CELEX: 31987R0082
Language: en
Date: 1987-01-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 82/87 of 13 January 1987 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat

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                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 82/87
                                                           of 13 January 1987
                                       fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            whereas trends in world market prices for feed grain must
                                                                       therefore be taken into account when fixing sluice-gate
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  prices for the period 1 February to 30 April 1987 ;
Economic Community,
                                                 I                     Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 November, 1
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                     February and 1 May are being fixed, trends in world
Portugal,                                                              market prices for feed grain should be taken into account
                                                                       only if at the same time a new sluice-gate price is being
                                                                       fixed ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by Regulation                   Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed
(EEC) No 1475/86 (2), and in particular Articles 8 and 12              trends in world market prices for feed grain must be
(1 ) thereof,                                                          taken into account in fixing thfe levies ;
Whereas sluice-gate prices for pig carcases and for the                Whereas, in the case of products falling within any of
other products specified in Article 1 of Council Regula­               subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I, 16.01 A or
tion (EEC) No 2766/75 of 29 October 1975 establishing                  16.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect of
the list of products for which sluice-gate prices are to be            which the rate of duty has been bound within GATT, the
fixed and laying down the rules for fixing the sluice-gate             levies should be limited to the amounts resulting from
prices for pig carcases (3), as last amended by Regulation             that binding ;
(EEC) No 1905/83 (4), and levies for the products specified
in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, must be             Whereas, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 616/86 of 28
fixed in advance for each quarter in accordance with the               February 1986 on the application of import levies on
methods of calculation laid down in Commission Regula­                 pigmeat products from Portugal suspended the applica­
tion (EEC) No 2132/85 of 29 July 1985 fixing the levies                tion of import levies on pigmeat products from Portugal
and sluice-gate prices on pigmeat (*) ;                                owing to the minimal difference between the prices
                                                                       obtaining in the Community on the one hand and in
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat               Portugal on the other hand ; whereas the situation still
were last fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No                      pertains ;
3078/86 of 7 October 1986, fixing the sluice-gate prices
and levies for pigmeat ^ for the period 1 November 1986                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
to 31 January 1987, they must be fixed anew for the                    in accordance with the opinion of the Management
period 1 February to 30 April 1987 ; whereas such prices               Committee for Pigmeat,
and levies should in principle be fixed by reference to
feed grain prices for the period 1 August to 31 December
1986 ;
Whereas, when the sluice-gate price applicable from 1                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
November, 1 February and 1 May is being fixed, trends in
world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into
account only if the value of the quantity of feed grain
required varies by at least a specified minimum in rela­
                                                                                                Article 1
tion to that used in calculating the sluice-gate price for
the preceding quarter ; whereas this minimum was fixed
by Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 at 3 % ;                                 1 . For the period 1 February to 30 April 1987, the slui­
                                                                       ce-gate prices provided for in Article 12 of Regulation
Whereas the value of the quantity of feed grain varies by              (EEC) No 2759/75 for the products specified in Article 1
more than 3 % from that used for the preceding quarter ;               of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 and the levies provided
                                                                       for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 for the
                                                                       products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation shall
(•) OJ  No  L 282,   1 . 11 . 1975, p.  1.                             be as shown in the Annex.
0   OJ  No  L 133,   21 . 5.  1986, p.  39.
(3) OJ  No  L 282,   1 . 11 . 1975, p.  25.
(<) OJ  No  L 190,   14. 7.   1983, p.  1.
0   OJ  No  L 198,   30. 7.   1985, p.  54.                            2. Provided that, in the case of products falling within
¥) OJ No L 286, 9. 10. 1986, p. 19.                                    any of subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01
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A I, 16.01 A or 16.02 A II of the Common Customs               application of the levies specified in the Annex shall be
Tariff, in respect of which the rate of duty has been          suspended.
bound within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the
amount resulting from that binding.
