CELEX: 31974R1961
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1961/74 of the Commission of 25 July 1974 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on pigmeat

No L 204/44                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              26 . 7. 74
                                 REGULATION ( EEC) No 1961 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                            of 25 July 1974
                                       fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on pigmeat
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas the third amount, representing overhead
 COMMUNITIES,                                                          costs of production and marketing, is in accordance
                                                                       with Article 3 (2) of Regulation No 134/67/EEC to be
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 20 units of account per 100 kilogrammes of pig
 Economic Community ;                                                  carcases ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation No 121 /
 67/ EEC ( 1 ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                 Whereas the sluice-gate prices of products listed in
 tion of the market in pigmeat, as last amended by                     Article 1 of Regulation No 134/67/EEC, other than
 Regulation (EEC) No 1 652/73 (2), and in particular                   pig carcases, is to be derived from the sluice-gate price
 Articles 8 and 12 ( 1 ) thereof ;                                     for pig carcases on the basis of the coefficients fixed
                                                                       for such products pursuant to Article 10 (4) of Regula­
 Whereas for pig carcases and the other products listed                tion No 121 /67/EEC by Commission Regulation No
 in Article 1 of Council Regulation No 134/67/ EEC (3)                 204/67/EEC (6) of 28 June 1967 fixing coefficients for
 of 13 June 1967 establishing the list of products for                 calculating levies on pigmeat products other than pig
 which sluice-gate prices are fixed and adopting the                   carcases, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 rules for fixing the sluice-gate price for pig carcases, as           3406/73 (7) ;
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3158 /73 (4), the
 sluice-gate prices must be fixed in advance for each                  Whereas imports into the Community of any of the
 quarter ; whereas the sluice-gate prices were last fixed              products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation 121 /
 by Regulation (EEC) No 953/74 (5) for the period 1                    67/ EEC are to be subject to a levy fixed in advance for
 May to 31 July 1974 and must be fixed anew for the                    each quarter ; whereas levies were last fixed by Regula­
 period 1 August to 31 October 1974 ;                                  tion (EEC) No 953/74 for the period 1 May to 31 July
                                                                        1974 and must therefore be fixed anew for the period
 Whereas the sluice-gate price for pig carcases is made                 1 August to 31 October 1974 ;
 up of three components ;
 Whereas the first amount is to be equal to the value                  Whereas the levy applicable to pigmeat is made up of
 on the world market of a quantity of feed grain equiva­               two components ;
 lent to the quantity of feedingstuffs required for the
 production in third countries of one kilogramme of                    Whereas the first component is to be equal to the
 pigmeat, such quantity being determined and                           difference between prices within the Community and
 composed as provided in Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation                 on the world market for the quantity of feed grain
 No 134/ 67/ EEC ;
                                                                       determined and composed as provided in Article 1 of
 Whereas the price of that quantity of cereals is to be                Council Regulation No 133/67/ EEC (8) of 13 June
 established in accordance with Article 2 (2) and (3) of               1967 laying down the rules for calculating a compo­
 Regulation No 134/67/ EEC ;                                           nent of the levy on pig carcases ;
Whereas the said Article 2 provides that the price of                  Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain within
each cereal on the world market shall be equal to the                  the Community is to be determined in accordance
average cif price of this cereal for the period of six                with Article 2 of Regulation No 133/67/ EEC ;
 months preceding the quarter during which the                        whereas the price of the like quantity on the world
component in question is calculated ; whereas that                     market is to be determined in accordance with Article
 period runs from 1 November 1973 to 30 April 1974 ;                   3 of that Regulation ;
Whereas the second amount, representing the extra
cost, over feed grain, of feedingstuffs other than grain              Whereas the said Article 3 provides that the world
required for the production of one kilogramme of                       market price for each cereal shall be equal to the
pigmeat, is in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­             average of the cif prices determined for this cereal for
tion No 134/ 67/ EEC to be 15% of the value of the                     the period of six months preceding the quarter during
quantity of feed grain ;                                              which the first component in question is calculated ;
                                                                      whereas that period runs from 1 November 1973 to
(') OJ  No    117, 19 . 6.  1967, p. 2283/67.                          30 April 1974 ;
(2) OJ  No   L 166, 23.     6. 1973, p. 1 .
(>) OJ  No    120, 21 . 6 . 1967, p. 2367/67.                         (<>) OJ No 134, 30 . 6 . 1967, p. 2840/67.
(4) OJ  No   L 322, 23 .    11 . 1973, p. 1 .                         (7) OJ No L 349, 19 . 12. 1973, p. 18 .
(5) OJ  No   L 109, 23 .    4. 1974, p. 11 .                          (8) OJ No 120, 21 . 6 . 1967, p . 2366/67.
