CELEX: 31975R0207
Language: en
Date: 1975-01-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 207/75 of the Commission of 28 January 1975 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat

No L 22/ 14                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              29 . 1 . 75
                                REGULATION ( EEC) No 207 /75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 28 January 1975
                                    fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas the price of the relevant quantity of feed
COMMUNITIES,                                                         grain does not vary by 3 % or more from that used for
                                                                     the preceding quarter ; whereas the sluice-gate prices
                                                                     should therefore be maintained unchanged until 30
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                April 1975 ;
Economic Community ;
                                                                     Whereas when the levies applicable from 1
                                                                     November, 1 February and 1 May respectively are
Having regard to Council Regulation No 121 /                         being fixed changes in world market prices for feed
67/EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                   grain should be taken into account only if at the same
tion of the market in pigmeat, as last amended by                    time a new sluice-gate price is fixed ;
Regulation ( EEC) No 1861 /74 (2), and in particular
Articles 8 and 12 ( 1 ) thereof ;                                    Whereas, since no new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
                                                                     the levies should accordingly be maintained
                                                                     unchanged until 30 April 1975 ;
Whereas sluice-gate prices for pig carcases and for the
other products specified in Article 1 of Council Regu­               Whereas in the case of products falling within any of
lation No 134/67/ EEC (3 ) of 13 June 1967 esta­                     subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I , 16.01 A or
blishing the list of products for which sluice-gate                   16.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff and in
prices are fixed and adopting the rules for fixing the               respect of which the rate of duty has been bound
sluice-gate prices for pig carcases, as last amended by              within GATT the levies should be limited to the
Regulation ( EEC) No 31 58 / 73 (4), and levies for the              amounts resulting from that binding ;
products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation No
 121 / 67/ EEC, must be fixed in advance for each                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
quarter in accordance with the methods of            calculation     are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
laid down in Commission Regulation                   ( EEC) No       ment Committee for Pigmeat,
 1961 /74 (5 ) of 25 July 1974 fixing the             sluice-gate
prices and levies on pigmeat, as amended             by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 2518 /74 (b);                                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for                                                Article 1
pigmeat were by Regulation (EEC) No 2740/74 ( 7) last
fixed for the period 1 November 1974 to 31 January                     1 . The sluice-gate prices provided for in Article 12
 1975, they must be fixed anew for the period 1                       of Regulation No 121 / 67/ EEC for the products speci­
 February to 30 April 1975 ; whereas such prices and                  fied in Article 1 of Regulation No 134/ 67/ EEC and
levies should in principle be fixed by reference to feed              the levies provided for in Article 8 of Regulation No
grain prices for the period 1 May to 31 October 1975 ;                 121 / 67/ EEC for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 )
                                                                      of that Regulation shall for the period I February to
                                                                      30 April 1975 be as shown in the Annexes to Regula­
Whereas when the sluice-gate prices applicable from                   tion ( EEC) No 1961 / 74, as amended by Regulation
 1 November, 1 February and 1 May respectively are                    ( EEC) No 2518 /74 .
 being fixed changes in world market prices for feed
grain should be taken into account only if the price of               2.        Provided that in the case of products falling
 the quantity of feed grain required varies by at least a             within any of subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7 of the
 specified minimum in relation to that used in calcu­                 Common Customs Tariff, or within subheading 15.01
 lating the sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ;             A I , 16.01 A or 16.02 A II thereof, in respect of which
 whereas this minimum was fixed by Regulation No                      the rate of duty has been bound within GATT the
  134/ 67/ EEC at 3 % ;                                               levy shall not exceed the amount resulting from that
                                                                      binding.
 (')  OJ No   117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2283 / 67.
 (2 ) OJ No   L 197, 19 . 7 . 1974, p. 3 .
 (3 ) OJ No   120, 21 . 6. 1967, p. 2367/ 67 .                                                  Article 2
 (4)  OJ No   L 322, 23 . 11 . 1973 , p. 1 .
 (5 ) OJ No   L 204, 26 . 7 . 1974, p. 44 .
 (6)  OJ No   L 270 , 5 . 10 . 1974, p. 1 .                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
 ( 7) OJ No   L 292, 31 . 10 . 1974, p. 28 .                            1 975 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 28 January 1975.
                                                                   For the Com mission
                                                                     P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                               Member of the Commission