CELEX: 31983R2820
Language: en
Date: 1983-10-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2820/83 of 7 October 1983 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat

11 . 10 . 83                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 278 /7
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2820/83
                                                       of 7 October 1983
                                  fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     feed grain must therefore be taken into account when
COMMUNITIES,                                                       fixing sluice-gate prices for the period 1 November
                                                                   1983 to 31 January 1984 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1
                                                                   November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       trends in world market prices for feed grain should be
2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                   taken into account only if at the same time a new
zation of the market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by            sluice-gate price is being fixed ;
Regulation (EEC) No 2966/80 (2), and in particular
Articles 8 and 12 ( 1 ) thereof,                                   Whereas, since a new sluite-gate price is to be fixed
                                                                   trends in world market prices for feed grain must be
Whereas sluice-gate prices for pig carcases and for the            taken into account in fixing the levies ;
other products specified in Article 1 of Council Regu­
lation (EEC) No 2766/75 of 29 October 1975 esta­                   Whereas, in the case of products falling within any of
blishing the list of products for which sluice-gate                subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I, 16.01 A or
prices are to be fixed and laying down the rules for                16.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect
fixing the sluice-gate prices for pig carcases (3), as last        of which the rate of duty has been bound within
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1905/83 (4), and                    GATT, the levies should be limited to the amounts
levies for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of            resulting from that binding ;
Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, must be fixed in
advance for each quarter in accordance with the                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
methods of calculation laid down in Commission                     are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Regulation (EEC) No 2028/83 of 20 July 1983 fixing                 Committee for Pigmeat,
the levies and sluice-gate prices on pigmeat (*) ;
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for
pigmeat were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
2028/83 for the period 1 August to 31 October 1983,
they must be fixed anew for the period 1 November
1983 to 31 January 1984 ; whereas such prices and                                          Article 1
levies should in principle be fixed by reference to feed
grain prices for the period 1 May to 30 September                   1 . For the period 1 November 1983 to 31 January
1983 ;
                                                                    1984, the sluice-gate prices provided for in Article 12
                                                                   of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 for the products
Whereas, when the sluice-gate price applicable from 1              specified in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75
November, 1 February and 1 May is being fixed,                     and the levies provided for in Article 8 of Regulation
trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be             (EEC) No 2759/75 for the products specified in Article
taken into account only if the value of the quantity of             1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation shall be as shown in the
feed grain required varies by at least a specified                 Annex hereto .
minimum in relation to that used in calculating the
sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas               2. Provided that, in the case of products falling
this minimum was fixed by Regulation (EEC) No                      within any of subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01
2766/75 at 3 % ;                                                   A I, 16.01 A or 16.02 A II of the Common Customs
                                                                   Tariff, in respect of which the rate of duty has been
Whereas the value of the quantity of feed grain varies              bound within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the
by more than 3 % from that used for the preceding                   amount resulting from that binding.
quarter ; whereas trends in world market prices for
                                                                                           Article 2
(') OJ   No  L 282,  1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
R   OJ   No  L 307,  18 . 11 . 1980, p. 5.
(3) OJ   No  L 282,  1 . 11 . 1975, p. 25.                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
(4) OJ   No  L 190 , 14. 7 . 1983 , p. 1 .                          1983 .