 ---pagebreak--- 26 . 7 . 74                          Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 204/45
Whereas the second component is to be equal to 7 %              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
of the average sluice-gate prices applicable for the four       are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
quarters preceding 1 May of each year ;                         ment Committee for Pigmeat,
Whereas the levy applicable to products listed in
Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation No 121 /67/EEC,       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
other than pig carcases, is to be derived from the levy
on pig carcases on the basis of the coefficients laid
down in Annex I to Regulation No 204/67/ EEC ;                                             Article 1
Whereas the levy applicable to products listed in               For the period 1 August to 31 October 1974, the
Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation No 121 /67/EEC is made        sluice-gate prices provided for by Article 1 2 of Regula­
up of two components ;                                          tion No 121 /67/EEC in respect of the products listed
Whereas the first component is to be derived from the           in Article 1 of Regulation 134/67/EEC shall be as
                                                                shown in Annex A hereto .
levy on pig carcases on the basis of the coefficient laid
down in Annex II to Regulation No 204/67/ EEC ;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas the second component is to be equal to 7 % ,
and for products falling within heading No ex 16.02             1 . For the period 1 August to 31 October 1974, the
of the Common Customs Tariff to 10 % , of the
                                                                levies provided for by Article 8 of Regulation No 121 /
average offer prices for imports during the 12 months           67/EEC in respect of the products listed in Article 1
preceding 1 May ; whereas it is appropriate to                  ( 1 ) of that Regulation shall be as shown in Annex B
determine this average by reference to all the informa­         hereto .
tion available relating to exports from third countries
into the Community and into other third countries,              2.      However, for products falling within subheading
taking into account, in the last-named case, differ­            02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I, 16.01 A or 16.02 A II
ences in the cost of transport and, generally, differ­          of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect of which
ences in quality and the representative character of            the rate of duty, as indicated in Annex C, has been
prices ;                                                        bound within GATT, levies shall be confined to the
Whereas for the products falling within subheading              amounts resulting from that binding.
02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I , 16.01 A or 16.02 A II
of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect of which                                          Article 3
the rate of duty has been bound against increase
within GATT, levies must be confined to the amounts             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August
resulting from that binding ;                                    1974 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 25 July 1974.
                                                                            Fur the Commission
                                                                                The President
                                                                           Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
 ---pagebreak--- No L 204/ 46                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                 26 . 7 . 74
                                                          ANNEX A
                                                Sluice-gate prices for pigmeat
                   CCT
                                                                                         Sluice-gate price
                 heading                               Description of goods                 u. a. /100 kg
                    No
             01.03       Live swine :
                         A. Domestic species :
                             II . Other :
                                   a) Sows having farrowed at least once, of a weight
                                       of not less than 160 kg                                  61-80
                                   b ) Other                                                    72-67
             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 with or without
                                             heads, feet or flare fat                           94-50
                                        2. Hams and cuts of hams, unboned ( bone-in)          146-48
                                        3 . Shoulders and cuts of shoulders' unboned
                                             (bone-in)                                         115-29
                                         4. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in)        153-09
                                        5 . Bellies and cuts of bellies                         82-22
                                         6. Other :
                                             aa) Boned or boneless and frozen                 153-09
             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. Back-fat :
                             I. Fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine                      39-69
             02.06       Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted,
                         in brine, dried or smoked :
                         B. Meat and edible meat offals of domestic swine :
                             I. Meat :
                                  a) Salted or in brine :
                                      1 . Carcases or half-carcases, with or without
                                            heads, feet or flare fat                            94-50
                                      2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles :
                                            aa ) Bacon sides                                  127-58
                                      3 . Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in)            146-48
                                      4 . Shoulder ( fores ) and cuts of shoulders , un­
                                            boned ( bone-iin )                                115-29
                                      5 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned ( bone-in )        153-09
                                      6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies                  82-22
             15.01       Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent­
                         extracted :
                         A. Lard and other pig fat :
                             II . Other                                                         30-24
 ---pagebreak--- 26. 7 . 74                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 204 /47
                                                           ANNEX B
                                                  Amount of levies for pigmeat
              CCT                                                                              Amount of
             heading                                  Description of goods                         levies
               No                                                                              u. a. / 100 kg
           01.03     Live swine :
                     A. Domestic species :
                         II . Other :
                               a) Sows having farrowed at least once, of a weight of not
                                  less than 160 kg                         v                        3-34
                               b) Other                                                              3-93
           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                                               5-11
                                   2. Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in)                      7-92
                                    3 . Shoulders and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone-in )         6-23
                                    4. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in)                    8-28
                                   5 . Bellies and cuts of bellies                                  4-44
                                    6. Other :
                                         aa ) Boned or boneless and frozen                           8-28
                                         bb) Other                                                   8-28
                     B. Offals :
                         II . Other :
                               c) Of domestic swine :
                                   1 . Heads and cuts of heads ; necks                               1-63
                                   2. Feet and tails                                                0-46
                                  3 . Kidneys                                                       5-36
                                  4 . Livers                                                         6-18
                                  5 . Hearts, tongues and lungs                                     3-07
                                   6. Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the
                                        trachea and gullet                                          4-50
                                   7., Other                                                        4-50
           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. Back-fat :
                          I. Fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine                             2-15
                         II . Dried or smoked                                                       2-50
                     B. Pig fat, other than that falling within subheading A                         1-23
 ---pagebreak--- No L 204/48 „                      Official Journal of the European Communities                             26 . 7 . 74
