CELEX: 31983R0097
Language: en
Date: 1983-01-18
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 97/83 of 17 January 1983 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

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                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 97/83
                                                    of 17 January 1983
                            fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain
COMMUNITIES,                                                    required varies  by more than 3 % from that used for
                                                                the preceding    quarter ; whereas this variation must
                                                                accordingly be  taken into account in fixing sluice-gate
                                                                prices for the  period 1 February to 30 April 1983 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1
                                                                November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,
                                                                changes in world market prices for feed grain should
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    be taken into account only if at the same time a new
2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                sluice-gate price is fixed ;
zation of the market in poultrymeat ('), as last
amended by the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in
particular Articles 3 and 7 (1 ) thereof,                       Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
                                                                changes in world market prices for feed grain must be
                                                                taken into account in fixing the levies ;
Whereas the sluice-gate prices and levies for the               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)       are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
No 2777/75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in                Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
accordance with methods of calculation laid down in
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 of 29 October
1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy and the
sluice-gate price for poultrymeat (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 750/81 (4) ;
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, since the sluice-gate prices and levies for
poultrymeat were, by Regulation (EEC) No 2822/82 (5),
last fixed for the period 1 November 1982 to 31                                         Article 1
January 1983, they must be fixed anew for the period
1 February to 30 April 1983 ; whereas such prices and
levies should in principle be calculated by reference to         1 . In respect of the products specified in Article 1
feed-grain prices for the period 1 August to 31                 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75, the levies
December 1982 ;                                                  provided for in Article 3 thereof and the sluice-gate
                                                                prices provided for in Article 7 thereof shall be as
                                                                shown in the Annex hereto .
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from             2. Provided that, in the case of products falling
1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,               within heading No 02.03 and within subheading 15.01
trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be           B or 16.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff, in
taken into account only if the price of the quantity of          respect of which the rate of duty has been bound
feed grain required varies by at least a specified               within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the amount
minimum in relation to that used to calculate the                resulting from that binding.
sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas,
by Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75, this minimum was
set at 3 % :
                                                                                         Article 2
(') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77.
(2) OJ No L 291 , 19. 11 . 1979, p. 17.
(3) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 84.                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
(4) OJ No L 80, 26. 3 . 1981 , p. 1 .                             1983 .
(5) OJ No L 297, 23. 10 . 1982, p. 7.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 17 January 1983 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Poul DALSAGER
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                               ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 17 January 1983 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies
                                                         for poultrymeat
   CCT
                                                      Description                                      Sluice-gate      Levy
  heading
    No                                                                                                    price
     1                                                    2                                                   3           4
                                                                                                     ECU/ 100 units ECU/ 100 units
   01.05      Live poultry, that is to say, fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea-fowls :
              A. Of a weight not exceeding 185 g, known as 'chicks':
                   I. Turkeys and geese
                                                                                                     \       83-25      15-27
                  II . Other                                                                                 22-57        6-04
                                                                                                      ECU/ 100 kg    ECU/ 100 kg
              B. Other :                                                                             \
                     I. Fowls                                                                                75-34      23-21
                   II . Ducks                                                                                97-40      34-39
                  III . Geese                                                                             117-01        33-06
                  IV. Turkeys                                                                             103-68        25-88
                   V. Guinea-fowls                                                                        126-91        39-18
   02.02      Dead poultry (that is to say, fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea-fowls) and
              edible offals thereof (except liver), fresh, chilled or frozen :
              A. Whole poultry :
                     I. Fowls :
                         a) Plucked and gutted, with heads and feet, known as '83 % chickens'                 94-66     29-15
                         b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, but with hearts, livers and   I
                            gizzards, known as '70 % chickens'                                            107-63        33-15
                         c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without hearts, livers and I
                            gizzards, known as '65 % chickens'                                            117-28        36-12
                    II . Ducks :                                                                     l
                         a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted, with heads and feet, known as '85 %  Il
                            ducks'                                                                        114-58        40-46
                         b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with hearts, livers and       II
                            gizzards, known as '70 % ducks'                                               139-14        49-13
                         c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, without hearts, livers and
                            gizzards, known as '63 % ducks'                                               154-60        54-59
                                                                                                           .
