CELEX: 31989R0942
Language: en
Date: 1989-04-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 942/89 of 12 April 1989 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

13. 4. 89                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 101 / 13
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 942/89
                                                       of 12 April 1989
                                fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       market prices for feed grain should be taken into account
                                                                  only if at the same time a new sluice-gate price is fixed ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                               Whereas, since no new sluice-gate prices have been fixed,
                                                                  the levies fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1 38/89 should
                                                                  accordingly be maintained unchanged until 31 July
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 1989 ;
Portugal,
                                                                  Whereas, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 631 /86 of 28
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75               February 1986 on the application of import levies on
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the              products from Portugal suspended the application of
market in poultrymeat ('), as last amended by Regulation          import levies on poultrymeat products from Portugal (6)
(EEC) No 3907/87 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 7          owing to the minimal difference between the prices obtai­
(1 ) thereof,                                                      ning in the Community on the one hand and in Portugal
                                                                  on the other hand ; whereas the situation still pertains ;
Whereas the sluice-gate prices and levies for the products
specified in Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
must be fixed quarterly in advance in accordance with              in accordance with the opinion of the Management
methods of calculation laid down in Council Regulation             Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
(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
3986/87 (4) ;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, since the sluice-gate prices and levies for
poultrymeat were, by Commission Regulations (EEC) No
 138/89 Is) last fixed for the period 1 February to 30 April
 1989, they must be fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31                                     Article 1
July 1989 ; whereas such prices and levies should in prin­
ciple be calculated by reference to feed-grain prices for
                                                                   1 . The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation
the period 1 November 1988 to 31 March 1989 ;
                                                                   (EEC) No 2777/75 in respect of the products specified in
                                                                   Article 1 (1 ) of that Regulation and the sluice-gate prices
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from 1             provided for in Article 7 of that Regulation in respect of
November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed, trends             the like products shall, for the period 1 March to 31 July
in world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into          1989, be - as fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 138/89.
account only if the price of the quantity of feed grain
required varies by at least a specified minimum in rela­           2.     However for products falling within CN codes
tion to that used to calculate the sluice-gate price for the       0207 31 , 0207 39 90, 0207 50, 0210 90 71 , 0210 90 79,
preceding quarter ; whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No                 1501 00 90, 1602 31 , 1602 39 19 , 1602 39 30 and
2778/75, this minimum was set at 3 % ;
                                                                    1602 39 90 for which the rate of duty has been bound
                                                                   under GATT, the levies shall be limited to the amount
Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain required           resulting from that binding.
does not vary by 3 % or more from that used for the
preceding quarter ; whereas the sluice-gate prices fixed by        3. For imports of products specified in paragraph 1
Regulation (EEC) No 138/89 should accordingly be main­             from Portugal, application of the levies shall be
tained unchanged until 31 July 1989 for these products ;           suspended.
Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 November, 1
 February and 1 May are being fixed, changes in world                                          Article 2
(') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77.
0 OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1987, p. 14.                                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1989.
 (3) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 84.
 (4) OJ No L 376, 31 . 12. 1987.
 V) OJ No L 17, 21 . 1 . 1989, p. 15.                               (6) OJ No L 60, 1 . 3 . 1986, p. 11 .
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              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 12 April 1989.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                      Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                 Member of the Commission