CELEX: 31990R0768
Language: en
Date: 1990-03-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 768/90 of 29 March 1990 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat

30 . 3. 90                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 83/69
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 768/90
                                                         of 29 March 1990
                                     fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          market prices for feed grain should be taken into account
                                                                     only if at the same time a new sluice-gate price is being
                                                                     fixed ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                     Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price has been fixed
                                                                     trends in world market prices for feed grain must be
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   taken into account in fixing the levies ;
Portugal,
                                                                     Whereas, in the case of pigment products, in respect of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75                 which the rate of duty has been bound within GATT, the
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                  levies should be limited to the amounts resulting from
market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by Regulation                  that binding ;
(EEC) No 1249/89 (2), and in particular Articles 8 and 12
(1 ) thereof,
                                                                     Whereas, by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3899/89 of 18
                                                                      December 1989 reducing for 1990 the levies on certain
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products                agricultural products originating in developing coun­
specified in Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75,           tries Q and Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of 5
must be fixed in advance for each quarter in accordance               March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­
with the methods of calculation laid down in Commis­
                                                                      tural products and certain goods resulting from the
sion Regulation (EEC) No 1755/89 of 20 June 1989                      processing of agricultural products originating in the
fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices on pigmeat (3) ;             African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) or the
                                                                      overseas countries and territories (OCT) (8), special import
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat              arrangements were introduced involving a reduction to
were last fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No                     50 % in levies within the framework of fixed amounts or
3930/89 (4) for the period 1 January to 31 March 1990,                annual quotas, in particular for certain pigmeat products ;
they must be fixed anew for the period 1 April to 30 June
1990 ; whereas such prices and levies should in principle             Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 616/86 of 28
be fixed by reference to feed grain prices for the period 1           February 1986 on the application of import levies on
October 1989 to 28 February 1990 ;                                    pigmeat products from Portugal (') suspended the applica­
                                                                      tion of import levies on pigmeat products from Portugal
Whereas, when the sluice-gate price applicable from 1                 owing to the minimal difference between the prices
October, 1 January and 1 April is being fixed, trends in              obtaining in the Community on the one hand and in
world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into               Portugal on the other hand ; whereas the situation still
account only if the value of the quantity of feed grain                pertains ;
required varies by at least a specified minimum in rela­
tion to that used in calculating the sluice-gate price for            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
the preceding quarter ; whereas this minimum was fixed                 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
by Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 of the Council (*), as last             Committee for Pigmeat,
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3906/87 (6), at 3% ;
Whereas the value of the quantity of feed grain varies by
more than 3 % from that used for the preceding quarter ;
whereas trends in world market prices for feed grain must              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
therefore be taken into account when fixing sluice-gate
prices for the period 1 April to 30 June 1990 ;
Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 October, 1                                            Article 1
January and 1 April are being fixed, trends in world
                                                                       1 . For the period 1 April to 30 June 1990, the
(') OJ  No  L  282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                              sluice-gate prices and the levies provided for in Articles
0    OJ No   L 129, 11 . 5. 1989, p. 12.
0   OJ  No  L  172, 21 . 6. 1989, p. 8.
(<) OJ  No  L  375, 23 . 12. 1989, p. 78 .                             0 OJ No L 383, 30. 12. 1989, p. 125.
0   OJ  No  L  282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 25.                              (8) OJ No L 84, 30 . 3 . 1990, p. 85.
(6)  OJ No   L 370, 30 . 12. 1987, p. 11 .                             O OJ No L 58, 1 . 3 . 1986, p. 45.
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12 and 8 respectively of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 for       application of the levies specified in paragraphs 1 and 2
the products specified in Article 1 (1 ) of that Regulation    shall be suspended.
shall be as shown in the Annex.
2.    Provided that, in the case of products falling within
CN      codes    0206 30 21 ,   0206 30 31 ,    0206 41 91 ,
0206 49 91 ,    1501 00 11 ,    1601 00 10,      1602 10 00,
1602 20 90 or 1602 90 10, in respect of which the rate of
duty has been bound within GATT, the levy shall not                                     Article 2
exceed the amount resulting from that binding.
