CELEX: 31987R2234
Language: en
Date: 1987-07-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2234/87 of 27 July 1987 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

No L 206/20                               Official Journal of. the European Communities                                 28 . 7. 87
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2234/87
                                                          of 27 July 1987
                                  fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           is calculated ; whereas that period is 1 February to 30
                                                                     June 1987 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 Whereas the second component must be equal to 7 % of
Economic Community,                                                   the average of the sluice-gate prices applicable for the
                                                                      four quarters to 1 May in each year ; *
Having regard in the Act of Accession of Spain and                   Whereas the levy on chicks must be calculated in the
Portugal,                                                             same way as the levy on slaughtered poultry ; whereas
                                                                      however, the quantity of feed grain used in the calculation
                                                                      must be that shown in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75                  2778/75 ; whereas the second component must be equal
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                  to 7 % of the average of the sluice-gate prices applicable
market in poultrymeat ('), as last amended by Regulation              to chicks ;
(EEC) No 1475/86 (2) and in particular Articles 3 and 7 (1 )
thereof,
                                                                      Whereas the levy on the products specified in Article 1
                                                                      (2) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 must be derived
                                                                      from the levy on slaughtered poultry on the basis of the
Whereas a levy fixed quarterly in advance must be                     coefficients set out in the Annex to Commission Regula­
charged on imports into the Community for the products                tion (EEC) No 3011 /79 of 20 December 1979 fixing the
specified in Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                    coefficients for calculating levies on derived poultrymeat
2777/75 ; whereas levies were last fixed by Regulation                products and repealing Regulation No 199/67/EEC (*), as
(EEC) No 1 162/87 (3) for the period ending 31 July 1987              amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 507/82 (6)
and levies must therefore be fixed anew for the period 1
August to 31 October 1987 ;
                                                                     Whereas, in the case of products falling within heading
                                                                      No 02.03 and within subheading 15.01 B or 16.02 B I of
Whereas the levy on slaughtered poultry is made up of                 the Common Customs Tariff, in respect of which the rate
                                                                      of duty has been bound within GAIT, the levies must not
two components ;
                                                                      exceed the amount resulting from that binding ;
Whereas the first component must be equal to the diffe­               Whereas, sluice-gate prices for the products specified in
rence between prices within the Community and on the                  Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 must be
world market for the quantity of feed grain specified in              fixed in advance for each quarter ; whereas sluice-gate
Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 of 29                  prices were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1162/87 for
October 1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy               the period ending 31 July 1987 and prices must therefore
and the sluice-gate price for poultrymeat (4), as last                be fixed anew for the period 1 August to 31 October
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1475/86 ;                              1987 ;
                                                                      Whereas the sluice-gate price for slaughtered poultry is
Whereas the price within the Community for that quan­                 made up of two components ;
tity of feed grain must be determined in accordance with
Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 ; whereas the                Whereas the first component must be equal to the price
price for the like quantity on the workd market must be               on the world market for the quantity of feed grain shown
determined in accordance with Article 3 thereof ;                     in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 ;
                                                                      Whereas the price for that quantitiy of cereals must be
Whereas the said Article 3 provides that the price for                determined in accordance with Article 4 (2) and (3) of
each type of feed grain on the world market shall be                  Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 ;
equal to the average of the cif prices determined for that
cereal for the period of five months ending one month
before the quarter in respect of which the said component             Whereas the said Article 4 provides that the price for
                                                                      each cereal on the world market shall be equal to the
                                                                      average of the cif prices determined for that cereal for the
(') OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975,  p. 77.
0   OJ  No  L 133, 21 . 5.  1986,  p. 34.
(3) OJ  No  L 112, 29. 4.   1987, p.  20.                             0 OJ No L 337, 29. 12. 1979, p. 65.
(4) OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975,  p. 84.                             («) OJ No L 168, 15. 6. 1982, p. 5.
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period of five months ending one month before the                Community on the one hand and in Portugal on the
quarter in respect of which the said component is calcu­         other hand ; whereas the situation still pertains ;
lated ; whereas that period is 1 February to 30 June 1987 ;      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                 in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Whereas the second amount, which represents other                Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
feeding costs and overhead costs of production and
marketing, is fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
2778/75 ;.                                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas the sluice-gate price for chicks must be calcu­                                    Article 1
lated in the same way as the sluice-gate price for slaught­
                                                                 1 . The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation
ered poultry ; whereas, however, the quantity of feed grain      (EEC) No 2777/75 and the sluice-gate prices provided for
used in the calculation must be that shown in Annex II to
                                                                 in Article 7 thereof, in respect of the products specified in
Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 ; whereas the standard               Article 1 (1 ), shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
amount must be that fixed in the same Annex ;
                                                                 2. Nevertheless, in the case of products falling within
Whereas the sluice-gate price for the products specified in      heading No 02.03 and within subheadings 15.01 B or
Article 1 (2) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 must be         16.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect of
derived from the sluice-gate prices for slaughtered poultry      which the rate of duty has been bound within GATT, the
on the basis of the coefficients fixed for these products in     levy shall not exceed the amount resulting from that
accordance with Article 5 (3) of that Regulation ;               binding.
