CELEX: 31981R0192
Language: en
Date: 1981-01-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 192/81 of 26 January 1981 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat

27. 1 . 81                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 23/9
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 192/81
                                                       of 26 January 1981
                                  fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      fixing sluice-gate prices for the period 1 February to
COMMUNITIES,                                                        30 April 1981 ;
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
2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                  sluice-gate price is being fixed ;
tion of the market in pigmeat (! ), as last amended by
the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular               Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
Articles 8 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 or
blishing 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 prices for pig carcases (3), as last         GATT, the levies should be limited to the amounts
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 772/79 (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                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
advance for each quarter in accordance with the                     are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
methods of calculation laid down in Commission
                                                                    ment Committee for Pigmeat,
Regulation (EEC) No 2676/80 of 16 October 1980
fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices on pigmeat (5) ;
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
pigmeat were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No
2676/80 for the period 1 November 1980 to 31
January 1981 , they must be fixed anew for the period
 1 February to 30 April 1981 ; whereas such prices and                                      Article 1
levies should in principle be fixed by reference to feed
grain prices for the period 1 August to 31 December
 1980 ;                                                              1 . For the period 1 February to 30 April 1981 , the
                                                                    sluice-gate prices provided for in Article 12 of Regula­
                                                                    tion (EEC) No 2759/75 for the products specified in
Whereas, when the sluice-gate price applicable from 1               Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 and the
 November, 1 February and 1 May is being fixed,                     levies provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC)
 trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be              No 2759/75 for the products specified in Article 1 (1 )
 taken into account only if the value of the quantity of            of that Regulation shall be as shown in the Annex
 feed grain required varies by at least a specified                  hereto .
 minimum in relation to that used in calculating the
 sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas
 this minimum was fixed by Regulation (EEC) No                       2. Provided that, in the case of products falling
 2766/75 at 3 % ;                                                   within any of subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01
                                                                     A I , 16.01 A or 16.02 A II of the Common Customs
                                                                     Tariff, in respect of which the rate of duty has been
 Whereas the value of the quantity of feed grain varies              bound within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the
 by more than 3 % from that used for the preceding                   amount resulting from that binding.
 quarter ; whereas trends in world market prices for
 feed grain must therefore be taken into account when
 (i) OJ No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 1 .                                                   Article 2
 (2) OJ No  L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979, p. 17.
 P)  OJ No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 25 .
 (*) OJ No  L 99 , 21 . 4. 1979 , p. 1 .                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
 P)  OJ No  L 274, 18 . 10 . 1979 , p . 16.                           1981 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 26 January 1981 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Poul DALSAGER
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                                      ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 26 January 1981 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on
                                                                      pigmeat
                                                                                                                            L-onventional
   CCT                                                                                             Sluice-gate  Amount of
  heading                                              Description                                    price       levies     rate of duty
                                                                                                                            bound within
    No                                                                                            ECU/ 100 kg  ECU/ 100 kg    GATT ( % }
01.03        Live swine :
             A. Domestic species :
                  II . Other :
                        a ) Sows having farrowed at least once, of a weight of not
                             less than 160 kg                                                          83-85        20-97
                         b ) Other                                                                      98-60       24-66
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 . fat                                                      128-22        32-07
                              2 . Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in )                           185-92         46-50         —
                               3 . Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned ( bone­
                                    in )                                                              143-60         35-91
                               4. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned ( bone-in )                       207-71         51-95          —
                              5. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies                          I     111-55        27-90          —
                               6. Other :                                                     ;
                                   aa ) Boned or boneless and frozen                                 207-71         51-95          —
                                   bb ) Other                                                            —
                                                                                                                    51-95
             R. Offals :                                                                    i
                  11 . Other :
                         c) Of domestic swine :
                              1 . Heads and cuts of heads ; necks                                        —
                                                                                                                    10-26           4
                              2 . Feet ; tails                                                           —
                                                                                                                      2-89         4
                              3 . Kidneys                                                                —
                                                                                                                    33-67          4
                              4 . Livers                                                                 —
                                                                                                                    38-80          /
                              5 . Hearts ; tongues ; lungs                                               —
                                                                                                                    19-24          4
                              6. Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the
                                   trachea and gullet                                                    —          28-22           4
                              7 . Other                                                                             28-22           4
 02.05        Pig fat free of lean meat and poultry fat ( not rendered or solvent­
              cxrracted ), fresh, chilled , frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked .-
            : A. Back-fat :
                     I. Fresh , chilled, frozen, salted or in brine                                     51-29        12-83         —
                    II . Dried or smoked                                                                 —
                                                                                                                     14-11         -
               R. Pig fat, other than that falling within subheading A                                   —
                                                                                                                      7-70         "
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                                                                                                                         Conventional
   CCT                                                                                       Sluice-gate  Amount of
  heading                                                                                                                 rate of duty
                                                    Description                           '     price      levies        bound within
    No                                                                                      ECU / 100 kg ECU/ 100 kg       GATT (% ï
32.06         Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted, in brine ,
                                                                                                                     i
                                                                                                                     I
              dried or smoked :                                                                                      I
                                                                                                                     I
              B. Meat and edible meat offals of domestic swine :                                                      i
                                                                                                                      I
                                                                                                                      i
                  I. Meat :                                                                                           1
                                                                                                                       I
          !
