CELEX: 51984PC0020(49)
Language: en
Date: 1984-01-24
Title: PROPOSAL FOR COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) OF FIXING THE BASIC PRICE AND THE STANDARD QUALITY FOR SLAUGHTERED PIGS FOR THE PERIOD 1 NOVEMBER 1984 TO 31 OCTOBER 1985

No C 62/78                          Official Journal of the European Communities                               5. 3. 84
              Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the basic price and the standard quality for
                         slaughtered pigs for the period 1 November 1984 to 31 October 1985
                                                     (84/C 62/47)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas the most representative class and catego-
COMMUNITIES,                                                   ries of weight in Community production should be
                                                               taken as the standard quality;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro-
pean Economic Community, and in particular                     Whereas the application of those criteria results in
Article 43 thereof,                                            the basic price being fixed at a level higher than that
                                                               adopted for the previous period,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organ-
ization of the market in pigmeat ('), as last amended
by Regulation (EEC) No 2966/80 (2), and in parti-              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
cular Article 4 (4) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis-
sion,                                                                                  Article 1
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-              For the period 1 November 1984 to 31 October 1985,
liament,                                                       the basic price for slaughtered pigs of the standard
                                                               quality shall be 2 084,70 ECU per tonne.
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,
                                                                                       Article 2
Whereas, when the basic price for slaughtered pigs
is fixed, account should be taken of the objectives            The standard quality shall be the quality for pig car-
of the common agricultural policy and of the contri-            cases of Class II of the Community scale for.grad-
bution which the Community desires to make to the               ing pig carcases laid down by Regulation (EEC)
harmonious development of world trade; whereas                  No 2760/75, excluding those carcases with a weight
the objectives of the common agricultural policy are            of less than 70 kilograms and those with a weight
in particular to ensure a fair standard of living for           equal to or greater than 160 kilograms.
the agricultural community, to ensure that supplies
 are available and that they reach consumers at
reasonable prices;
                                                                                       Article 3
 Whereas the basic price must be fixed in accordance
 with the criteria laid down in Article 4 (1) of Regula-        This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
 tion (EEC) No 2759/75 for a standard quality                   day following its publication in the Official Journal
 defined according to Council Regulation (EEC)                  of the European Communities.
 No 2760/75 of 29 October 1975 determining the
 Community scale for grading pig carcases ( 3 );
                                                                It shall apply as from 1 November 1984.
(')  OJNoL282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 307, 18. 11. 1980. p. 5.                            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
O OJNoL282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 10.                                 directly applicable in all Member States.