CELEX: 31981R1021
Language: en
Date: 1981-04-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1021/81 of 13 April 1981 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

No L 103/20                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           15. 4. 81
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1021/81
                                                         of 13 April 1981
                               fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      minimum in relation to that used to calculate the
COMMUNITIES,                                                        sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas,
                                                                    by Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75, this minimum was
                                                                    set at 3 % ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                    Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain
                                                                    required varies by more than 3 % from that used for
                                                                    the preceding quarter ; whereas this variation must
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        accordingly be taken into account in fixing sluice-gate
2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                    prices for the period 1 May to 31 July 1981 ;
zation of the market in poultrymeat ('), as last
amended by the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in
particular Articles 3 and 7 ( 1 ) thereof,                          Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1
                                                                    November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,
                                                                    changes in world market prices for feed grain should
Whereas the sluice-gate prices and levies for the                   be taken into account only if at the same time a new
products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)           sluice-gate price is fixed ;
No 2777/75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in
accordance with methods of calculation laid down in                 Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2778 /75 of 29 October                  changes in world market prices for feed grain must be
1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy and the             taken into account in fixing the levies ;
sluice-gate price for poultrymeat (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 750/81 (4) ;
                                                                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                    are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3011 /79 fixing the                     Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
coefficients for calculating levies on derived poultry­
meat products has been amended by Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 941 /81 (5) ;
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas since the sluice-gate prices and levies for
poultrymeat were, by Regulation (EEC) No 151 /81 (6),                                       Article 1
last fixed for the period 1 February to 30 April 1981 ,
they must be fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31
July 1981 ; whereas such prices and levies should in                 1 . In respect of the products specified in Article 1
principle be calculated by reference to feed-grain                  ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75, the levies
prices for the period 1 November 1980 to 31 March                   provided for in Article 3 thereof and the sluice-gate
1981 ;                                                              prices provided for in Article 7 thereof shall be as
                                                                    shown in the Annex hereto .
                                                                    2. Provided that, in the case of products falling
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from                within heading No 02.03 and within subheading 15.01
1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,                   B or 16.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff, in
trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be              respect of which the rate of duty has been bound
taken into account only if the price of the quantity of             within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the amount
feed grain required varies by at least a specified                  resulting from that binding.
(') OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77.
0   OJ  No  L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979 , p . 17 .
(3) OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 84.                                                    Article 2
(«) OJ  No  L 80, 26. 3 . 1981 , p . 1 .
0   OJ  No  L 96, 8 . 4 . 1981 , p . 13 .
(6) OJ  No  L 18 , 21 . 1 . 1981 , p. 7 .                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1981 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 13 April 1981 .
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                   Poul DALSAGER
                                                             Member of the Commission
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                                                            ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 13 April 1981 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for
                                                         poultrymeat
    CCT
                                                   Description                                      Sluice -gate       Levy
  heading                                                                                              price
    No
     1                                                 2                                                  3              4
                                                                                                   ECU/ 1 00 units ECU/ 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                                                                  85-53            9-65
                II . Other                                                                             23-65            3-39
                                                                                                    ECU/ 1 00 kg    ECU/ 1 00 kg
            B. Other :
                  I. Fowls                                                                             78-44           13-62
                 II . Ducks                                                                           103-59           17-77
                III . Geese                                                                           122-87           17-93
                IV. Turkeys                                                                           108-06           14-29
                 V. Guinea-fowls                                                                      133-47           21-24
   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 % chickens'              98-54          17-11
                      b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, but with hearts, livers and
                         gizzards, known as '70 % chickens'                                           112-05           19-45
                      c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without hearts, livers and
                         gizzards, known as '65 % chickens'                                           122-09           21-20
                 II . Ducks :
                      a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted, with heads and feet, known as '85 %
                          ducks'                                                                      121-86           20-90
                      b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with hearts, livers and
                          gizzards, known as '70 % ducks'                                             147-98           25-38
                      c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, without hearts, livers and
                          gizzards, known as '63 % ducks'                                             164-41           28-20
                III . Geese :
                      a) Plucked, bled, not drawn, with heads and feet, known as '82 % geese'         175-53           25-61
                      b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with or without hearts and
                          gizzards, known as '75 % geese'                                             167-73           26-31
                IV. Turkeys
                      (a) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with necks, hearts, livers
                           and gizzards, known as '80 % turkeys'                                       154-37          20-41
                      (b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without necks, hearts,
                           livers and gizzards, known as '73 % turkeys'                                169-16          21-48
                 V. Guinea-fowls                                                                      190-67           30-34
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      CCT
                                                        Description                                    Sluice-gate      Levy
    heading                                                                                               price
       No
        1                                                   2                                               3             4
                                                                                                      ECU/ 100 kg    ECU/ 100 kg
     02.02      B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) :
    (cont'd)         I. Boned or boneless                                                               30912           48-76
                    II. Unboned (bone-in) :
                         a) Halves or quarters :
                             1 . Of fowls                                                               134-30          23-32
                            2. Of ducks                                                                 180-85          31-02
                             3. Of geese                                                                 184-50         28-94
                            4. Of turkeys                                                                186-08         23-63
                             5. Of guinea-fowls                                                         209-74          33-37
                        b)  Whole wings, with or without tips                                            100-46         15-85
                         c) Backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing tips                  69-55         10-97
                        d)   Breasts and cuts of breasts :
                             1 . Of geese                                                               251-60          39-47
                            2. Of turkeys                                                               246-99          32-66
                            3. Of other poultry                                                          184-88         32-09
                         e) Legs and cuts of legs :
                             1 . Of geese                                                               243-21          38-15
                            2. Of turkeys :
                                 aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks                                   115-78         15-31
                                 bb) Other                                                              208-40          27-55
                            3. Of other poultry                                                         173-68          30-15
                         f)  Other                                                                      309-12          48-76
                C. Offals                                                                                 69-55         10-97
     02.03     Poultry liver, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine :
               A. Fatty liver of goose or duck                                                        1 755-30         256-10
               B. Other                                                                                  177-74         28-04
     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                                                                           154-56         24-38
     15.01      Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted :
                B. Poultry fat                                                                           185-47         29-26
     16.02      Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
                B. Other :
                    I. Poultrymeat or offal :
                        a) Containing 57 % or more by weight of poultrymeat (a) :
                            1 . Containing uncooked meat or offal ; mixtures of cooked meat or offal
                                 and uncooked meat or offal :
                                 aa) Containing exclusively turkeymeat                                   308-74         40-82
                                 bb) Other                                                               309-22         50-74
                            2. Other                                                                     340-03         53-64
                        b) Containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry­
                            meat (a)                                                                     185-47         29-26
                        c) Other                                                                         108-19          17-07
(a) For the purpose of determining the percentage of poultrymeat, weight of any bones shall be disregarded.