CELEX: 31979R0829
Language: en
Date: 1979-04-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 829/79 of 25 April 1979 fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices for pigmeat

27 . 4 . 79                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 105/23
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 829/79
                                                             of 25 April 1979
                                      fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices for pigmeat
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 747/79 of 1 1
 COMMUNITIES,                                                            April 1979 fixing coefficients for calculating levies on
                                                                         pigmeat products other than pig carcases (7), with
                                                                         effect from 1 May 1979 ; whereas, accordingly, the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   levies should be fixed anew with effect from that date :
 Economic Community,
                                                                         Whereas, when the sluice-gate price applicable from 1
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                            November, 1 February and 1 May is being fixed,
 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                      trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be
 tion of the market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by                   taken into account only if the value of the quantity of
 Regulation (EEC) No 1423/78 (2), and in particular                      feed grain required varies by at least a specified
 Articles 8 and 12 ( 1 ) thereof,                                        minimum in relation to that Used in calculating the
                                                                         sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas
                                                                         this minimum was fixed by Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas sluice-gate prices for pig carcases and for the                  2766/75 at 3 % ;
 other products specified in Article 1 of Council Regu­
 lation (EEC) No 2766/75 of 29 October 1975 esta­
 blishing the list of products for which sluice-gate
 prices are to be fixed and laying down the rules for                   Whereas the value of the quantity of feed grain does
 fixing the sluice-gate prices for pig carcases (3), as last             not vary by 3 % from that used for the preceding
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 772/79 (4), and                          quarter ; whereas it is accordingly not necessary to
 levies for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of                 take into account the trends in world market prices
 Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, must be fixed in                           for feed grain during the period 1 November 1978 to
 advance for each quarter in accordance with the                         31 March 1979 ;
method of calculation laid down in Commission Regu­
 lation (EEC) No 1614/78 of 11 July 1978 fixing the
 levies and sluice-gate prices on pigmeat (5) ;
                                                                        Whereas an error has been found in the quantity of
                                                                         feed grain which is an element for calculating the
                                                                         levy ; whereas this calculation should therefore be
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for                        adjusted as from 1 May 1979 ;
pigmeat were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No
 1 28 /79 (6) for the period 1 February to 30 April 1979,
they must be fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31
July 1979 ; whereas such prices and levies should in                    Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 (8) laid
 principle be fixed by reference to feed grain prices for               down the coefficient for converting amounts fixed in
the period 1 November 1978 to 31 March 1979 ;                           units of account (u.a.) into ECU ;
Whereas the standard amount referred to in Article 12
(2) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 has been                         Whereas, in the case of products falling within any of
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 772/79 with effect                       the subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I, 16.01
                                                                        A or 16.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff, in
from 1 May 1979 ; whereas, accordingly, the sluice­
gate prices should be fixed anew as from that date ;                    respect of which the rate of duty has been bound
                                                                        within GATT, the levies should be limited to the
                                                                        amounts resulting from that binding ;
Whereas the coefficients referred to in Article 10 (4)
of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 have been amended
                                                                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
(')  OJ   No  L 282, 1.11 . 197.5 , p. 1 .                              are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
(2 ) OJ   No  L 171 , 28 . 6 . 1978 , p. 19 .
(3 ) OJ   No  L 282, 1.11 . 1975, p. 25 .                               ment Committee for Pigmeat,
(4 ) OJ   No  L 99, 21 . 4. 1979, p. 1 .
(5)  OJ   No  L 189, 12. 7. 1978 , p. 5.                                (7) OJ No L 95, 16. 4. 1979, p. 5.
(6)  OJ   No  L 19 , 26. 1 . 1979 , p. 10 .                             (8) OJ No L 84, 4. 4 . 1979 , p. 1 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                               2. In the case of products falling within any of the
                                                            subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I, 16.01 A or
                       Article 1                            16.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect
                                                            of which the rate of duty has been bound within
1.    For the period 1 May to 31 July 1979, the sluice­     GATT, the levy shall not exceed the amount resulting
gate prices provided for in Article 12 of Regulation        from that binding.
(EEC) No 2759/75 for the products specified in
Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 and the
levies provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                                   Article 2
No 2759/75 for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ).
of that Regulation shall be as shown in the Annex
hereto .                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1979 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 25 April 1979 .
