CELEX: 31976R0868
Language: en
Date: 1976-04-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 868/76 of 13 April 1976 fixing additional amounts for live and slaughtered poultry

14. 4. 76                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 99/7
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 868/76
                                                        of 13 April 1976
                              fixing additional amounts for live and slaughtered poultry
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No
COMMUNITIES,                                                       2474/70 (6), the import levies on slaughtered turkeys
                                                                   originating in and coming from Poland are not
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              increased by an additional amount ;
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       Whereas pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 21 64/72 (7)
2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                 the import levies on slaughtered fowls and geese origi­
tion of the market in poultrymeat ( J ), and in particular         nating in and coming from Bulgaria are not increased
Article 8 (4) thereof,                                             by an additional amount ;
Whereas if, for a given product, the free-at-frontier              Whereas the regular review of the information serving
offer price (hereinafter called the 'offer price') falls           as a basis for the determination of average offer prices
below the sluice-gate price, the levy applicable to that           for slaughtered poultry and halves or quarters indi­
product must be increased by an additional amount                  cates that additional amounts corresponding to the
equal to the difference between the sluice-gate price              figures shown in the Annex below should be fixed for
and the offer price determined in accordance with                  the imports specified in that Annex ;
Article 1 of Commission Regulation No 163/67/ EEC                  Whereas the Management Committee for Poultrymeat
on fixing the additional amount for imports of poul­               and Eggs has not delivered an opinion within the
try-farming products from third countries (2), as                   time limit set by its Chairman ,
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 527/73 (3) ;
Whereas the offer price must be determined for all
imports from all third countries ; whereas, however, if             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
exports from one or more third countries are effected
at abnormally low prices, lower than prices ruling for                                        Article 1
other third countries, a second offer price must be
determined for exports from these other countries ;                The additional amounts provided for in Article 8 of
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 are hereby fixed as
Whereas, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 565/68 (4),                shown in the Annex for the products listed in Article
the import levies on slaughtered fowls, ducks and                   1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation which appear in the Annex.
geese originating in and coming from Poland are not
increased by an additional amount ;
                                                                                               Article 2
Whereas, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No
2261 /69 (5), the import levies on slaughtered ducks               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
and geese originating in and coming from Romania                    following its publication in the Official Journal of
are not increased by an additional amount ;                         the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 13 April 1976.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(')  OJ No  L 282, 1.11 . 1975 , p . 77 .
(2 ) OJ No  129 , 28 . 6 . 1967, p . 2577/ 67.
(3)  OJ No L 154, 9 . 6 . 1973 , p . 1 .
(4 ) OJ No L 107, 8 . 5 . 1968 , p. 7 .                             (6) OJ No L 265 , 8 . 12 . 1970 , p . 13 .
0)   OJ No L 286, 14. 11 . 1969 , p . 24 .                          o -J No L 232, 12 . 10 . 1972, p . 3 .
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                                                                          ANNEX
                    Additional amounts applicable to live and slaughtered poultry and halves or quarters
       CCT                                                                               Additional
                                                Description of goods                                                   Imports
     heading                                                                               amount
                                                                                                                       affected
        No                                                                              (u.a ./ 1 00 kg)
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 '                               10-00        All imports (')
                                b) Plucked and drawn , without heads and feet
                                    but with hearts , livers and gizzards, known as
                                    ' 70 % chickens'                                        10-00        All imports (')
                                c) Plucked and drawn , without heads and feet
                                    and without hearts, livers and gizzards , known
                                    as ' 65 % chickens '                                    10-00        All imports (')
                         IV. Turkeys                                                        10-00        Origin :
                                                                                                         United States of America
                     B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) :
                         II . Unboned (bone in ) :
                              a) Halves or quarters :
                                  1 . Of fowls                                              10-00        All imports
                                  4 . Of turkeys                                            30-00        Origin :
                                                                                                         United States of America
(') With the exception of products originating in and coming from Poland and Bulgaria .