CELEX: 31977R0168
Language: en
Date: 1977-01-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 168/77 of 27 January 1977 fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices for pigmeat

No L 24/ 10                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             28 . 1 . 77
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 168 /77
                                                         of 27 January 1977
                                    fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices for pigmeat
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      fixing sluice-gate prices for the period 1 February to
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        30 April 1977 ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1
 Economic Community,                                                 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,
                                                                     trends in world market prices for feed grain should be
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        taken into account only if at the same time a new
 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                  sluice-gate price is being fixed ;
 tion of the market in pigmeat ('), as amended by Regu­
 lation (EEC) No 367/76 (2), and in particular Articles 8            Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
 and 12 ( 1 ) thereof,                                               trends in world market prices for feed grain must be
                                                                     taken into account in fixing the levies ;
 Whereas sluice-gates prices for pig carcases and for
 the other products specified in Article 1 of Council
 Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 of 29 October 1975                      Whereas in the case of products falling within any of
 establishing 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 price for pig carcases (3), as               of which the rate of duty has been bound within
                                                                     GATT the levies should be limited to the amounts
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 370/76 (4), and
 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 Manage­
 Regulation (EEC) No 1760/76 of 22 July 1976 fixing                  ment Committee for Pigmeat,
 the levies and sluice-gate prices on pigmeat (5) ;
 Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for
 pigmeat were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 2586/76 (6) for the period 1 November 1976 to 31
January 1977, they must be fixed anew for the period
 1 February to 30 April 1977 ; whereas such prices and
 levies should in principle be fixed by reference to feed                                    Article 1
grain prices for the period 1 August to 31 December
 1976 ;                                                              1 . For the period 1 February to 30 April 1977 the
                                                                     sluice-gate prices provided for in Article 12 of Regula­
Whereas, when the sluice-gate price applicable from 1                tion (EEC) No 2759/75 for the products specified in
 November, 1 February and 1 May is being fixed,                      Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 and the
trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be               levies provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC)
 taken into account only if the value of the quantity of             No 2759/75 for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 )
feed grain required varies by at least a specified                   of that Regulation shall be as shown in the Annex
 minimum in relation to that used in calculating the                 hereto .
sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas
this minimum was fixed by Regulation (EEC) No                        2. Provided that, in the case of products falling
 2766/75 at 3 % ;                                                    within any of subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01
                                                                     A I, 16.01 A or 16.02 A II of the Common Customs
Whereas the value of the quantity of feed grain varies               Tariff in respect of which the rate of duty has been
by more than 3 % from that used for the preceding                    bound within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the
quarter ; whereas trends in world market prices for                  amount resulting from that binding.
feed grain must therefore be taken into account when
(') OJ  No  L  282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L  45, 21 . 2. 1976, p . 1 .                                                     Article 2
(5) OJ  No  L  282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 25 .
(4) OJ  No  L  45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 4.
(5) OJ  No  L  197, 23 . 7. 1976, p. 21 .                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
(6) OJ  No  L  295, 26. 10 . 1976, p . 16.                           1977 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 27 January 1977.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                       Vice-President
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                                                                  ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 27 January 1977 fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices for
                                                                  pigmeat
    CCT
  heading
    No
                                             Description of goods                    ^   Sluice -gate
                                                                                             price
                                                                                         u. a. / 100 kg
                                                                                                        Amount o t
                                                                                                            levies
                                                                                                        u. a. / 100 kg
                                                                                                                       Conventional
                                                                                                                        rate of duty
                                                                                                                       bound within
                                                                                                                         GATT (% )
01.03      Live swine :
           A. Domestic sipecies :
               II. Other :
                    a) Sows having farrowed at least once, of a weight of not
                        less than 160 kg                                                    55-93           16-56            —
                    b ) Other                                                               65-77           19-47            —
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 fait                                                 85-52           25-32            —
                         2. Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in)                      132-56            39-25            —
                         3 . Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone­
                              in )                                                        104-34            30-89            _
                         4. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned ( borie-in )                 138-55            41-02            —
                         5 . Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies                          74-41           22-03            —
                         6. Other :
                              aa ) Boned or boneless and frozen                           138-55            41-02
                              bb ) Other                                                                    41-02            —
           B. Offails :
               II . Other :
                    c) Of domestic swine :
                         1 . Heads and cuts of heads ; necks                                   —                8-10           9
                        2. Feet ; tails                                                        —                2-28           9
                        3 . Kidneys                                                            —            26-59              9
                        4 . Livers                                                             —            30-64            11
                        5 . Hearts ; tongues ; lungs                                           —
                                                                                                             15-19             9
                         6. Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the
                             trachea and gullet                                                              22-28             9
                        7. Other                                                                —            22-28             9
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                         !     35-92            10-64          —
                II. Dried or smoked                                                             —             12-41          —
           B. Pig fat, other than that falling within subheading A                              —               6-08         —
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                                                                                                                 Conventional
    CCT                                                                             Sluice-gate    Amount of
  heading                                   Description of goods                        price          levies     rate of duty
                                                                                                                 bound within
