CELEX: 31990R1611
Language: en
Date: 1990-06-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1611/90 of 15 June 1990 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on pigmeat

No L 152/ 18                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                  16 . 6 . 90
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1611 /90
                                                            of 15 June 1990
                                       fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             whereas Article 3 of that Regulation provides that the
                                                                       price of each cereal on the world market is to be equal to
                                                                       the average of the cif prices of that cereal ; whereas the cif
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  prices are recorded for the five-month period ending one
Economic Community,                                                    month before the quarter in respect of which the said
                                                                       component is calculated ; whereas that period is 1 January
                                                                       to 31 May 1990 ;
Having - regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,
                                                                       Whereas the second component must be equal to 7 % of =
                                                                       the average of the sluice-gate prices applicable for the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75                   four quarters to 1 April in each year ;
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 1249/89 (2), and in particular Articles 8 and 12              Whereas the levies on the products specified in Article 1
( 1 ) thereof,                                                         ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 other than
                                                                       pig carcases must be derived from the levy on pig carcases
                                                                       on the basis of the coefficients fixed for such products
Whereas a levy fixed quarterly in advance must be                      pursuant to Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No
charged on imports into the Community for the products                 2759/75 in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                     3944/87 of 21 December 1987 fixing coefficients for
27 59/75 ;                                                             calculating levies on pigmeat products (6), as amended by
                                                                        Regulation (EEC) No 1 251 /90 Q ;
Whereas, as the levies and sluice-gate prices were last
fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 768 /90 of 29                  Whereas the levies on the products specified in Article 1
March 1990 (3), for the period from 1 April to 30 June                  ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 are made up of
 1990, new levies and sluice-gate prices must be fixed for              two components ;
the period 1 July to 30 September 1990 ;
                                                                        Whereas the first component must be derived from the
Whereas the levy on pig carcases is made up of two                      levy on pig carcases on the basis of the coefficients fixed
components ;                                                            in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3944/87 ;
Whereas the first component must be equal to the diffe­                 Whereas the second component must be equal to 7 % ,
 rence between prices within the Community and on the                   and for products falling within CN codes ex 1602 and ex
 world market for the quantity of feed grain determined in               1902 to 10 % of the average offer prices for imports
 accordance with Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC)                  during the 12 months to 1 April ; whereas those averages
 No 2764/75 of 29 October 1 975 laying down the rules for               should be determined bearing in mind all the informa­
 calculating a component of the levy on pig carcases (4), as            tion available on imports into the Community from third
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4160/87 (*),, the                  countries, taking into account the representative character
 composition whereof is indicated therein ;                             of prices ;
 Whereas the value within the Community of that quan­                   Whereas, in the case of products falling within CN codes
 tity of feed grain must be determined in accordance with                0206 30 21 ,      0206 30 31 ,   0206 41 91 ,   0206 49 91 ,
 Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2764/75 ; whereas the                  1501 00 11 , 1601 00 10, 1602 10 00, 160220 90 arid
 value for the same quantity on the world market must be                 1602 90 10 in respect of which the rate of duty has been
 determined in accordance with Article 3 thereof ;                       bound under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
                                                                         (GATT), the levies must not exceed the amount resulting
 (')  OJ  No   L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                              from that binding ;
 (2)  OJ  No   L 129, 11 . 5. 1989, p. 12.
 (3)  OJ  No   L 83, 30. 3. 1990, p. 69.
 (4)  OJ  No   L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 21 .                             (6) OJ No L 373, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 25.
 0    OJ  No   L 392, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 46.                              0 OJ No L 121 , 12. 5. 1990, p. 29.
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Whereas, for pig carcases and other products referred to           tries (3) and Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 of 5
in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 of             March 1990 on the arrangements applicable to agricul­
29 October 1975 establishing the list of products for              tural products and certain goods resulting from the
which sluice-gate prices are to be fixed and laying down           processing of agricultural products originating in the
the rules for fixing the sluice-gate price for pig carcases ('),   African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) or the
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3909/87 (2), the            overseas countries and territories (OCT) (4), special import
sluice-gate prices must be fixed in advance for each               arrangements were introduced involving a reduction to
quarter ;                                                          50 % in levies within the framework of fixed amounts or
                                                                   annual quotas, in particular of certain pigmeat products ;
Whereas the sluice-gate price for pig carcases is made up
                                                                   Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 616/86 of 28
of three components ;
                                                                   February 1986 on the application of import levies on
                                                                   pigmeat products from Portugal (*) suspended the applica­
                                                                   tion of import levies on pigmeat products from Portugal
Whereas the first component must be equal to the value             owing to the minimal difference between the prices obtai­
on the world market of the quantity of feed grain equiva­          ning in the Community on the one hand and in Portugal
lent to the quantity of feedingstuffs required for the             on the other ; whereas that situation still pertains ;
production in third countries of one kilogram of pigmeat,
such quantity being composed as provided in Article 2 (1 )
of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 ;                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                   in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                    Committee for Pigmeat,
Whereas the value of that quantity of grain must be deter­
 mined in accordance with Article 2 (2) and (3) of Regula­
tion (EEC) No 2766/75 ;
Whereas the said Article 2 provides that the price for              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 each cereal on the world market shall be equal to the
 average of the cif prices of such cereal ; whereas the cif
 prices shall be determined for the period of five months
 ending one month before the quarter in respect of which                                       Article 1
 the said amount is calculated ; whereas that period is
 1 January to 31 May 1990 ;
                                                                    1 . For the period 1 July to 30 September 1990 the slui­
                                                                    ce-gate prices and levies provided for in Articles 12 and 8
 Whereas the second component, which represents the                 respectively of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 for the
 extra cost, in relation to feed grain of feedingstuffs other       products          referred        to        in        Article
 than grain required for the production of one kilogram of          1 (1 ) thereof shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
 pigmeat, shall, in accordance with Article 3 (1 ) of Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 2766/75, be 15 % of the value of the
 quantity of feed grain ;                                           2.     Nevertheless, 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,
 Whereas the third amount, which represents overhead                1602 20 90 and 1602 90 10, in respect of which the rate of
 costs of production and marketing, shall, in accordance            duty has been bound within GATT, the levy shall not
 with Article 3 (2) . . of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75, be          exceed the amount resulting from that binding.
