CELEX: 31981R2998
Language: en
Date: 1981-10-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2998/81 of 20 October 1981 fixing for the United Kingdom the level of the variable slaughter premium for sheep and the amounts to be charged on products leaving that Member State

No L 300/ 18                         Official Journal of the European Communities                            21 . 10 . 81
                                COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2998/81
                                                  of 20 October 1981
             fixing for the United Kingdom the level of the variable slaughter premium for
                sheep and the amounts to be charged on products leaving that Member State
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 for sheep certified as eligible in the United Kingdom,
COMMUNITIES,                                                   and the amounts to be charged on products leaving
                                                               that Member State, during the week commencing 14
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          September 1981 , shall be as set out in the Annexes
Economic Community,                                            hereto ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   Whereas, as a result of administrative difficulties in the
1837/80 of 27 June 1980 on the common organization             United Kingdom, this premium could not be calcu­
of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (! ), as last          lated within the time limit laid down by Article 3 ( 1 )
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 899/81 (2),                     of Regulation (EEC) No 2661 /80,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2661 /80 of 17 October 1980 laying down detailed               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
rules for applying the variable slaughter premium for
sheep (3), and in particular Articles 3 ( 1 ) and 4 ( 1 )
                                                                                        Article 1
thereof,
Whereas Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2661 /80        For sheep or sheepmeat certified in the United
lays down that the level of the variable slaughter             Kingdom as eligible for the variable slaughter
premium for each Member State concerned shall be               premium during the week commencing 14 September
fixed weekly by the Commission ;                                1981 , the level of the premium shall be as set out in
                                                               Annex I hereto .
Whereas Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2661 /80
lays down that the amount to be charged on products                                     Article 2
leaving the Member States concerned shall be fixed
weekly by the Commission ;                                     For products referred to in Article 1 (a) of Regulation
                                                               (EEC) No 1837/80 which left the territory of the
Whereas, since the United Kingdom is paying the                United Kingdom during the week commencing 14
variable slaughter premium, it is necessary for the            September 1981 , the amounts to be charged shall be as
Commission to fix the level of the premium and the             set out in Annex II hereto .
amount to be charged on products leaving that
Member State for the week commencing 14 September                                       Article 3
1981 ;
                                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
Whereas it follows from the application of the rules            publication in the Official Journal of the European
laid down in Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No             Communities.
 1837/80 and in Article 4 ( 1 ) and (3) of Regulation
(EEC) No 2661 /80 that the variable slaughter premium           It shall apply with effect from 14 September 1981 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 20 October 1981 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            Poul DALSAGER
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 90 , 4. 4. 1981 , p. 26.
O OJ No L 276, 20 . 10 . 1980 , p. 19 .
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                                                       ANNEX I
             Level of variable slaughter premium for certified sheep in the United Kingdom for the
                                          week commencing 14 September 1981
                                 Description                                    Premium
             Certified sheep or sheepmeat                      61-834 ECU per 100 kg of estimated or actual
                                                               dressed carcase weight (')
             (') Within the weight limits laid down by the United Kingdom.
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                                                   ANNEX II
          Amount to be charged for products which left the territory of the United Kingdom during
                                  the week commencing 14 September 1981
                                                                                        (ECU/100 kg)
                 CCT
                heading                              Description                          Charge
                  No
                                                                                       Live weight
          01.04 B         Live sheep and goats other than pure-bred breeding animals      29-062
                                                                                       Net weight
          02.01 A IV a)   Meat of sheep or goats, fresh or chilled :
                          1 . Carcases or half-carcases                                   61-834
                          2. Short forequarters                                           43-284
                          3 . Chines and / or best ends                                   68-017
                          4. Legs                                                         80-384
                          5 . Other :
                              (aa) Unboned (bone-in)                                      80-384
                              (bb) Boned or boneless                                     112-538
           02.01 A IV b)  Meat of sheep or goats, frozen :
                          1 . Carcases or half-carcases                                   46-376
                          2. Short forequarters                                           32-463
                          3 . Chines and/ or best ends                                    51014
                          4. Legs                                                         60-289
                          5. Other :
                              (aa) Unboned (bone-in)                                      60-289
                              (bb) Boned or boneless                                      84-404
           02.06 C II a)  Meat of sheep or goats, salted in brine, dried or smoked :
                          1 . Unboned (bone-in)                                           80-384
                          2 . Boned or boneless                                          112-538