CELEX: 31983R0902
Language: en
Date: 1983-04-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 902/83 of 15 April 1983 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat

19. 4. 83                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 100/5
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 902/83
                                                        of 15 April 1983
                                 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    quarter ; whereas the sluice-gate prices should there­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      fore be maintained unchanged until 31 July 1983 ;
 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 organi­                  sluice-gate price is being fixed ;
 zation of the market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 2966/80 (2), and in particular                Whereas, since no new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
 Articles 8 and 12 (1 ) thereof,                                   the levies should accordingly be maintained
                                                                   unchanged until 31 July 1983 ;
 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 (EEC) No 2766/75 of 29 October 1975 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, in respect
 prices are to be fixed and laying down the rules for              of which the rate of duty has been bound within
 fixing the sluice-gate prices for pig carcases (3), as last       GATT, the levies should be limited to the amounts
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 219/83 (4), and                    resulting from that binding ;
 levies for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of
 Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, must be fixed in                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 advance for each quarter in accordance with the                   are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 methods of calculation laid down in Commission                    Committee for Pigmeat,
 Regulation (EEC) No 1957/82 of 13 July 1982 fixing
 the levies and sluice-gate prices on pigmeat (*) ;
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 pigmeat were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No
262/83 of 28 January 1983                 for the period 1
 February to 30 April 1983, they must be fixed anew
 for the period 1 May to 31 July 1983 ; whereas such                                       Article 1
 prices and levies should in principle be fixed by
 reference to feed grain prices for the period 1
 November 1982 to 31 March 1983 ;                                  1 . For the period 1 May to 31 July 1983, the
                                                                   sluice-gate prices provided for in Article 12 of Regula­
                                                                   tion (EEC) No 2759/75 for the products specified in
Whereas, when the sluice-gate price applicable from 1              Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 and the
 November, 1 February and 1 May is being fixed,                    levies provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC)
 trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be            No 2759/75 for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 )
taken into account only if the value of the quantity of            of that Regulation shall be as shown in the Annex to
feed grain required varies by at least a specified                 Regulation (EEC) No 262/83 .
minimum in relation to that used in calculating the
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
                                                                   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 less than 3 % from that used for the preceding                  amount resulting from that binding.
(')  OJ No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ No  L 307, 18. 11 . 1980, p. 5.
(3)  OJ No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 25.                                                   Article 2
(4)  OJ No  L 27, 29. 1 . 1983, p. 1 .
(5)  OJ No  L 212, 21 . 7. 1982, p. 27.
(6)) OJ No L 30, 1 . 2. 1983, p. 67.                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1983.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 15 April 1983.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Poul DALSAGER
                                                              Member of the Commission