CELEX: 31977R0857
Language: en
Date: 1977-04-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 857/77 of 27 April 1977 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

28.4.77                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 104/25
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 857 / 77
                                                        of 27 April 197 ?
                                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
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                   accordingly be taken into account in fixing sluice-gate
 Economic Community,
                                                                   prices for the period 1 May 1977 to 31 July 1977 ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) Mo
                                                                   Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1
 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
                                                                   November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,
 tion of the market in poultrymeat ( '), as amended by
                                                                   changes in world market prices for feed grain should
 Regulation ( EEC) No 369/76 (? ), and in particular               be taken into account only if at the same time a new
 Article 3 and 7 ( 1 ) thereof,
                                                                   sluice-gate price is fixed ;
 Whereas the sluice-gate prices and levies for the
                                                                   Whereas , since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
 products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC)
                                                                   changes in world market prices for feed grain must be
 No 2777/75 must be fixed quarterly m advance m
 accordance with methods of calculation laid down in               taken into account in fixing the levies ;
 Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 1759 / 76 of 22 July              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 1976 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poul­           ate in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 trymeat (5 ) ;                                                    ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
 Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for poultry­
 meat were, by Regulation ( EEC ) No 139 / 77 ( 4 ), last          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 fixed for the period 1 February 1977 to 30 April 1977,
 they must be fixed anew for the period ! May 1977 to                                           Article I
 31 July 1977 ; whereas such prices and levies should               1.    In respect of the products specified in Article 1
 in principle be calculated by reference to feed -grain            ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2777/75, the levies
 prices for the period 1 November 1976 to 31 March                 provided for in Article 3 thereof and sluice-gate prices
 1977 ;
                                                                   provided tor m Article 7 thereof shall be as shown in
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from               the Annex hereto .
 1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed ,
                                                                   2.     Provided that, in the case of products falling
 trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be            within heading No 02.03 and within subheading
 taken into account only if the price of the quantity of            15.01 B or 16.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff,
 feed grain required varies by at least ;i specified               in respect of which the rate of duty has been bound
 minimum in relation to that used to calculate the
                                                                   within GAIT, the levy shall not exceed the amount
 sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas,            resulting from that binding.
 by Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2778 / 75 of 29
 October 1975 laving down rules for calculating the                                             Article 2
 levy and the sluice-gate price for poultrymeat (-), this
 minimum was set at 3 % ;                                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1977.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels , 27 April 1977 .
                                                                              /•'. .■ the (Commission
                                                                               Finn ( GUNDELACH
                                                                                     Vice President
(!) OJ No L 282, i . 11 . 197 S , p. 77 .
(-') OJ No L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. v
     OJ No L 197 , 23.7.1976 , p. 17 .
(•») O J No L 22, 26 . 1 . 1977, p. 14 .
 ») OJ No I - 282 , 1. 11.1975, p. 84 .
 ---pagebreak--- No L 104/26                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          28.4.77
                                                                ANNEX
             Sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat for the period 1 May 1977 to 31 July 1977
 CCT heading                                                                                 Sluice-gate
     No                                           Description of goods                           price           Levy
      1                                                     2                                      3               4
                                                                                            u.a. /100 units u.a. /100 units
  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'                        18.25             3.31
                                                                                             u.a./100 kg     u.a./100 kg
                    B. Others :
                          I. Fowls                                                              61.01            12.52
                         II. Ducks                                                              68.61            18.14
                        III. Geese                                                              71.23            16.32
                        IV. Turkeys                                                             77.83            13.94
                         V. Guinea fowls                                                      102.47            20.97
  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 % chickens'                                                 76.66           15.72
                              b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, but with
                                 hearts, livers and gizzards, known as 70 % chickens'            87.16           17.88
                              c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without
                                 hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '65 % chickens'           94.97           19.47
                         II. Ducks :
                              a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted, with heads and feet,
                                 known as '85 % ducks'                                           80.71           21.34
                              b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with
                                 hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 % ducks'              98.01           25.92
                              c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, without
                            '    hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '63 % ducks'            108.90            28.80
                        III. Geese :
                              a) Plucked, bled, not drawn, with heads and feet, known
                                 as '82 % geese'                                               101.75            23.31
                              b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with or
                                 without hearts and gizzards, known as '75 % geese'              91.24           24.09
                        IV. Turkeys                                                            111.19            19.91
                          V. Guinea fowls                                                      146.38            29.96
 ---pagebreak---                                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                       No L 104/27
28.4.77
                                                                                                             Sluice-gate
  CCT heading                                      Description of goods                                          price          Lery
        Mo
         1                                                   2                                            |          3            4
                                                                                                             u. a. / 100 kg  u.a./100 kg
    02.02             B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) :
     (cont'd)                                                                                                 213.60           47-10
                           I. Boned or boneless                                                           !
                          II. Unboned (bone-in) :                                                          i
                              a) Halves or quarters :
                                  1. Of fowls                                                                 104.47           121.42
                                  2. Of ducks                                                                 119.79            31.68
                                                                                                              100.36            26.50
                                  3. Of geese
                                                                                                              122.31            21.90
                                  4. Of turkeys
                                  5. Of guinea fowls                                                          161.02            32.96
                              b) Whole wings, with or without tips                                               69.42          15.31
                              c) Backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing
                                  tips                                                                           48.06          10.60
                              d) Breasts and cuts of breasts :
                                  1. Of geese                                                                 136.86            36.14
                                  2. Of turkeys                                                               183.46            32.85
                                  3. Of other poultry                                                         143.81            29.50
                              e) Legs and cuts of legs :
                                  1. Of geese                                                                  132.30           34.93 '
                                  2. Of turkeys :
                                     aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks                                     100.07           17.92
                                     bb) Other                                                                 172.34           30.86
                                  3. Of other poultry                                                          135.10           27.71
                               f) Other                                                                       213.60            47.10
                       C. Offals                                                                                 48.06          10.60
     02.03             Poultry live, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine :
                       A. Foie gras (goose or duck)                                                          1017.50           233.10
                       B. Other                                                                                122.82           27.08
      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                                                                           106.80          23.55
      15.01            Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted :
                       B. Poultry fat                                                                           128.16           28.26
      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)                          234.96           51.81
                              b) Containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight
                                  of poultrymeat (a)                                                            128.16           28.26
                               c) Other                                                                           74.76          16.49
 (a) For (he purpose of determining the percentage of poultrymeat, weight of any bones shall be disregarded.