    No                                                                              u. a. / 100 kg u. a. /100 kg   GATT ( % )
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                                              85-52           25-32           —
                         2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles :
                             aa) Bacon sides                                         115-46            34-19           —
                             bb) Spencers                                                 —
                                                                                                       34-19           —
                             cc) 3/4 sides and middles                                    —
                                                                                                       37-98           —
                         3 . Hams and cuits of hams, unboned ( bone-in )             132-56            39-25           —
                         4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned
                             (bone-in)                                               104-34            30-89
                         5 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in)              138-55             41-02          —
                         6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies                      74-41           22-03           —
                         7. Other                                                         —
                                                                                                       41-02           —
                     b) Dried or smoked :
                         1 . Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet
                             or flare fat                                                  _
                                                                                                        37-98
                          2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles :
                             aa) Bacon sides                                               —
                                                                                                        37-98          —
                             bb) Spencers                                                  —
                                                                                                        37-98          —
                             cc) 3/4 sides and middles                                     —
                                                                                                        41-78          —
                         3 . Hams and cuts of hams , unboned (bone-in ) :
                             aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                        —
                                                                                                        50-64          —
                             bb) Other                                                    —
                                                                                                        71-41
                         4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone­
                             in) :
                             aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                        —
                                                                                                        35-45          —
                             bb) Other                                                    —
                                                                                                       56-22           —
                         5 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in) :
                             aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                        —
                                                                                                       53-18           —
                             bb ) Other                                                   —
                                                                                                       70-65           —
                         6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies :
                             aia) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                       —
                                                                                                       25-32           —
                             bb) Other .                                                  —
                                                                                                       36-72           —
                         7. Other :
                             aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                        —
                                                                                                       53-18           —
                             bb) Other                                                    —
                                                                                                       71-41           —
                II . Edible meat offals :
                     a)   Heads and cuts of heads ; necks                                 —
                                                                                                          8-10
                     b)   Feet ; tails                                                    —
                                                                                                          2-28         —
                     c)  Kidneys                                                          —
                                                                                                       26-59           —
                     d)   Livers                                                          —
                                                                                                       30-64           —
                     e)  Hearts ; tongues ; lungs                                         —
                                                                                                        15-19          —
                      f) Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the trachea
                         and gullet                                                                    22-28
                     R) Other                                                                          22-28           __
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                                                                                                                                   Conventional
    CC.T                                                                                             Sluiu-gatc     Amount of
   heading                                      Description of goods                                      prue          levies
                                                                                                                                    rate of duty
                                                                                                                                   bound within
     No                                                                                              u. a. / 100 kg u. a. / 100 kg   CATT ( % )
15.01          Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent cxtractcd :
               A. Lard and other pig fat :
                     I. For industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs
                         for human consumption (a )                                                                        8-10           3
                    II . Other                                                                           27-37             8-10          —
 16.01         Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal or animal blood :
               A. Liver sausages                                                                          —
                                                                                                                        47-64            24
               B. Other ( b ) :
                     I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked                                          —
                                                                                                                        83-81            —
                    II . Other                                                                            —
                                                                                                                        55-47            —
16.02          Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
               A. Liver :
                    II . Other                                                                            —
                                                                                                                        52-40            25
               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, fillets and loins ; pieces thereof                             —
                                                                                                                        85-40            —
                                  bb) Shoulders and pieces thereof                                        —
                                                                                                                        71-11            —
                                  cc) Other                                                               —
                                                                                                                        50-78            —
                             2 . 40 % or more but less than 80 °/o of meat or offals, of
                                  any kind, including fats of any kind or origin                                        45-15
                             3 . Less than 40 % of meat or offal, of any kind, includ­
                                  ing fats of any kind or origin                                          —             27-74            —
(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 .