3. For imports from Portugal of products specified in
paragraph 1 and in free circulation in that Member State,      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1990.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 29 March 1990.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                    Member of the Commission
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                                                      ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 29 March 1990 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
                                                                                    GAIT (%)
                 0103 91 10                80,94                   45,08
                 0103 92 11                68,83                   38,34
                 0103 9219                 80,94                   45,08
                 0203 11 10              105,25                    58,62
                 0203 1211               152,61                    84,99
                 0203 1 2 19             117,88                    65,65
                 0203 1911               117,88                    65,65
                 0203 19 13              170,51                    94,96
                 0203 19 15                91,57                   51,00
                 0203 19 55              170,51                    94,96
                 0203 19 59              170,51                    94,96
                 0203 21 10              105,25                    58,62
                 0203 2211               152,61                    84,99
                 0203 22 19              117,88                    65,65
                 0203 29 1 1             117,88                    65,65
                 0203 29 13              170,51                    94,96 (>)
                 0203 29 15                91,57                   51,00
                 0203 29 55              170,51                    94,96 (')
                 0203 29 59              170,51                    94,96
                 0206 30 21              127,35                    70,93                  7
                 0206 30 31                92,62                   51,58                  4
                 0206 41 91              127,35                    70,93                  7
                 0206 49 91                92,62                   51,58                  4
                 0209 00 11                42,10                   23,45
                 0209 00 19                46,31                   25,79
                 0209 00 30                25,26                   14,07
                 0210 11 11              152,61                    84,99 (')
                 0210 11 19              1 17,88                   65,65
                 0210 11 31              296,81                   165,30
                 0210 11 39              233,66                   130,13
                 0210 12 11                91,57                   51,00 (>)
                 0210 12 19              152,61                    84,99
                 0210 19 10              134,72                    75,03
                 0210 19 20              147,35                    82,06
                 0210 19 30              1 17,88                   65,65
                 0210 19 40              170,51                    94,96 (>)
                 0210 19 51              170,51                    94,96
                 0210 19 59              170,51                    94,96
                 0210 19 60              233,66                   130.13
                 0210 19 70              293,65                   163,54
                 0210 19 81              296,81                   165,30
                 0210 19 89              296,81                   165,30
                 0210 90 31              127,35                    70,93
                 0210 90 39                92,62                   51,58
                 1501 00 11                33,68                   18,76                  3
                 1501 00 19                33,68                   18,76
                 1601 00 10              147,35                    99,30 0              24
                 1601 00 91              247,34                   170.14 (') P)
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                                                                                                       Conventional
                     CN code                 Sluice-gate price           Amount of levies              rate of duty
                                               (ECU/ 100 kg)               (ECU/100 kg)               bound within
                                                                                                        GAIT (%)
                   1601 00 99                     168,40                      11 2,95 0 (2)
                   1602 10 00                     117,88                       86,44                        26
                   1602 20 90                     136,83                       97,47                        25
                   1602 41 10                     257,86                      179,68
                   1602 42 10                     215,76                      146,05
                   1602 49 11                     257,86                      186,05
                   1602 49 13                     215,76                      152,85
                    1602 49 15                    215,76                      150,49 0
                    1602 49 19                    142,09                       95,42 0
                    1602 49 30                    117,88                       84,97
                    1602 49 50                      70,52                      60,36
                    1602 90 10                     136,83                      97,47                        26
                    1602 90 51                     142,09                      95,42
                    1902 20 30                      70,52                       65,17
           (') The levy on products originating in the developing countries and listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No
               3899/89 is reduced by 50% within the limits of the fixed amounts referred to in that Annex.
           (2) The levy on products originating in the ACP States/OCT countries and listed in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC)
               No 715/90 reduced by 50 % within the limits of the quotas referred to in that Regulation.
            NB : The CN codes and the footnotes are defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                  2658 /87 (OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 ).