                   III . Geese :
                         a) Plucked, bled, not drawn, with heads and feet, known as '82 % geese'           167-15       47-23
                         b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with or without hearts and II
                            gizzards, known as '75 % geese'                                                 158-57      49-93
                   IV. Turkeys
                         a) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with necks, hearts, livers
                            and gizzards, known as '80 % turkeys'                                            148-11      36-97
                         b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without necks, hearts, II
                            livers and gizzards, known as '73 % turkeys'                                     162-31      40-52
                    V. Guinea-fowls                                                                          181-30      55-97
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      CCT
                                                      Description                                     Sluice-gate
    heading                                                                                                            Levy
       No                                                                                                price
        1                                                 2                                                3            4
                                                                                                     ECU/ 100 kg   ECU/ 100 kg
     02.02    B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) :
    (cont 'd)
                   I. Boned or boneless :
                       a) Of geese                                                                      33300        104-85
                      b) Of turkeys                                                                     31 1-03       77-64
                      c) Of other poultry                                                               299-65        96-77
                  II. Unboned (bone-in) :                                                            l
                      a) Halves or quarters :                                                        l
                          1 . Of fowls                                                                  129-01        39-73
                          2. Of ducks                                                                   170-06        6005
                          3 . Of geese                                                                  174-43        54-92
                          4. Of turkeys                                                                 178-54        44-57
                          5. Of guinea-fowls                                                            199-43        61-57
                      b) Whole wings, with or without tips                                                95-52       29-27
                      c) Backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing tips                     66-13       20-26
                      d) Breasts and cuts of breasts :
                          1 . Of geese                                                                  237-86        74-90
                          2. Of turkeys                                                                 236-98        59-15
                          3 . Of other poultry                                                          177-59        54-70
                      e) Legs and cuts of legs :
                          1 . Of geese                                                                  229-93        72-40
                          2. Of turkeys :
                              aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks                                     111-08        27-73
                              bb) Other                                                                 199-95        49-91
                          3. Of other poultry                                                           166-83        51-38
                      f) Goose or duck paletots (')                                                     208-40        69-34
                      g) Other                                                                          293-90        90-06
              C. Offals                                                                                   66-13       20-26
     02.03    Poultry liver, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine :
              A. Fatty liver of goose or duck                                                         1 671-50      472-30
              B. Other                                                                                  168-99        51-78
     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 :
              C. Poultry fat                                                                            146-95        45-03
     15.01    Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted :                   \
              B. Poultry fat                                                                            176-34        54-04
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      CCT
     heading                                          Description                                    Sluice-gate
                                                                                                                    Levy
       No                                                                                               price
        1                                                  2                                              3           4
                                                                                                    ECU/ 100 kg  ECU/ 100 kg
      16.02       Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
                  B. Other :                                                                                     l
                     I. Poultrymeat or offal :                                                                   l
                        a) Containing 57 % or more by weight of poultrymeat (2) :                                \
                           1 . Containing uncooked meat or offal ; mixtures of cooked meat or offal lI
                               and uncooked meat or offal :                                         II
                               aa) Containing exclusively turkeymeat                                   296-22       73-94
                               bb) Other                                                               293-32       94-10
                           2. Other                                                                    323-29       99-07
                        b) Containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry­                      \
                           meat (2)                                                                     176-34      54-04
                        c) Other                                                                        102-87      31-52
(') For the purposes of subheading 02.02 B II f), 'goose or duck paletots shall be taken to mean geese or ducks plucked and
    completely drawn, without heads or feet, with carcase bones (breastbone, ribs, backbone and sacrum) removed but with the
    femurs, tibias and humeri .
(2) For the purpose of determining the percentage of poultrymeat, weight of any bones shall be disregarded.