CELEX: 31992R0727
Language: en
Date: 1992-03-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 727/92 of 24 March 1992 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat

No L 79/ 16                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                 25. 3 . 92
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 727/92
                                                      of 24 March 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 been fixed
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the              trends in world market prices for feed grain must be
market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by Regulation              taken into account in fixing the levies ;
(EEC) No 1249/89 (2), and in particular Articles 8 and 12
(1 ) thereof,
                                                                  Whereas, in the case of pigment products, in respect of
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products            which the rate of duty has been bound within GAIT, the
specified in Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75,       levies should be limited to the amounts resulting from
must be fixed in advance for each quarter in accordance           that binding ;
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
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat          agricultural products originating in developing countries
were last fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No                 f7), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3588/91 (8), and
3663/91 (4), for the period 1 January to 31 March 1992,            Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 f) on the arrange­
they must be fixed anew for the period 1 April to 30 June          ments applicable to agricultural products and certain
 1992 ; whereas such prices and levies should in principle        goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
be fixed by reference to feed grain prices for the period 1        products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
October 1991 to 29 February 1992 ;                                 States (ACP States), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  444/92 (10), 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
Whereas, when the sluice-gate price applicable from 1              certain pigmeat products ;
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
tion to that used in calculating the sluice-gate price for        Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
the preceding quarter ; whereas this minimum was fixed             91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
by Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 of the Council (% as last           overseas countries and territories with the European
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3906/87 (*), at 3 % ;               Economic Community (n), no levies shall apply on
                                                                   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
Whereas the value of the quantity of feed grain varies by          charged on imports of certain products originating in the
more than 3 % from that used for the preceding quarter ;           overseas countries and territories in order to prevent
whereas trends in world market prices for feed grain must          products originating from these countries and territories
therefore be taken into account when fixing sluice-gate            from receiving more favourable treatment than similar
prices for the period 1 April to 30 June 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 .
(2) OJ No L 129, 11 . 5. 1989, p. 12.                              o OJ No L 370, 31 . 12. 1990.
h OJ No L 152, 16. 6. 199Ó, p. 18.                                 o OJ No L 341 , 12. 12. 1991 , p. 6.
(j OJ No L 348, 17. 12. 1991 , p. 49.                              f) OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
0 OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 25.                               H OJ No L 58, 5. 3. 1991 , p. 1 .
0 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 (3) 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 April to 30 June 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 April 1992.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 24 March 1992.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                       Member of the Commission
0   OJ  No L  56,  29. 2. 1992, p. 3.
O   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 24 March 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                 70,64                     51,76                 —
                   0103 9211                  60,08                     44,02                 —
                   0103 9219                  70,64                     51,76 (4)             —
                   0203 11 10                 91,86                     6731 (4)              —
                   0203 1211                 133,20                     97,60 (4)             —
                   0203 12 19                102,88                     75,39 (4)             —
                   0203 19 11                102,88                     75,39 (<)             —
                   0203 19 13                148,81                   1 09,05 (4)             —
                   0203 19 15                  79,92                    58,56 (4)             —
                   0203 19 55                148,81                   109,05 (4)              —
                   020319 59                 148,81                   109,05 (4)              —
                   0203 21 10                  91,86                    67,31 (4)             —
                   0203 2211                 133,20                     97,60 (4)             —
                   0203 2219                 102,88                     75,39 (4)             —
                   0203 29 11                102,88                     7539 (4)              —
                   0203 29 13                148,81                   109,05 (')(")           —
                   0203 29 15                  79,92                    58,56 (4)             —
                   0203 29 55                148,81                   109,05 (')(4)           —
                   0203 29 59                148,81                   109,05 (4)              —
                   0206 30 21                111,15                     81,45                   7
                   0206 30 31                  80,84                    59,24                   4
                   0206 41 91                111,15                     81,45                   7
                   0206 49 91                  80,84                    59,24                   4
                   0209 00 11                  36,74                    26,93                 —
                   0209 00 19                  40,42                    29,62                 —
                   0209 00 30                  22,05                    16,16                 —
                   021 0 1 1 1 1             1 33,20                    97,60 (') (4)         —
                   0210 11 19                102,88                     7539 (4)              —
                   0210 11 31                259,05                   1 89,82 (4)             —
                   0210 11 39                203,93                   1 49,44 (4)             —
                   0210 1211                   79,92                    58,56 C)(4)           —
                   0210 12 19                133,20                     97,60 (4)             —
                   0210 19 10                117,58                     86,16 (4)             —
                   0210 19 20                128,60                     94,24 (4)             —
                   0210 19 30                102,88                     75,39 (4)             —
                   0210 19 40                148,81                   109,05 (l) (4)          —
                   0210 19 51                148,81                   109,05 (4)              —
                   0210 19 59                148,81                   109,05 (4)              —
                   021019 60                 203,93                   149,44 (4)              —
                   0210 19 70                256,29                   1 87,80 (4)             —
                   0210 19 81                259,05                   1 89,82 (4)             —
                   0210 19 89                259,05                   189,82 (4)              —
                   0210 90 31                111,15                     81,45                 —
                   0210 90 39                  80,84                    59,24                 —
                   1501 0011                   29,40                    21,54                   3
                   1501 00 19                  29,40                    21,54                 —
                   160100 10                 128,60                   109,97 0                24
                   1601 0091                 215,87                   196,13 (')(*) (4)       —
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                                                                                                      Conventional
                    CN code                  Sluice-gate price          Amount of levies               rate of duty
                                              (ECU/100 kg)                (ECU/ 100 kg)               bound within
                                                                                                        GATT (%)
                   160100 99                      146,98                     129,59 0 00                    —
                   1602 10 00                     102,88                     103,21                         26
                   1602 20 90                     119,42                     114,63                         25
                   1602 41 10                     225,06                     199,060                        —
                   1602 4210                      188,31                     162,75 0                       —
                   1602 49 11                     225,06                     211,16 0                       —
                   1602 49 13                     188,31                     170,310                        —
                   1602 49 15                     18831                      156,06 00                      —
                   1602 49 19                     124,01                     109,79 (')O                    —
                   1602 49 30                     102,88                       92,02 0                      —
                   1602 49 50                      61,55                       6635 0                       —
                   1602 90 10                     119,42                     108,77                         26
                   1602 90 51                     124,01                     107,16                         —
                   1902 20 30                      61,55                       57,59                        —
          (') 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.
          (*) 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.
          0 No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
          0 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.1 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.