 ECU 38,69 per 1 00 kilograms of pig carcases :
                                                                    3. For imports from Portugal of products specified in
                                                                    paragraph 1 and in free circulation in that Member State,
 Whereas the sluice-gate prices of products referred to in          application of the levies set out in the Annex shall be
 Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75, other than pig           suspended.
 carcases, must be derived from the sluice-gate price for
 pig carcases on the basis of the coefficients laid down by
 Regulation (EEC) No 3944/87 ;
                                                                                               Article 2
 Whereas, by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3899/89 of 18
 December 1989 reducing for 1990 the levies on certain              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1990.
 agricultural products originating in developing coun­
                                                                    0 OJ No L 383, 30. 12. 1989, p. 125 .
 (') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 25.                             (4) OJ No L 84, 30 . 3. 1990, p. 85.
 (2) OJ No L 370, 30 . 12. 1987, p. 11 .                            0 OJ No L 58, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 45.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 15 June 1990 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                      ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of IS June 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
                                                                                    GATT (%)
                 0103 91 10               79,48                    44,91
                 0103 92 11               67,59                    38,20                —   ■
                 0103 92 19               79,48                    44,91                —   ■
                 0203 11 10              103,35                    58,40                —
                 0203 12 11              149,86                    84,69                —
                 0203 12 19              115,75                    65,41                —
                 0203 19 11              115,75                    65,41                —
                 0203 19 13              167,43                    94,62                —
                 0203 19 15                89,91                   50,81                —
                 0203 19 55              167,43                    94,62
                 0203 19 59              167,43                    94,62                —
                 0203 21 10              103,35                    58,40                —
                 0203 22 1 1             149,86                    84,69                —
                 0203 22 19              115,75                    65,41                —
                 0203 29 1 1             115,75                    65,41                —
                 0203 29 13              167,43                    94,62 (')            —
                 0203 29 15                89,91                   50,81                —
                 0203 29 55              167,43                    94,62 (')            —
                 0203 29 59              167,43                    94,62                —
                 0206 30 21              125,05                    70,67                  7
                 0206 30 31                90,95                   51,40                  4
                 0206 41 91              125,05                    70,67                  7
                 0206 49 91                90,95                   51,40                  4
                 0209 00 11                41,34                   23,36                —
                 0209 00 19                45,47                   25,70                —
                 0209 00 30                24,80                   14,02                —
                 0210 11 11              149,86                    84,69 (')            —
                 0210 11 19              115,75                    65,41                —
                 0210 11 31              291,45                   164,70                —
                 0210 11 39              229,44                   129,66                —
                 0210 12 11                89,91                   50,81 (')            —
                 0210 12 19              149,86                    84,69                —
                 0210 19 10              132,29                    74,76                —
                 0210 19 20              144,69                    81,77                —
                 0210 19 30              115,75                    65,41                —
                 0210 19 40              167,43                    94,620               —
                 0210 19 51              167,43                    94,62                —
                 0210 19 59              167,43                    94,62                —
                 0210 19 60              229,44                   129,66                —
                 0210 19 70              288,35                   162,95                —
                 0210 19 81              291,45                   164,70                —
                 0210 19 89              291,45                   164,70                —
                 0210 90 31              125,05                    70,67                —
                 0210 90 39                90,95                   51,40                —
                 1501 00 11                33,07                   18,69                  3
                 1501 00 19                33,07                   18,69                —
                 1601 00 10              144,69                    98,46 0              24
                 1601 00 91              242,87                   170,93 (') (2)        —
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                                                                                                        Conventional
                      CN code                  Sluice-gate price          Amount of levies               rate of duty
                                                (ECU/ 100 kg)               (ECU/ 100 kg)               bound within
                                                                                                          GATT (%)
                     1601 00 99                     165,36                     115,58 (')O
                    1602 10 00                      115,75                      86,20                         26 "
                     1602 20 90                     134,36                     122,53                         25
                     1602 41 10                     253,21                     177,52                         —
                     1602 42 10                     211,87                     144,88                         —
                     1602 49 11                     253,21                     186,62                         —
                     1602 49 13                     211,87                     159,39                         —
                     1602 49 15                     211,87                     141,56 0                       —
                  ^ 1602 49 19                      139,52                      96,47 0                       —
                     1602 49 30                     115,75                      82,42                         —
                     1602 49 50                       69,24                     57,93                         —
                     1602 90 10                     134,36                      97,19                         26
                     1602 90 51                     139,52                      95,13                         —
                     1902 20 30                       69,24                     54,59                         —
            (') 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 ).