                                                                                        Article 2
3. For imports from Portugal of products specified in
paragraph I and in free circulation in that Member State,      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1987.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 13 January 1987.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                            Vice-President
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                                                                    ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 13 January 1987 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                                                    56,50        53,54          —
                           b) Other                                                            66,43        62,95          —
   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                           86,39        81,86          —
                                 2.  Legs and parts thereof                                   125,27      118,70           —
                                 3.   Fore-ends or shoulders ; parts thereof                 , 96,76        91,69          —
                                 4.  Loins and parts thereof                                  139,95      132,62           —
                                 5.  Bellies and parts thereof                                 75,16        71,22          —
                                 6. Other :                                               \I
                                      aa) Boned or boneless                                   139,95      132,62           —
                                      bb) Other                                                 —
                                                                                                          132,62           —
                  B. Offals :                                                             I
                      II . Other :                                                        l
                            c) Of domestic swine :                                        l
                                1 . Heads and parts thereof                                     —
                                                                                                            26,20           4
                                2. Feet or tails                                                —
                                                                                                             7,37           4
                                3 . Kidneys                                                     —
                                                                                                            85,96           4
                                4. Livers                                                       —
                                                                                                            99,05            7
                                5. Hearts, tongues or lungs                                     —
                                                                                                            49,12            4
                                6. Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs with windpipe and
                                     gullet all attached                                                    72,04            4
                                7. Other                                                        —
                                                                                                            72,04            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                           34,56        32,75          —
                      II . Dried or smoked                                                     38,01        36,02          —
                  B. Other pig fat                                                              —
                                                                                                            19,65          —
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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 :
  I                        1 . Bacon sides or spencers                                     110,58       104,78           —
                          2. % sides or middles                                            120,95       114,61           —
  \                       3. Hams and parts thereof                                        125,27       118,70           —
  \                       4. Fore-ends or shoulders ; parts thereof                         96,76        91,69           —
                          5. Loins and parts thereof                                       139,95       132,62           —
                          6. Bellies and parts thereof                                      75,16         71,22          —
  \                       7. Other :                                                   \Il
                               aa) Boned or boneless                                       139,95       132,62           —
  I                            bb) Other                                                     —
                                                                                                        132,62           —
                       b) Dried or smoked :                                            \\
                          1 . Hams and parts thereof                                      243,62        230,85           —
                          2. Fore-ends or shoulders ; parts thereof                        191,79       181,74           —
                          3. Loins and parts thereof                                      241,03        228,40           —
                          4. Bellies and parts thereof                                     125,27       118,70           —
                          5 . Other :                                                  \\
                               aa) Boned or boneless                                      243,62        230,85           —
                               bb) Other                                                     —
                                                                                                        230,85           —    •
                  II . Offals :                                                        I
                       a) Heads and parts thereof                                            —
                                                                                                         26,20           —
                       b) Feet or tails                                                      —
                                                                                                           7,37          —
                       c) Kidneys                                                            —
                                                                                                         85,96           —
                       d) Livers                                                             —
                                                                                                         99,05           —
                       e) Hearts, tongues or lungs                                           —
                                                                                                         49,12           —
                       f) Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs with windpipe and gullet
                          all attached                                                                   72,04
  I                    g) Other                                                              —
                                                                                                         72,04           —
  15.01       Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent extracted :
              A. Lard and other pig fat :
  I                I. For industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs
                       for human consumption (a)                                             —
                                                                                                         26,20            3
  I               II . Other                                                                27,64        26,20           —
  16.01       Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal or animal blood :
              A. Liver sausages                                                              —
                                                                                                        131,11           24
              B. Other (b) :                                                           I
                   I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked                            203,02        226,85           —
  l               II. Other                                                                  —
                                                                                                        153,62           —
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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)   GAIT (%)
   16.02           Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
                   A. Liver :
                      II. Other                                                                 —
                                                                                                           145,81           25
                   B. Other :
                      III . Other :                                                       IIII
                            a) Containing meat or offal of domestic swine :
                               1 . Containing bovine meat, uncooked                             —
                                                                                                           394,95           —
                               2. Other, containing by weight :                           |\\
                                   aa) 80 % or more of meat or offal, of any kind, inclu­ IlIl
                                       ding fats of any kind or origin :                  \
                                       1 1 . Hams or loins, (excluding collars) ; parts
                                             thereof                                          211,66       240,29
                                       22. Collars or shoulders ; parts thereof               177,10       198,17           —
                                       33 . Other                                               —
                                                                                                           132,36           —
                                   bb) 40 % or more but less than 80 % of meat or offal, IIIl
                                       of any kind, including fats of any kind or origin        —
                                                                                                           1 1 2,42         —
   \                               cc) Less than 40 % of meat or offal, of any kind, IIII
                                       including fats of any kind or origin                     —
                                                                                                             81,36          —
   (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.