CELEX: 31970R2395
Language: en
Date: 1970-11-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2395/70 of the Commission of 27 November 1970 on the marketing stage to which the average price of pig carcases refers

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                              REGULATION (EEC) No 2395/70 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                   of 27 November 1970
                        on the marketing stage to which the average price of pig carcases refers
 THE    COMMISSION        OF      THE EUROPEAN      COM­         Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2108/705 of
 MUNITIES,                                                       20 October 1970 defined the Community scale for
                                                                 grading pig carcases ; whereas the value of the
                                                                 standard quality of pig carcases employed in that
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                    scale is about 2% higher than that of the former
European Economic Community;                                     standard quality ;
                                                                 Whereas, to permit comparison to be made between
 Having regard to Council Regulation No                          the average price of pig carcases calculated on the
 121 /67/EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common                      basis of national quality grades and categories and
 organisation of the market in pigmeat, as last                  the basic price ruling for the new standard quality, it
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1253/702 and in                  is necessary to increase the former by 2% ;
particular Article 4 (6) thereof;
                                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                 are in accordance with the Opinion of the
Whereas the six representative markets comprise, for             Management Committee for Pigmeat;           .
 each country, all the markets listed in the Annex to
Council Regulation No 213/67/EEC3 of 27 June 1967
establishing the list of representative markets for              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
pigmeat in the Community, as last amended by'
Regulation (EEC) No 2090/704 ;                                                           Article 1
Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (2) of Regulation No              So long as, in a Member State, pig carcase prices are
 121 /67/EEC, the average price of pig carcases on the
                                                                 not determined according to the Community scale
representative markets of the Community must be                  laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2108/70 pig
determined in order to assess whether the market                 carcase prices on the representative market of that
situation justifies intervention measures ;                      Member State shall be determined according <. to the
                                                                 method set out in the Annex and increased by 2% .
Whereas, in order to determine the average price of                                     Article 2
pig carcases, comparable Community prices must be
available; whereas, to that end, a well-defined                  The average price of pig carcases referred to in
marketing stage should be used as a standard, prices             Article 4 (2) of Regulation No 121 /67/EEC shall be
being converted for that stage, where necessary,                 based on the free at slaughterhouse price excluding
according to an agreed method ;                                  tax for pig carcases weighed and classified on the
                                                                 hook, including slaughterhouse costs and the value of
                                                                 offals and animal residues .
Whereas, since pig carcases are increasingly being
marketed at the slaughterhouse stage, that stage
should be the one adopted ;                                                             Article 3
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
                                                                 day following its publication in the Official Journal
                                                                 of the European Communities.
1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2283/67.
2 OJ No L 143 , 1.7.1970, p . 1 .
3 OJ No 135 , 30.6.1967, p. 2887/67.
4 OJ No L 232, 21.10.1970, p. 1 .                                5 OJ No L 234, 23.10.1970, p. 1 .
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 27 November 1970.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                The President
                                                                           Franco M. MALFATTI
                                                ANNEX
          Method of determining pig carcase prices in countries of the Community
BELGIUM :           Average of, on the one hand, the quotation at Anderlecht and, on the
                      other hand, of the average of quotations on the other markets.
                      1 . At Anderlecht:     (a) Conversion of the price, excluding tax, for live pig
                                                 of medium fat quality into a dead weight price
                                                 by application of the coefficient 1-30.
                                             (b) reduction of that price by 3% to make it com­
                                                 parable at the marketing stage.
                      2. On each of the other markets : average of quotations for the 3 grades
                                                 Bl — B2 — CI .
GERMANY :           1 . Average of the prices, excluding tax, for live swine of Grade C, one
                          for each market.
                      2. Conversion of that average into a dead weight price by application of
                          the coefficient 1-30.
                    3. Reduction of that price by 3% to make it comparable at the marketing
                          stage.
FRANCE :              1 . For each market, weighting of the quotations by 40% for Grade B and
                          60% for Grade C.
                      2. Average of the quotations one for each market.
ITALY :             1 . Average of prices, excluding tax, for live swine of the three weight
                          categories of 125 to 145 kg, of 146 to 160 kg and of 161 to 180 kg.
                      2 . Average of the prices, one for each market, the markets of Macerata
                          and Perugia being considered as a single market.
                      3 . Addition of 3 Lit. per kg live weight for transport costs.
                      4. Conversation into a deadweight price by application of the coefficient
                          1-30.
LUXEMBOURG :       ·.     Average of the quotations for Grade A, one for each market.
NETHERLANDS :         1 . For each market, weighting of the quotations for 'vleeswarenvarkens'
                          by 25% for the 1st quality, 50% for the 2nd quality and 25% for the
                          3rd quality.
                      2. Addition of Fl 0Ό4 per kg to the market quotations, except that of
                          Arnhem, for transport costs.
                    3 . Average of the quotations, one for each market.
Note: The grades and classes mentioned refer to national systems and specifications.