CELEX: 31977R0820
Language: en
Date: 1977-04-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 820/77 of 22 April 1977 fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices for pigmeat

23 . 4. 77                                Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 99/7
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 820/77
                                                         of 22 April 1977
                                    fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices for pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       fixing sluice-gate prices for the period 1 May to 31
COMMUNITIES,                                                        July 1977 ;
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 slui­
2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                   ce-gate price is being fixed ;
tion of the market in pigmeat ( !), as amended by Regu­
lation (EEC) No 367/76 (2), and in particular Articles 8            Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
and 12 ( 1 ) thereof,                                                trends in world market prices for feed grain must be
                                                                     taken into account in fixing the levies ;
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 oi
blished 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 price for pig carcases (3), as                GATT, the levies should be limited to the amounts
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 370/76 (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
advance for each quarter in accordance with the                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulatior
methods of calculation laid down in Commission                       are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
Regulation (EEC) No 1760/76 of 22 July 1976 fixing                   ment Committee for Pigmeat,
the levies and sluice-gate prices on pigmeat (5) ;
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for
pigmeat were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
1 68/77 (6), for the period 1 February to 30 April 1 977,
they must be fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31
July 1977 ; whereas such prices and levies should in
                                                                                             Article 1
principle be fixed by reference to feed grain prices for
the period 1 November 1976 to 31 March 1977 ;
                                                                     1.    For the period 1 May to 31 July 1977 the sluice­
Whereas, when the sluice-gate price applicable from 1                gate prices provided for in Article 12 of Regulation
November, 1 February and 1 May is being fixed,                       (EEC) No 2759/75 for the products specified in
trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be               Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 and the
taken into account only if the value of the quantity of              levies provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC)
feed grain required varies by at least a specified                   No 2759/75 for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 '
minimum in relation to that used in calculating the                  of that Regulation shall be as shown in the Annei
sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas                hereto.
this minimum was fixed by Regulation (EEC) No
2766/75 at 3 % ;                                                     2. Provided that, in the case of products falling
                                                                     within any of subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01
Whereas the value of the        quantity of feed grain varies        A I, 16.01 A or 16.02 A II of the Common Customs
by more than 3 % from           that used for the preceding          Tariff, in respect of which the rate of duty has been
quarter ; whereas trends        in world market prices for           bound within GAIT, the levy shall not exceed the
feed grain must therefore       be taken into account when           amount resulting from that binding.
(•) OJ  No  L  282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L  45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 1 .
(J) OJ  No  L  282, 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 25.                                                   Article 2
(") OJ  No  L  45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 4.
(») OJ  No  L  197, 23 . 7. 1976, p. 21 .
(6) OJ  No  L  24, 28 . 1 . 1977, p. 10 .                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1977.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 22 April 1977.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                     Vice-President
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                                                                   ANNEX
                                              Description of goods
                                                                                                                 Conventional
     CCT
   heading
      No   j                                                                          Sluice-gate
                                                                                          price
                                                                                      u.a ./ 100 kg
                                                                                                    Amount of
                                                                                                        levies
                                                                                                    u.a. /100 kg
                                                                                                                  rate of duty
                                                                                                                 bound within
                                                                                                                   GATT (% )
 01.03       Live swine :
             A. Damestic species :
                 II. Other :
                      a) Sows having farrowed at least once, of a weight of not
                          less than 160 kg                                              53-28          18-38
                     b) Other                                                           62-65          21-61          __
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 . Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet
                               or flare fait                                            81-47          28-10
                          2. Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in)                 126-29           43-56          __
                          3 . Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone­
                               in)                                                     99-40           34-28          _
                          4. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in)               131-99          45-53           —
                         5. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies                      70-88          24-45           —
                          6. Other :
                               aa) Boned or boneless and frozen                       131-99          45-53           _
                               bb) Other                                                 —
                                                                                                      45-53           —
            B. Offals :
                II. Other :
                     c) Of domestic swine :
                         1 . Heads and cuts of heads ; necks                             -—
                                                                                                        8-99           9
                        2. Feet ; tails                                                  -—
                                                                                                        2-53           9
                        3. Kidneys                                                       —
                                                                                                      29-51            9
                        4 . Livers                                                       —
                                                                                                     34-00            11
                        5. Hearts ; tongues ; lungs                                      —
                                                                                                      16-86            9
                        6. Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the
                              trachea and gullet                                                     24-73             9
                        7. Other                                                         —
                                                                                                      24-73            9
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. Back-fat :
                 I. Fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine                         34-22          11-80           —
                II. Dried or smoked                                                      —            13-77           —
