CELEX: 31986R1142
Language: en
Date: 1986-04-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1142/86 of 18 April 1986 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat

No L 103/48                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                   19 . 4 . 86
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1142/86
                                                             of 18 April 1986
                                         fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            whereas trends in world market prices for feed grain must
                                                                        therefore be taken into account when fixing sluice-gate
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 prices for the period 1 May to 31 July 1986 ;
  Economic Community,
                                                                        Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 November, 1
  Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                     February and 1 May are being fixed, trends in world
 Portugal,                                                              market prices for feed grain should be taken into account
                                                                        only if at the same time a new sluice-gate price is being
                                                                        fixed ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75
 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
 market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by Regulation                   Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed
 (EEC) No 3768/85 (2), and in particular Articles 8 and 12              trends in world market prices for feed grain must be
 ( 1 ) thereof,                                                         taken into account in fixing the levies ;
 Whereas sluice-gate prices for pig carcases and for the                Whereas, in the case of products falling within any of
 other products specified in Article 1 of Council Regula­               subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I, 16.01 A or
 tion (EEC) No 27 66/75 of 29 October 1975 establishing                  16.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect of
 the list of products for which sluice-gate prices are to be            which the rate of duty has been bound within GATT, the
 fixed and laying down the rules for fixing the sluice-gate             levies should be limited to the amounts resulting from
 prices for pig carcases (3), as last amended by Regulation             that binding ;
 (EEC) No 1905/83 (4), and levies for the products specified
 in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, must be
 fixed in advance for each quarter in accordance with the               Whereas, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 616/86 of 28
 methods of calculation laid down in Commission Regula­                 February 1986 on the application of import levies on
 tion (EEC) No 2132/85 of 29 July 1985 fixing the levies                pigmeat products from Portugal suspended the applica­
 and sluice-gate prices on pigmeat (*) ;                                tion of import levies on pigmeat products from Portugal
                                                                        owing to the minimal difference between the prices
                                                                        obtaining in the Community on the one hand and in
 Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat               Portugal on the other hand ; whereas the situation still
 were last fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No                      pertains ;
 190/86 of 28 January 1986, fixing the sluice-gate prices
 and levies for pigmeat (6), as amended by Regulation
 (EEC) No 616/86 I7) for the period 1 February 1986 to 30               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
April 1986, they must be fixed anew for the period 1 May                in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 to 31 July 1986 ; whereas such prices and levies should in             Committee for Pigmeat,
 principle be fixed by reference to feed grain prices for the
 period 1 November to 31 March 1986 ;
Whereas, when the sluice-gate price applicable from 1
 November, 1 February and 1 May is being fixed, trends in               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into
account only if the value of the quantity of feed grain
required varies by at least a specified minimum in rela­
tion to that used in calculating the sluice-gate price for                                       Article 1
the preceding quarter ; whereas this minimum was fixed
by Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 at 3 % ;
                                                                        1 . For the period 1 May to 31 July 1986, the sluice­
Whereas the value of the quantity of feed grain varies by               gate prices provided for in Article 1 2 of Regulation (EEC)
more than 3 % from that used for the preceding quarter ;                No 2 759/75 for the products specified in Article 1 of
                                                                        Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 and the levies provided for
                                                                        in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 for the
(')   OJ  No L  282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                              products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation shall
(2)   OJ  No L  362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 .                              be as shown in the Annex.
(3)   OJ  No L  282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 25.
H     OJ  No L  190, 14. 7. 1983 , p. 1 .
o     OJ  No L  198 , 30 . 7. 1985, p. 54.
(6)   OJ  No L  23, 30 . 1 . 1986, p. 16.                               2\ Provided that, in the case of products falling within
0     OJ  No L  58 , 1 . 3 . 1986, p. 45 .                              any of subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01
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A I, 16.01 A or 16.02 A II of the Common Customs               application of the levies specified in the Annex shall be
Tariff, in respect of which the rate of duty has been          suspended.
bound within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the
amount resulting from that binding.
