CELEX: 51982PC0149
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Date: 1982-03-25
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 2764/75 laying down the rules for calculating a component of the levy on pig carcases and (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (sbumitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                       COM(82)149 final
                                                       Brussels . 25 March 1982
                                        Proposal for a
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
           amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 2764 / 75 laying down the rules
           for calculating a component of the > levy on pig carcases and
           ( EEC ) No 950 / 68 on the Common Customs Tariff
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                                                    Explanatory memorandum
 The import arrangements provided for in Regulation ( EEC ) No 2759/ 75 on the
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As a f'irst step, the Common Customs Tariff will be adjusted in so "fiairj&s' it
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applies to pigmeat . The wording of some subheadings will be made ^mQPe.jflire-
cise , while other subheadings which have proved to be of little practical use
will be deleted . These changes will not have any major economical implications .
At the same time , definitions of the principal products in the sector will be
inserted as Additional Notes to the Common Customs Tariff , as has already been
done for the beef and veal and sheepmeat and goatmeat sectors .
The purpose of jthis proposal for a Regulation is to layi down a definition of
" pig carcases " whi ch will be inserted in Chapter 2 of it he CCT as an Additional
Note . The other products in the sector will be adjusted in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 24 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2759/ 75 on the basis
of Article 10(4 ), of that Regulation .                                          j ;•
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Implementation of the Common Customs Tariff thus amended will require , at a
later stage , adjustments to two other Council Regulations which incorporate part
of the CCT : Regulation ( EEC ) No 2766/ 75 establishing the list of products for
which sluice-gate prices are to be Ifixed and la'ying down) the rules for fixing
the sluice-gate price for pig carcases , and Regulation : ( EEC ) No 2767 / 75 laying
down general rules for the system of " pilot products arid derived products "
enabling additional amounts to be fixed , for pigmeat .                                 ,
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 ---pagebreak---                                         Proposal for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC)'
                 amending Regulations ( EEC ) No . 2764 / 75 laying down the rules
                   for calculating a component of the levy on pig carcases .
            b .and ( EEC ) No 950 / 68 on the Common Cystoms Tariff               '
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
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Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No . 2759 / 75            of 29 October 1975 on
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the common organization of the market in pi gmeat , as last amended by Regulation
( EEC ) No . 2966/80 ^ - and in particular Article 9(2 ) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2759 / 75 provide for the basic
rules for fixing the levy applicable on imports of pig carcases ;, whereas it
seems appropriate to introduce a * definition of this product into Council Regu-
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 lation ( EEC ) No 2764 / 75 , as amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 370 / 76 , in order
to facilitate the correct application of the levy on pig carcases within subheading
02.01 A III a ) 1 of the Common Customs Tariff , i ; and to amend Council Regulation ( EEC )
No 950/68^, as last amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No             /82^, accordingly,
( 1 ) O.J. No . L 282 , 1.11.1975 , p . ;1     '
( 2 ) O.J. No . L 307 , 18.11.1980 , p. 5
( 3 ) O.J. No . L 282 , 1.11.1975 , p. 21
( 4 ) O.J. No . L 45 , 21.02.1976, p. <4
( 5 ) O.J. No . L 172 , 22.7.1968 , p. 1 ,
( 6 ) O.J. No . L                      p.
 ---pagebreak---  HAS ADOPTED . THIS REGULATION :
                                         Article 1
The following Article 3a is       hereby , inserted into Regulation ( EEC ) No 2764 / 75 :
                                         Article 3a
" Pig ■carcases " shall be taken to mean carcases
  or half-carcases        of domestic swine which have been bled and jevi scerated
 and from wfncfi the bristles and hooves have been removed . Half-carcases are
derived from whole carcases by symmetrical division through the centre of each
 cervical - dorsal - lumbar and sacral vertebra and through the centre of the
 sternum and-tthe ischio-pubic symphysis .       These carcases'and hal/fcrcarcases may
be with or without head , feet , flare fat , kidneys , tail or diaphragm .       Half-
carcases may be with or without spinal cord , brain or tongue .         Carcases and
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half-carcases of sows may be with or without udders ( mammary glands ).
Where the head or feet are removed, the head is removed from the carcase at the
first cervical vertebra ( atlas ) by a straight cut parallel to the cranium and the
feet are removed at the wrist or ankle-joint ( carpormetacarpal or tarso-metatarsal
joint ) ."
                   ,                     Article 2
The Common Customs Tariff annexed tq Regulation ( EEC ) No . 950 / 68 is hereby amended
as follows :                            11
1 . The following text is inserted as Additional Note No . 3.E. to Chapter 2 :
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       1 E. For the purposes of . subheading 02.01 A:III a ) 1 , " carcases or half carcases
       shall be taken to ; mean slaughtered pigsin the form , of carcases of domestic
          swine   which have been bled and eviscerated and from which the bristles
          and hooves have been removed .     Half-carcases are derived from whole
          carcases by symmetrical division through the centre of each cervical ,
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          dorsal , lumbar and sacral vertebra and through the centre of the sternum
          and the ischio-pubic symphysis .
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         These carcases and half-carcases may be with or without head , feet ,
         flare fat , kidneys , tail or diaphragm .    Half-carcases may be with or
         without spinal cord , brain or tongue . Carcases and half-carcases of
         sows may be with or without udders ( mammary glands ).
         Where the head or feet are removed, the head is removed from the carcase 0t the
        first cervical vertebra ( atlas ) by a straight cut parallel to the cranium and
        the feet are removed at the wrist or ankle-joint ( carpo-metacarpal or tarso-
        metatarsal joint )."
2 . Subheading 02.01 A III a ) 1 is            replaced by the following :
                                                               Rate of duty
  Heading                  Description                 Autonomous
 number                                                                Conventional
                                                           %
                                                                            %
                                                       or levy ( L )
     1                          2                          3                4
 " 02.01   Meat and edible offals of the animals
           falling within heading No . 01.01 ,
           01.02 , 01.03 or 01.04 , fresh ,
           chi I led or frozen :
           A. Meat :
               III . Of swine :
                     a ) Of domestic swine :
                         1 . Carcases or half-
                             carcases                     20 ( L )          • ft
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                                          Article 3
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This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1932 .
This' Regv|Lat ion shall be binding in its entirety and di rectly j|pplfbrable
all Member States .
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Done at                                                    For the Council