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                      Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                         Vice-President
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                                                               ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 25 April 1979 fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices
                                                             for pigmeat
                                                                                                             Conventional
    CCT                                                                             Sluice-gate Amount of     rate of duty
  heading                                       Description                            price       levies    bound within
    No                                                                             ECU/ 100 kg  ECU/ 100 kg    GATT (% )
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                                               59-98       33-04            __
                    b) Other                                                          70-52       38-85            —
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. Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet
                            or flare fait                                             91-71       50-52
                        2. Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in)                 132-98        73-25            .—
                        3. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone­
                            in)                                                     102-71        56-58
                        4. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in)               148-57        81-84            —
                        5. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies                      79-79       43-95
                        6. Other :
                            aa) Boned or boneless and frozen                        148-57        81-84
                            bb) Other                                                   —         81-84             —
           B. Offals :
               II. Other :
                   c) Of domestic swine :
                       1 . Heads and cuts of heads ; necks                             —          16-17             9
                       2. Feet; tails                                                  —            4-55            9
                       3. Kidneys                                                      —          53-05             9
                       4. Livers                                                       —          61-13            11
                       5. Hearts ; tongues ; lungs                                     —
                                                                                                  30-31             9
                       6. Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the
                           trachea and gullet                                          __         44-46             9
                       7. Other                                                        —
                                                                                                  44-46             9
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. Back-fat :
                I. Fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine                        36-68        20-21            —
               II. Dried or smoked                                                      —         22-23            —
           B. Pig fat, other than that falling within subheading A                      —         12-12            —
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   CCT                                                                                                          Conventional
                                                                                   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 :
                                                                                               i
          B. Meat and edible meat offals of domestic swine :
               I. Meat :
                   a) Salted or in brine :
                       1 . Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet
                            or flare fat                                             91-71          50-52                 __
                       2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles :
                            aa) Bacon sides                                        117-39           64-66
                            bb) Spencers                                              —             64-66                 —
                            cc) 3/4 sides and middles                                 —             70-73                 —
                       3. Hams and cuits of hams, unboned (bone-in)                132-98           73-25                 —
                       4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned
                           (bone-in)                                               102-71           56-58
                      5. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in)                148-57           81-84                 —
                      6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies                       79-79          43-95                 —
                      7. Other                                                        —
                                                                                                    81-84                 _
                  b) Dried or smoked :
                      1 . Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet
                           or flare fat                                                             70-73
                       2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles :
                            aa) Bacon sides                                           —
                                                                                                   70-73                  —
                           bb) Spencers                                               —
                                                                                                    70-73             .   —
                           cc) 3/4 sides and middles                                  —             75-78                 —
                       3. Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in) :
                           aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                      —             85-88                 —
                           bb) Other                                                  —           142-46
                      4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone­
                           in) :
                           aa) Slightly dried or -slightly smoked                     —             63-15                 —
                           bb) Other                                                  —           112-15                  —
                      5. Loins and outs of loins, unboned (bone-in) :
                           aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                      —            95-99                  —
                           bb) Other                                                  —           140-95     ..
                      6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies :
                           aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                      —            50-52                  —
                          bb) Other                                                   —            73-25                  —
                      7. Other :
                           aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked                      —            95-99                  —
                           bb) Other                                                  —           142-46                  —
             11. Edible meat offals :
                  a)  Heads and cuts of heads ; necks                                 —
                                                                                                   16-17                  —
                  b)  Feet ; tails                                                    —
                                                                                                     4-55                 —
                  c)  Kidneys                                                         —
                                                                                                   53-05                  —
                  d)  Livers                                                          —
                                                                                                   61-13                —
                  e)  Hearts ; tongues ; lungs                                        —            30-31                 —
                   f) Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the trachea
                      and gullet                                                      —            44-46                . _
                  R) Other                                                         ■  —            44-46            '
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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 { % )
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) •                                                                 16-17               3
                    II. Other                                                                          29-35        16-17              —
16.01         Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal or animal blood :
               A. Liver sausages                                                                         —          87-29              24
              B. Other (b) :
                     I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked                                         —         143-38              —
                    II. Other                                                                            —          96-31              —
16.02          Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
               A. Liver :
                    II. Other                                                                             —         91-67              25
               B. Other :
                    III. Other :
                         a) Containing meat or offal of domestic swine :
                            1 . Containing bovine meat, uncooked                                          —        218-52              —
                            2. Other, containing, by weight :
                                aa) 80 % or more of meat or offal, of any kind, in­
                                    cluding fats of any kind or origin :
                                    11 . Hams, fillets and loins ; pieces thereof                         —        150-85              —
                                    22. Shoulders and pieces thereof                                      —        124-72              —
                                    33 . Other                                                            —         83-80              —
                                bb) 40 % or more but less than 80 % of meat or
                                    offals, of any kind, including fats of any kind or
                                    origin                                                                          74-35
                                cc) Less than 40 % of meat or offal, of any kind,
                                    including fats of any kind or origin                                  —         49-32              —
(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 .