CELEX: 31988R3254
Language: en
Date: 1988-10-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3254/88 of 21 October 1988 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat

No L 289/40                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                22. 10 . 88
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3254/88
                                                      of 21 October 1988
                                  fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       prices for the period 1 November 1988 to 31 January
                                                                   1989 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 November, 1
Economic Community,                                                February and 1 May are being fixed, trends in world
                                                                   market prices for feed grain should be taken into account
                                                                   only if at the same time a new sluice-gate price is being
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 fixed ;
Portugal,
                                                                   Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price has been fixed
                                                                   trends in world market prices for feed grain must be
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75               taken into account in fixing the levies ;
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 3906/87 (2), and in particular Articles 8 and 1 2         Whereas, in the case of pigment products, in respect of
(1 ) thereof,                                                      which the rate of duty has been bound within GATT, the
                                                                   levies should be limited to the amounts resulting from
                                                                   that binding ;
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products
specified in Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75,        Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 616/86 of 28
must be fixed in advance for each quarter in accordance             February 1986 on the application of import levies on
with the methods of calculation laid down in Commis­                pigmeat products from Portugal (*) suspended the applica­
sion Regulation (EEC) No 2170/88 of 20 July 1988 fixing             tion of import levies on pigmeat products from Portugal
the levies and sluice-gate prices on pigmeat (3) ;                  owing to the minimal difference between the prices
                                                                    obtaining in the Community on the one hand and in
                                                                    Portugal on the other hand ; whereas the situation still
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat            pertains ;
were last fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 2170/88 for the period 1 August to 31 October 1988, they           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 must be fixed anew for the period 1 November 1988 to               in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 31 January 1989 ; whereas such prices and levies should            Committee for Pigmeat,
 in principle be fixed by reference to feed grain prices for
 the period 1 May to 30 September 1988 ;
 Whereas, when the sluice-gate price applicable from 1
 November, \ February and 1 May is being fixed, trends in           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into
 account only if the value of the quantity of feed grain
 required varies by at least a specified minimum in rela­
 tion to that used in calculating the sluice-gate price for                                   Article 1
 the preceding quarter ; whereas this minimum was fixed
 by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 (4), as last
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3906/87, at 3 % ;                    1 . For the period 1 November 1988 to 31 January
                                                                     1989, the sluice-gate prices and the levies provided for in
                                                                     Articles 12 and 8 respectively of Regulation (EEC) No
 Whereas the value of the quantity of feed grain varies by           2759/75 for the products specified in Article 1 (1 ) of that
 more than 3 % from that used for the preceding quarter ;            Regulation shall be as shown in the Annex.
 whereas trends in world market prices for feed grain must
  therefore be taken into account when fixing sluice-gate            2. Provided that, in the case of products falling within
                                                                     any of subheadings 0206 30 21 , 0206 30 31 , 0206 41 91 ,
 (') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                              020649 91 ,     1501 00 11 ,    1601 00 10,     1602 10 00,
 M OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1987, p. 11 .
  0 OJ No L 190, 21 . 7. 1988, p. 32.
  b) OJ No I 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 25.                              0 OJ No L 58, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 45.
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1602 20 90 or 1602 90 10, in respect of which the rate of      application of the levies specified in paragraphs 1 and 2
duty has been bound within GATT, the levy shall not            shall be suspended.
exceed the amount resulting from that binding.
                                                                                        Article 2
3.   For imports from Portugal of products specified in        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
paragraph 1 and in free circulation in that Member State,      1988 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 21 October 1988 .
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                            Vice-President
                                                                                t.
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                                                        ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 21 October 1988 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies
                                                      on pigmeat
                                                                                   Conventional
                    CN code           Sluice-gate price       Amount of levies      rate of duty
                                       (ECU/ 100 kg)            (ECU/ 100 kg)      bound within
                                                                                     GATT (%)
                   0103 91 10               86,30                   45,09
                   0103 92 11               73,39                   38,35
                   0103 92 19               86,30                   45,09
                   0203 11 10              112,22                   58,64                —
                   0203 12 11              162,72                   85,03
                   0203 12 19              125,69                   65,68
                   0203 19 11              125,69                   65,68
                   0203 19 13              181,80                   95,00
                   0203 19 15               97,63                   51.02
                   0203 1955               181,80                   95,00
                   0203 19 59              181,80                   95,00
                   0203 21 10              112,22                   58,64
                   0203 22 1 1             162,72                   85.03
                   0203 22 19              125,69                   65,68
                   0203 29 1 1             125,69                   65,68
                   0203 29 13              181,80                   95,00
                   0203 29 15               97,63                   51.02 •
                   0203 29 55              181,80                   95,00
                   0203 29 59              181,80                   95,00
                   0206 30 21              135,79                   70,95                  7
                   0206 30 31               98,75                   51,60                  4
                   0206 41 91              135,79                   70,95                  7
                   0206 49 91                98,75                  51,60                  4
                   0209 00 1 1               44,89                  23,46
                   0209 00 19                49,38                  25,80
                   0209 00 30                26,93               '  14,07
                   0210 1111               162,72                   85.03
                   0210 1119               125,69                   65,68
                   0210 11 31              316,46                  165,36
                   0210 11 39              249,13                  130,18
                   0210 12 11                97,63                  51.02
                   0210 12 19              162,72                   85.03
                   0210 19 10              143,64                   75,06
                   0210 19 20              157,11                   82,10
                   0210 19 30              125,69                   65,68
                   0210 19 40              181,80                   95,00
                   0210 19 51              181,80                   95,00
                   0210 19 59              181,80                   95,00
                   0210 19 60              249,13                  130,18
                   0210 19 70~             313,09                  163,61     *
                   0210 19 81              316,46                  165,36
                   0210 19 89              316,46                  165,36
                   0210 90 31              135,79                   70,95
                   0210 90' 39               98,7£                  51,60
                   1501 00 11                35,91                  18,76                  3
                   1501 00 19                35,91                  18,76
                   1601 00 10              157,11                   98,60                24
                   1601 00 91              263,72                  167,92
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                                                                                         Conventional
                   CN code              Sluice-gate price       Amount of levies         rate of duty
                                         (ECU/ 100 kg)           (ECU/ 100 kg)          bound within
                                                                                          GATT (%)
                  1601 00 99                 179,55                 110,33
                  1602 10 00                 125,69                  86,47                    26
                  1602 20 90                 145,89                 127.24                    25
                  1602 41 10                 274,94                 170,88
                  1602 42 10                 230,05                 140.25
                  1602 49 11                 274,94                 170,88
                  1602 49 13                 230,05                 140,25
                  1602 49 15                 230,05                 140,25
                  1602 49 19                 151,50                  93,29
                  1602 49 30                 125,69                  86,47
                  1602 49 50                  75,19                  63,69
                  1602 90 10                 145,89                 127,24                    26
                  1602 90 51                 151,50                  93,29
                  1902 20 30                  75,19                  63,69
            NB : The CN codes and the footnotes are defined in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (OJ
                 No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 ) as amended.