                       a )' Salted or in brine :                                                                       I
          1                                                                              ,                             1
          j                 1 . Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet                                 I
                                 or flare fat                                                 128-22        32-07              —
                            2. Baccn sides, spencers, 3 /4 sides and middles :
                                 aa ) Bacon sides                                             164-12        41-05              —
                                 bb) Spencers                                                               41-05              —
                                 cc) 3/4 sides and middles                                                  44-89              —
                            3 . Hams and cuts of hams, unboned ( bone-in )                    185-92        46-50              —
                            4 . Shoulders ( fores) and cuts of shoulders , unboned
                                 ( bone-in )                                                  143-60        35-91              —
            I
                            5 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned ( bone-in )                  207-71        51-95              —
                            6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies                           111-55       27-90              —
                            7 . Other                                                            —
                                                                                                            51-95              —
                       b ) Dried or smoked :
            j               1 . Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet
            j                    or flare fat                                                    —
                                                                                                            44-89              —
                            2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles :
                                 aa ) Bacon sides                                                —
                                                                                                            44-89              —
                                 bb) Spencers                                                    —
                                                                                                            44-89              —
                                 cc) 3/4 sides and middles                                       —
                                                                                                            48-10
                             3 . Hams and cuts of hams, unboned ( bone-in ) :
                                 aa ) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                          —
                                                                                                            54-51              —
                                 bb) Other                                                        —
                                                                                                            90-43
                            4 . Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders , unboned (bone­
                                 in ) ·
                                 411 / .
                                 aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                                      40-08              _
                                 bb) Other                                                        —
                                                                                                            71-19              —
                            5 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in ) :
                                  aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                           —
                                                                                                             60-93
                                 bb) Other                                                        —
                                                                                                             89-47             —
                             6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies :
                                  aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                           —
                                                                                                             32-07             —
                                 bb ) Other                                                       —
                                                                                                             46-50             —
                            7. Other :
                                  aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                           —
                                                                                                             60-93
                                 hb) Other                                                        —
                                                                                                             90-43             —
                  11 . Edible meat offals :
                        a)   Heads and cuts of heads ; necks                                      _
                                                                                                             10-26             __
                       b)    Feet ; tails                                                         —
                                                                                                               2-89            —
                        c)   Kidneys                                                              —
                                                                                                             33-67             —
                        d)    Livers                                                              —
                                                                                                             38-80             —
                        e) Hearts ; tongues ; lungs                                               —
                                                                                                             19-24
                         f) Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the trachea
                             and gullet                                                              *
                                                                                                             28-22             __
                        K) Other                                                                             28-22
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                                                                                                                Conventional
    CCT                                                                              Sluice-gate     Amount of
   Heading                                      Description                             price          levies    rate of duty
                                                                                                                bound within
     No                                                                             ECU/100 kg    I ECU/100 kg    GATT (% )
                                                                                                 I
 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)                                                          10-26          3
                 H. Other                                                              41-03            10-26        —
 16.01       Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal or animal blood :
             A. Liver sausages                                                          —
                                                                                                        61-39         24
             B. Other ( b) :
                 I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked                            —             102-16         —
                11 . Other                                                              —              68-61          —
16.02        Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
             A. Liver :
                II . Other                                                              —              67-69         25
             B. Other :
                Hi. Other :
          .
                     a) Containing meat or offal of domestic swine :
                         1 . Containing bovine meat, uncooked                           —
                                                                                                      144-67         —
                        2. Other, containing, by weight :
                             aa) 80 % or more of meat or offal, of any kind, in­
                                 cluding fats of any kind or origin :
                                 11 . Hams, fillets and loins ; pieces thereof          —
                                                                                                      106-76         —
                                 22. Shoulders and pieces thereof                       —
                                                                                                       88-14         —
                                 33 . Other                                             —
                                                                                                       59-89         —
                             bb) 40 % or more but less than 80 % of meat or
                                 offals, of any kind, including fats of any kind or
                                 origin                                                                51-41
                             cc) Less than 40 % of meat or offal, of any kind,
                                 including fats of any kind or origin                  —               37-78         —
(a) Entry under this subheading is subject 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 liquid.