           B. Pig fat, other than that falling within subheading A                       —              6-74          —
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                                                                                                             Conventional
   CCT                                                                             Sluice-gate   Amount of
                                                                                                              rate of duty
  heading                                 Description of goods                         price         levies  bound within
    No                                                                             u. a. /100 kg u.a./100 kg   GATT (% )
02.06      Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted, in brine,
          dried or smoked :
          B. Meat and edible meat offals of domestic swine :
               I. Meat :
                   a) Salted or in brine :
                       1 . Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet
                            or flare fat                                              81-47         28-10
                       2. Bacon sides, sipencers, 3/4 sides and middles :
                           aa) Bacon sides                                          109-99          37-94           —
                           bb) Spencers                                                 —           37-94           —
                           cc) 3/4 sides and middles                                    —           42-15           —
                       3 . Hams and cuts of hams , unboned ( bone-in )              126-29          43-56           —
                       4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned
                           ( bone-in )                                                99-40         34-28           —
                      5 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in )               131-99          45-53           —
                       6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies                       70-88         24-45           —
                       7. Other                                                         —           45-53           —
                   b) Dried or smoked :
                       1 . Carcases or half-carcases , with or without heads, feet
                            or flare fat                                                            42-15
                       2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles :
                            aa) Bacon sides                                             —           42-15           —
                            bb) Spencers                                                —           42-15           —
                           cc) 3 /4 sides and middles                                   —           46-37           —
                       3 . Hams and cuts of hams , unboned ( bone-in ) :
                            aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                       —           56-20           —
                           bb ) Other                                                   —           79-25
                       4. Shoulders ( fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone­
                           in ) :
                           aa) Slightly dried or . slightly smoked                                  39-34           —
                           bb ) Other                                                  —            62-39           —   -
                      5 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in) :
                           aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                       —           59-01            —
                           bb ) Other                                                  —            78-41           —
                      6. Bellies ( streaky) and cuts of bellies :
                           aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                       —           28-10            —
                           bb ) Other                                                  _           40-75            —
                      7 . Other :
                           aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                       —           59-01          —
                           bb ) Other                                                  —
                                                                                                   79-25          —
             II . Edible meat offals :
                  a) Heads and cuts of heads ; necks                                   —              8-99        —
                  b) Feet ; tails                                                      —
                                                                                                      2-53        _
                  c) Kidneys                                                           _           29-51          —
                  d ) Livers                                                           —           34-00          —
                  c) Hearts ; tongues ; lungs                                          _
                                                                                                   16-86          —
                  f) Livers, hearts , tongues and lungs attached to the trachea
                      and guller                                                                   24-73          -
                  R) Other                                                             —           24-73
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                                                                                                                                   Conventional
     OCT                                                                                              Sluice-gate   Amount of
   heading                                    Description of goods                                       price          levies      rate of duty
                                                                                                                                   bound within
     No
      I
                                                                                                     u. a. / 100 kg u. a. /100 irg   GATT ( % )
15.01         Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent extracted :
              A. Lard and other pig fat :
                    I. For industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs
                       for human consumption (a)                                                                           8-99           3
                   II. Other                                                                            26-07              8-99          —
16.01         Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal or animal blood :
              A. Liver sausages                                                                            —            51-90            24
              B. Other (b) :
                    I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked                                            —
                                                                                                                        90-76            —
                   II. Other                                                                               —
                                                                                                                        60-36            —
16.02          Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
               A. Liver :
                   II. Other                                                                               —            56-32            25
               B. Other :
                   III. Other :
                        a) Containing meat or offals of domestic swine and con­
                           taining by weight :
                           1 . 80 % or more of meat or offal, of any kind, including
                                fats of any kind or origin :
                               aa) Hams, fillets and loins ; pieces thereof                                —
                                                                                                                        92-77            —
                                bb) Shoulders and pieces thereof                                           —
                                                                                                                         77-22           —
                                cc) Other                                                                  —
                                                                                                                        54-95            —
                           2. 40 °/o or more but less than 80 % of meat or offals, of
                                any kind, including fats of any kind or origin                                           48-63           __
                           3. Less than 40 °/o of meat or offal, of any kind, includ­
                                ing fats of any kind or origin                                              —            29-80           —
 (a) Entry under this subheading is subjcct 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 hquid.