CELEX: 31981R0151
Language: en
Date: 1981-01-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 151/81 of 20 January 1981 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

21 . 1 . 81                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 18/7
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 151/81
                                                     of 20 January 1981
                               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 1981 ;
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 2299/77 (^ ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas since the sluice-gate prices and levies for
poultrymeat were, by Regulation (EEC) No 2606/80 (%
last fixed for the period 1 November 1980 to 31                                          Article 1
January 1981 , they must be fixed anew for the period
1 February to 30 April 1981 ; 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 1980 ;                                                  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.
0   OJ   No L 282,  1 . 11 . 1975, p. 84.
(«) OJ   No L 271 , 22. 10. 1977, p. 1 .                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
0   OJ   No L 268,  11 . 10. 1980, p. 13.                         1981 .
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 20 January 1981 .
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                     The President
                                                                    Gaston THORN
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                                                               ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 20 January 1981 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies
                                                           for poultrymeat
 CCT heading                                                                                  Sluice-gate
       No                                             Description                                price         Levy
        1                                                  2                                       3             4
                                                                                            ECU/ 100 units ECU/100 unie
    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                                                     83-95         11-24
                       II . Other                                                                22-90           4-14
                                                                                             ECU/ 100 kg    ECU/ 100 kg
                   B. Other :
                         I. Fowls                                                                 76-27        16-09
                        II. Ducks                                                                 95-40        22-41
                       III . Geese                                                              113-69         22-11
                      IV. Turkeys                                                                 97-45        17-42
                        V. Guinea-fowls                                                         128-91         26-33
    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 °/o chickens'                                               95-83        20-21
                             b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, but with
                                hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 °/o chickens'         108-96          22-98
                             c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without
                                hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '65 % chickens'           118-73          25-04
                         II. Ducks :
                             a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted, with heads and feet,
                                 known as ' 85 %> ducks'                                  I      112-24         26-36
              I                                                                           !
              I              b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with
              !                  hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 % ducks'              136-29         32-01
                             c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, without
                                  hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '63 % ducks'             151-44         35-56
                        III. Geese :
                             a) Plucked, bled, not drawn, with heads and feet, known
                                  as '82 °/o geese'                                              162-42         31-58
                              b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with or
                                  without hearts and gizzards, known as '75 % geese'             153-41         32-83
                        IV. Turkeys                                                              139-22         24-88
                         V. Guinea-fowls                                                         184-15         37-62
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   CCT heading                                                                                   Sluice-gate
        No                                             Description                                  price          Levy
                  i
         1        I                                        2                                          3              4
                I
                                                                                                ECU/ 100 kg    ECU/100 kg
    02.02            B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) :
     (cont'd)                                                                                 i
                          I. Boned or boneless                                                     288-82          60-12
                         II. Unboned (bone-in) :
                              a) Halves or quarters :
                                  1 . Of fowls                                                     130-60          27-54
                                 2 . Of ducks                                               I      166-58          39-12
                                 3. Of geese                                                j      168-75          36-11
               '                 4. Of turkeys                                                     153-14          27-37
                                 5. Of guinea-fowls                                               202-57           41-38
                              b) Whole wings, with or without tips                                  93-87          19-54
                             c) Backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing
                                 tips                                                               64-98          13-53
                             d) Breasts and cuts of breasts :
                                 1 . Of geese                                                     230-12           49-25
                                 2. Of turkeys                                                    222-75           39-81
                                 3. Of other poultry                                              179-78           37-92
                             e) Legs and cuts of legs :
                                 1 . Of geese                                                     222-44           47-60
                                 2. Of turkeys :
                                      aa) Drumsticks and cu'.s of drumsticks                      104-42           18-66
                                      bb) Other                                                   187-95          33-59
                                3. Of other poultry                                               168-89          35-62
                             f) Other                                                             288-82           60-12
                    C. Offals                                                                       64-98          13-53
    02.0.1          Poultry liver, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine :
                    A. Fatty liver of goose or duck                                             1 624-20         315-80
                    B. Other                                                                      166-07          34-57
    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                                                                144-41          30-06
    15.01           Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted :
                    B. Poultry fat                                                                173-29          36-07
    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 (a) :
                                1 . Containing uncooked meat or offal ; mixtures of
                                     cooked meat or offal and uncooked meat or offal :
                                     aa) Containing exclusively turkeymeat                        278-44          49-76
                                     bb) Other                                                    291-40          62-72
                                2. Other                                                          317-70          66-13
                            b) Containing 25 °/e or more but less than 57 °/o by weight
                                of poultrymeat (a)                                                173-29          36-07
                            c) Other                                                              101-09          21-04
                                                                                                             I
(a) For the purpose of determining the percentage of poultrymeat, weight of any Bones shall be disregarded.