                                                                 3. For imports of products specified in paragraph 1
Whereas, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 631 /86 of 28            from Portugal, application of the levies specified in the
February 1986 on the applicaton of import levies on              Annex shall be suspended.
products from Portugal and amending Regulation (EEC)
No 177/86 ('), suspended the application of import levies                                  Article 2
on poultrymeat products from Portugal owing to the
minimal difference between the prices obtaining in the           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1987.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 27 July 1987.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                               Vice-President
 (>) OJ No L 60, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 11 .
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                                                              ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 27 July 1987 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for
                                                            poultrymeat
      CCT
                                                      Description                                      Sluice-gate        Levy
     heading                                                                                              price
       No
        1                                                  2                                                3              4
  I                                                                                                   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                                                                   97,73          23,50
                   II . Other                                                                              21,89           7,53
  I                                                                                                    ECU/ 100 kg    ECU/ 100 kg
               B. Other :
                     I. Fowls                                                                              75,63          31,23
                    II . Ducks                                                                             84,60        ' 48,77
                   III . Geese                                                                            110,50          48,06
                   IV. Turkeys                                                                            100,86          35,70
                    V. Guinea-fowls                                                                       116,32          50,35
      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'             95,02          39,24
                         (b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, but with hearts, livers and
                             gizzards, known as '70 % chickens'                                           108,04          44,61
                         (c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without hearts, livers
                             and gizzards, known as '65 % chickens'                                       117,72          48,61
                    II . Ducks :
                         (a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted, with heads and feet, known as '85 %
                             ducks'                                                                         99,53         57,38
                         (b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with hearts, livers and
                             gizzards, known as '70 % ducks'                                              120,86          69,67
                         (c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, without hearts, livers and
                             gizzards, known as '63 % ducks'                                              134,28          77,42
                   III . Geese :
                         (a) Plucked, bled, not drawn, with heads and feet, known as '82 % geese'         157,85          68,65
                         (b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with or without hearts and
                             gizzards, known as '75 % geese'                                              148,40          73,38
                   IV. Turkeys
                         (a) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with necks, hearts, livers
                             and gizzards, known as '80 % turkeys'                                        144,09          51,00
                         (b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without necks, hearts,
                             livers and gizzards, known as '73 % turkeys'                                 157,94          55,90
                    V. Guinea-fowls                                                                       166,17          71,93
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         CCT
                                                                                                         Sluice-gate    Levy
        heading                                         Description
                                                                                                            price
           No
            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                                                                     311,64     154,10
                           (b) Of turkeys                                                                   302,59     107,10
                           (c) Of other poultry                                                             276,55     130,35
                      II . Unboned (bone-in) :
                           (a) Halves or quarters :
                               1 . Of fowls                                                                 129,49      53,47
                               2. Of ducks                                                                  147,71      85,16
                               3. Of geese                                                                  163,24      80,72
                               4. Of turkeys                                                                173,73      61,49
                               5. Of guinea-fowls                                                           182,79      79,12
                           (b) Whole wings, with or without tips                                              89,38     40,38
                           (c) Backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing tips                   61,88     27,95
                           (d) Breasts and cuts of breasts :
                               1 . Of geese                                                                 222,60     110,07
                               2. Of turkeys                                                                230,54      81,60
                               3 . Of other poultry                                                         178,27      73,61
                           (e) Legs and cuts of legs :
                               1 . Of geese                                                                 215,18     106,40
                               2. Of turkeys :
                                   aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks                                     108,07     38,25
                                   bb) Other                                                                194,52      68,85
                               3 . Of other poultry                                                         167,46      69, li
                           (f) Goose or duck paletots (')                                                   188,48     100,14
                           (g) Other                                                                        275,02     124,24
                  C. Offals                                                                                   61,88     27,95
         02.03    Poultry liver, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine
                  A. Fatty liver of goose or duck                                                         1 578,50     686,50
                  B. Other                                                                                  158,14      71,44
         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                                                                            137,51      62,12
          15.01   Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted :
                  B. Poultry fat                                                                             165,01     74,54
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        CCT
                                                         Description                                     Sluice-gate    Levy
       heading                                                                                              price
         No
          1                                                   2                                               3           4
                                                                                                        ECU/ 100 kg  ECU/ 100 kg
        16.02       Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
                    B. Other :
                       I. Poultrymeat or offal :
                          (a) Containing 57 % or more by weight of poultrymeat (2) :
                               1 . Containing uncooked meat or offal ; mixtures of cooked meat or offal
                                   and uncooked meat or offal :
                                   aa) Containing exclusively turkeymeat                                    288,18     102,00
                                   bb) Other                                                                271,74     129,80
                               2 . Other                                                                    302,52     136,66
                          (b) Containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry­
                              meat (2)                                                                       165,01     74,54
                          (c) Other                                                                           96,26     43,48
  (') 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.