                                                                                        Article 2
3. For imports from Portugal of products specified in
paragraph I and in free circulation in that Member State,      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1986.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 18 April 1986.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                            Vice-President
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                                                                 ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 18 April 1986 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on
                                                                 pigmeat
                                                                                                                      Conventional
        CCT                                                                                 Sluice-gate  Amount of
                                                                                                                       rate of duty
      heading                                       Description                                price        levies
                                                                                                                      bound within
         No                                                                               (ECU/ 100 kg) (ECU/ 100 kg)   GAIT (%)
  01.03         Live swine :
                A. Domestic species :
                     II . Other :
                           a) Sows having farrowed at least once, of a weight of not less
                              than 160 kg                                                      73,52        42,65           —
                           b) Other                                                            86,45         50,15          —
  02.01         Meat and edible offals of the animals falling within heading No
                01.01 , 01.02, 01.03 or 01.04, fresh, chilled or frozen :
                A. Meat :
                     III . Of Swine :
                           a) Of domestic swine :
                               1 . Whole carcases or half carcases                           112,42         65,22           —
                               2.  Legs and parts thereof                                    163,01         94,57           —
                               3.  Fore-ends or shoulders ; parts thereof                    125,91         73,04           —
                               4.  Loins and parts thereof                                   182,12        105,65           —
                               5.  Bellies and parts thereof                                   97,81        56,74           —
                               6 . Other :                                                I\
                                   aa) Boned or boneless                                     182,12        105,65           —
                                   bb) Other                                                    —
                                                                                                           105,65           —
                B. Offals :
                    II . Other :
                          c) Of domestic swine :
                              1 . Heads and parts thereof                                       —
                                                                                                            20,87            4
                              2 . Feet or tails                                                 —
                                                                                                              5,87           4
                              3 . Kidneys                                                       —
                                                                                                            68,48            4
                              4 . Livers                                                        —
                                                                                                            78,91            7
                              5. Hearts, tongues or lungs                                       —
                                                                                                            39,13            4
                              6 . Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs with windpipe and
                                  gullet all attached                                                       57,39            4
                              7 . Other                                                         —
                                                                                                            57,39            4
  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 :
               A. Subcutaneous pig fat :
 l                   I. Fresh , chilled, frozen , salted or in brine                          44,97         26,09          —
                    II . Dried or smoked                                                      49,46         28,70          —
               B. Other pig fat                                                                 —
                                                                                                            15,65          —
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                                                                                                                    Conventional
          CCT                                                                             Sluice-gate  Amount of
                                                                                                                     rate of duty
         heading                                  Description                                price          levies
                                                                                                                    bound within
           No                                                                           (ECU/ 100 kg) (ECU/ 100 kg)   GATT (%)
    02.06        Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted, in brine,
                 dried or smoked :
                 B. Of domestic swine :
                      I. Meat :
                          a) Salted or in brine :
                             1 . Bacon sides or spencers                                    143,90           83,48        —
                             2. 3/4 sides or middles                                        157,39           91,30        —
                             3 . Hams and parts thereof                                     163,01           94,57        —
                             4. Fore-ends or shoulders ; parts thereof                      125,91           73,04        —
                             5. Loins and parts thereof                                     182,12         105,65         —
                             6 . Bellies and parts thereof                                   97,81           56,74        —
                             7 . Other :                                                              \
                                 aa) Boned or boneless                                      182,12         105,65         —
                                 bb) Other                                                    —
                                                                                                           105,65         —
                          b) Dried or smoked :                                                        \
                             1 . Hams and parts thereof                                     317,02         183,91         —
                             2. Fore-ends or shoulders ; parts thereof                      249,57         144,78         —
                             3 . Loins and parts thereof                                    313,65         181,96         —
                             4. Bellies and parts thereof                                   163,01           94,57        —
                             5 . Other :
    \                            aa) Boned or boneless                                      317,02         183,91         —
                                 bb) Other                                                    —
                                                                                                           183,91         —
                     II . Offals :                                                      \\
                          a) Heads and parts thereof                                          —
                                                                                                             20,87        —
                          b) Feet or tails                                                    —
                                                                                                              5,87        —
                          c) Kidneys                                                          —
                                                                                                             68,48        —
                          d) Livers                                                           —
                                                                                                             78,91        —
                          e) Hearts, tongues or lungs                                         _
                                                                                                             39,13        —
                          f) Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs with windpipe and gullet
                             all attached                                                                    57,39
                          g) Other                                                            —
                                                                                                             57,39        —
    15.01        Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent extracted :
                 A. Lard and other pig fat :
                      I. For industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs
                          for human consumption (a)                                           —
                                                                                                             20,87          3
                     II . Other                                                              35,97           20,87        —
    16.01        Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal or animal blood :           II
                 A. Liver sausages                                                            —
                                                                                                           107,80         24
                 B. Other (b) :                                                                       I
                      I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked                           264,19         1 86,66        —
                     II . Other                                                               —
                                                                                                           129,15         —
                                                                                                         1
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                                                                                                                        Conventional
         CCT                                                                                 Sluice-gate    Amount of
                                                                                                                         rate of duty
       heading                                      Description                                 price         levies
                                                                                                                        bound within
          No                                                                              ( ECU/ 100 kg) ( ECU/ 100 kg)   GATT ( % )
   16.02          Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :                        I
                  A. Liver :                                                              l\
                      II . Other                                                                 —
                                                                                                             121,08           25
                  B. Other :                                                              lI
                      III . Other :                                                       \\
                            a) Containing meat or offal of domestic swine :               \
                               1 . Containing bovine meat, uncooked                              —
                                                                                                             328,37           —
                               2. Other, containing by weight :                           l
                                   aa) 80 % or more of meat or offal, of any kind, inclu­ I
                                       ding fats of any kind or origin :                  II
                                       11 . Hams or loins, (excluding collars); parts     II
                                            thereof                                            275,43        202,38           —
                                       22. Collars or shoulders ; parts thereof                230,46        170,00           —
                                       33 . Other                                                —
                                                                                                             1 1 0,64         —
                                   bb) 40 % or more but less than 80 % of meat or offal, I
                                       of any kind, including fats of any kind or origin         —
                                                                                                               92,64          —
                                   cc) Less than 40 % of meat or offal, of any kind , I
                                       including fats of any kind or origin                      —
                                                                                                               69,30          —
  (a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
  (b) The levy on sausages imported in containers which also contain preserving liquid shall be charged on the net weight, i . e.
       minus the weight of the liquid.