               CCT                                                                            Amount of
              heading                                 Description of goods                        levies
                No                                                                            u. a. /100 kg
           02.06      Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted, in brine,
                      dried or smoked :
                      B. Meat and edible meat offals of domestic swine :
                          I. Meat :
                               a) Salted or in brine :
                                   1 , Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet
                                        or flare fat                                               5-11
                                   2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles :
                                        aa) Bacon sides                                             6-90
                                        bb) Spencers                                                6-90
                                        cc) 3/4 sides and middles                                   7-66
                                   3 . Hams and cuits of hams, unboned (bone-in)                    7-92
                               4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone-in)        6-23
                                   5 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in)                   8-28
                                   6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies                         4*44
                                   7. Other                                                         8-28
                               b) Dried or smoked :
                                   1 . Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet
                                        or flare fat                                                7-66
                                   2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles :
                                        aa) Bacon sides                                             766
                                        bb) Spencers                                                7-66
                                        cc) 3/4 sides and middles                                   8-43
                                    3 . Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in) :
                                        aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                     10-22
                                        bb ) Other                                                14-41
                                   4. Shoulders and cuts of shoulders, unboned ( bone-in ) :
                                        aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                       7-15
                                        bb) Other                                                 11-34
                                    5. Loins and outs of loins, unboned (bone-in) :
                                        aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                     10-73
                                        bb) Other                                                 14-25
                                    6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies :
                                        aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                       5-11
                                        bb) Other .                                                 7-41
                                   7 . Other :
                                        aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                     10-73
                                        bb) Other                                                 14-41
                          11 . Edible meat offals :
                              a) Heads ánd cuts of heads ; necks                                     1-63
                               b ) Feet and tails                                                    0-46
                              c) Kidneys                                                            5-36
                              d ) Livers                                                            6-18
                                e) Hearts, tongues and lungs                                        3-07
                              f) Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the trachea
                                  and gullet                                                        4-50
                              g) Other                                                              4-50
 ---pagebreak--- 26. 7. 74                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                        No L 204/49
                CCT                                                                                           Amount of
              heading                                        Description of goods                                 levies
                No                                                                                            u. a. / 100 kg
           15.01          Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent extracted :
                          A. Lard and other rendered pig fat :
                                I. For industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs
                                    for human consumption (a)                                                      1-63
                              II. Other                                                                            1-63
            16.01         Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal or animal blood :
                                                                                                                15-52
                          A. Liver sausages
                          B. Other ( b) :
                                                                                                                30-27
                               I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked
                              II . Other                                                                        20-54
           16.02
                          Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
                         A. Liver :
                              II . Other                                                                        18-20
                         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, filets and loins ; pieces thereof                       33-54
                                             bb) Shoulders and pieces thereof                                  27-24
                                             cc) Other                                                         20-16
                                         2. 40 % or more but less than 80 % of meat or offals, of
                                             any kind, including fats of any kind or origin                    17-39
                                         3 . Less than 40 % of meat or offal, of any kind, includ­
                                             ing fats of any kind or origin                                    13-78
          (a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities.
          (b) The levy applicable to sausages imported in containers which also contain preservative liquid is charged
              on the net weight, i -e . after deduction of the weight of the liquid .
 ---pagebreak--- No L 204/50                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                        26. 7. 74
                                                               ANNEX C
                                  List of products bound within GATT and duties applicable
                                                                                                              Conventional
                  CCT
                                                            Description of goods                               rate of duty
               heading No                                                                                            %
            02.01                  Meat and edible offals of the animals falling within head­
                                   ing No 01.01 , 01.02, 01.03 or 01.04, fresh, chilled or
                                   frozen :
                                   B. Offals :
                                      II . Other :
                                            c) Of domestic swine :
                                               1 . Heads and cuts of heads ; necks                                   12
                                               2. Feet and tails                                                     12
                                               3 . Kidneys                                                           12
                                               4 . Livers                                                            14
                                               5 . Hearts, tongues and lungs                                         12
                                               6. Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached
                                                   to the trachea and gullet                                         12
                                               7. Other                                                              12
            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)                                     3
            16.01                  Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal or animal
                                   blood :
                                   A. Liver sausage                                                                  24
            16.02                  Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
                                                                                                                "
                                   A. Liver :
                                       II . Other                                                                    25
            (a) Entrv under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .