . Less than 40% of meat or offal, of any kind, includ­
                                  ing fats of any kind or origin                                           —          22-08             —
(a) Entry under this subheading is subjcct 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 .