CELEX: 51989PC0040(39)
Language: en
Date: 1989-01-31
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) FIXING THE BASIC PRICE AND THE STANDARD QUALITY FOR SLAUGHTERED PIGS FOR THE PERIOD 1 JULY 1989 TO 30 JUNE 1990

No C 82/48                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                            3. 4. 89
                                                          Proposal for a
                                            COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No ...
                                                               of...
               fixing the basic price and the standard quality for slaughtered pigs for the period 1 July 1989
                                                         to 30 June 1990
                                                           (89/C 82/39)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             period 1 July 1988 t o 31 O c t o b e r         1989 (5) should    in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                consequence be r e p e a l e d ;
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                     W h e r e a s experience acquired of carcase classification
thereof,                                                             indicates t h a t it w o u l d be possible to simplify the definition
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of              of s t a n d a r d carcase quality,
29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in pigmeat ( J ), as last amended by Regulation               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
 (EEC) No ... (2), and in particular Article 4(4) thereof,
                                                                                                      Article 1
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                     For the period 1 July 1989 to 30 June 1990 the basic price
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
                                                                     for slaughtered pigs of the standard quality shall be
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social              2 033,30 ecus per tonne.
Committee,
                                                                                                      Article 2
Whereas, when the basic price for slaughtered pigs is fixed,
account should be taken of the objectives of the common
                                                                     The standard quality shall be defined in terms of carcase
agricultural policy and of the contribution which the
                                                                     weight and lean meat content, determined as laid down in
Community desires to make to the harmonious develop-
                                                                     Article 2(2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84, as
ment of world trade; whereas the objectives of the common
                                                                     follows:
agricultural policy are in particular to ensure a fair
standard of living for the agricultural community, to ensure         (a) carcases weighing not less than 60 but less than 120
that supplies are available and that they reach consumers at             kilograms: grade 'U';
reasonable prices;
                                                                     (b) carcases weighing            from    120 to    180   kilograms:
Whereas the basic price must be fixed in accordance with                 grade 'R';
the criteria laid down in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EEC)
No 2759/75 for a standard quality defined by reference to                                             Article 3
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 (3), as amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 3530/86 ( 4 );                                   Regulation (EEC) No 2266/88 is hereby repealed.
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 has been amended
by Regulation (EEC) N o . . . to make the basic price                                                 Article 4
applicable in future from 1 July of each year; whereas
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2266/88 fixing the basic                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
price and the standard quality for slaughtered pigs for the          following its publication in the Official Journal of the
                                                                     European           Communities.
(!) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1.                                  It shall apply from 1 July 1989.
(2) OJ No L ...
(3) OJ No L 301, 20. 11. 1984, p. 1.
(4) OJ No L 326, 21. 11. 1986, p. 8.                                 (s) OJ No L 199, 26. 7. 1988, p. 16.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
              Done at...
                                                                                          For the Council