0   OJ   No  L 199,  22. 7. 1983 , p. 16 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 7 October 1983.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Poul DALSAGER
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                                ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 7 October 1983 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on
                                                                 pigmeat
                                                                                                                     Conventional
      CCT                                                                                 Sluice-gate  Amount of
                                                                                                                     rate of duty
     heading                                        Description                              price       levies
                                                                                                                    bound within
       No                                                                               (ECU/ 100 kg) (ECU/ 100 kg)   GATT ( %)
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                                                     92,41        31,28           —
                         b) Other                                                           108,65        36,78           —
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 . Whole carcases or half carcases                          141,29        47,83           —
                              2.   Legs and parts thereof                                   204,88        69,36           —
                              3.   Fore-ends or shoulders ; parts thereof                   158,25        53,57           —
                              4.   Loins and parts thereof                                  228,89        77,49           —
                              5.   Bellies and parts thereof                                122,93        41,61           —
                              6 . Other :                                               l
                                   aa) Boned or boneless                                    228,89        77,49           —
                                   bb) Other                                                   —
                                                                                                          77,49           —
               B. Offals :                                                              \
                   II . Other :                                                         l
                         c) Of domestic swine :
                              1 . Heads and parts thereof                                      —
                                                                                                          15,31             4
                              2. Feet or tails                                                 —
                                                                                                            4,30            4
                              3 . Kidneys                                                      —
                                                                                                          50,22             4
                             4 . Livers                                                        —
                                                                                                          57,88             7
                              5. Hearts, tongues or lungs                                      —
                                                                                                          28,70             4
                              6. Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs with windpipe' and
                                   gullet all attached                                                    42,09             4
                              7 . Other                                                        —
                                                                                                          42,09             4
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. Subcutaneous pig fat :
                     I. Fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine                            56,52        19,13           —
                    II . Dried or smoked                                                      62,17        21,05           —
                B. Other pig fat                                                               —
                                                                                                           11,48           —
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                                                                                                                 Conventional
      CCT                                                                              Sluice-gate  Amount of
                                                                                                                  rate of duty
     heading                                   Description                                price        levies
                                                                                                                 bound within
       No                                                                            (ECU/ 100 kg) (ECU/ 100 kg)   GATT (%)
02.06         Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted, in brine,
              dried or smoked :
              B. Of domestic swine :
                   I. Meat :
                       a) Salted or in brine :
                          1 . Bacon sides or spencers                                    180,86         61,22          —
                          2. 3/4 sides or middles                                        197,81         66,96          —
                          3.  Hams and parts thereof                                     204,88         69,36          —
                          4.  Fore-ends or shoulders ; parts thereof                     158,25         53,57          —
                          5.  Loins and parts thereof                                    228,89         77,49          —
                          6.  Bellies and parts thereof                                  122,93         41,61          —
                          7. Other :
                              aa) Boned or boneless                                      228,89         77,49          —
                              bb) Other                                                    —
                                                                                                        77,49          —
                       b) Dried or smoked :                                                        l
                          1 . Hams and parts thereof                                     398,45       134,89           —
                          2. Fore-ends or shoulders ; parts thereof                      313,67       106,19           —
                          3 . Loins and parts thereof                                    394,21       133,45           —
                          4. Bellies and parts thereof                                   204,88         69,36          —
                          5 . Other :                                                              I
                              aa) Boned or boneless                                      398,45       134,89           —
                              bb) Other                                                    —
                                                                                                      134,89           —
                  II . Offals :                                                                    \
                       a) Heads and parts thereof                                          —
                                                                                                        15,31          —
                       b) Feet or tails                                                     —
                                                                                                          4,30         —
                       c) Kidneys                                                           —
                                                                                                        50,20          —
                       d) Livers                                                            —
                                                                                                        57,88          —
                       e) Hearts, tongues or lungs                                         —
                                                                                                        28,70          —
                       f) Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs with windpipe and gullet
                          all attached                                                                  42,09
                       g) Other                                                             —
                                                                                                        42,09          —
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)                                            —
                                                                                                        15,31            3
                  II . Other                                                               42,51         15,31         —
 16.01        Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal or animal blood :                         I
              A. Liver sausages                                                             —
                                                                                                        83,46           24
              B. Other (b) :
                   I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked                           332,04       143,40           —
                  II . Other                                                                —
                                                                                                   102,03               —
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                                                                                                                    Conventional
     CCT                                                                                 Sluice-gate  Amount of
    heading                                       Description                               price        levies     rate of duty
                                                                                                                   bound within
      No                                                                               (ECU/ 100 kg) (ECU/ 100 kg)
                                                                                                                     GATT (%)
16.02          Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
               A. Liver :                                                              \I
                   II . Other                                                                —
                                                                                                          88,18          25
               B. Other :
                   III . Other :                                                                     \
                         a) Containing meat or offal of domestic swine :               I||
                            1 . Containing bovine meat, uncooked                             —
                                                                                                        208,33           —
                            2. Other, containing by weight :                           llII
                                aa) 80 % or more of meat or offal, of any kind, inclu­
                                    ding fats of any kind or origin :                                \
                                    1 1 . Hams or loins, (excluding collars) ; parts
                                          thereof                                          346,17       155,99           —
                                    22. Collars or shoulders ; parts thereof               289,65       127,06           —
                                    33 . Other                                               —
                                                                                                          85,97          —
                                bb) 40 % or more but less than 80 % of meat or offal, IlI-I
                                    of any kind, including fats of any kind or origin        —
                                                                                                          75,57          —
                                cc) Less than 40 % of meat or offal, of any kind, IlII
                                    including fats of any kind or origin                     —
                                                                                                          55,45          —
(a) Entry under this subheading is subject 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.