CELEX: 31985R2132
Language: en
Date: 1985-07-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2132/85 of 29 July 1985 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat

No L 198/54                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              30 . 7. 85
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2132/85
                                                       of 29 July 1985
                                 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   quarter in respect of which the said component is
COMMUNITIES,                                                     calculated ; whereas that period is 1 February to 30
                                                                 June 1985 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                              Whereas the second component must be equal to 7 %
                                                                 of the average of the sluice-gate prices applicable for
                                                                 the four quarters to 1 May in each year ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                 Whereas the levies on the products specified in Article
zation of the market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by          1 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2 759/75 other
Regulation (EEC) No 2966/80 (2), and in particular               than pig carcases must be derived from the levy on pig
Articles 8 and 12 ( 1 ) thereof,                                 carcases on the basis of the coefficients fixed for such
                                                                 products pursuant to Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EEC)
Whereas a levy fixed quarterly in advance must be                No 2 759/75 in Annex I to Commission Regulation
charged on imports into the Community for the                    (EEC) No 3602/82 of 21 December 1982 fixing coeffi­
products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)        cients for calculating levies on pigmeat products other
No 2759/79 ; whereas levies were last fixed by                   than pig carcases, amending the Annex to Council
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1078/85 of 25                     Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common
April 1985 (3) for the period 1 May to 31 July 1985              Customs Tariff and repealing Regulation (EEC) No
and levies must therefore be fixed anew for the period           747/79 (*) ;
1 August to 31 October 1985 ;
                                                                 Whereas the levies on the products specified in Article
                                                                 1 (1 ) (c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 are made up
Whereas the levy on pig carcases is made up of two               of two components ;
components ;
                                                                 Whereas the first component must be derived from
Whereas the first component must be equal to the                 the levy on pig carcases on the basis of the coefficients
difference between prices within the Community and               fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3602/82 ;
on the world market for the quantity of feed grain
specified in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No            Whereas the second component must be equal to
2764/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down the rules for             7 % , and for products falling within heading No ex
calculating a component of the levy on pig carcases (4),         16.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, to 10 % , of the
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2791 /82 (^               average offer prices for imports during the 12 months
the composition whereof is indicated therein ;                   to 1 May ; whereas these averages should be deter­
                                                                 mined bearing in mind all the information available
                                                                 relating to imports into the Community from third
Whereas the value within the Community for that                  countries, taking into account the representative
quantity of feed grain must be determined in accor­              character of prices ;
dance with Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2764/75 ;
whereas the value for the like quantity on the world
market must be determined in accordance with Article             Whereas, in the case of products falling within sub­
3 thereof ;                                                      headings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I, 16.01 A and
                                                                 16.02 A II of the Common Custom? Tariff, in respect
                                                                 of which the rate of duty has been bound with GATT,
Whereas the said Article 3 provides that the prices for          the levies must not exceed the amount resulting from
each type of feed grain on the world market shall be             that binding ;
equal to the average of the cif prices of such cereal ;
whereas the cif prices shall be determined for the               Whereas, for pig carcases and other products referred
period of five months ending one month before the                to in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                 2766/75 of 29 October 1975 establishing the list of
(') OJ No   L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                         products for which sluice-gate prices are to be fixed
O   OJ No   L 307, 18 . 11 . 1980, p. 5.                         and laying down the rules for fixing the sluice-gate
0   OJ No   L 114, 27. 4. 1985, p. 18 .
(4) OJ No   L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 21 .
0   OJ No   L 295, 21 . 10. 1982, p. 4.                          (*) OJ No L 376, 31 . 12. 1982, p. 23 .
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price for pig carcases ('), as last amended by Regulation           prices shall be determined for the period of five
(EEC) No 1905/83 (2), the sluice-gate prices must be                months ending one month before the quarter in
fixed in advance for each quarter ; whereas sluice-gate             respect of which the said amount is calculated ;
prices were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1078/85               whereas that period is 1 February to 30 June 1985 ;
for the period 1 May to 31 July 1985 and prices must                Whereas the second component, which represents the
therefore be fixed anew for the period 1 August to                  extra cost, in relation to feed grain of feedingstuffs
31 October 1985 ;                                                   other than grain required for the production of one
Whereas the sluice-gate price for pig carcases is made              kilogram of pigmeat, shall, in accordance with Article
up of three components ;                                            3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75, be 15 % of the
                                                                    value of the quantity of feed grain ;
Whereas the first component must be equal to the                    Whereas the third amount, which represents overhead
value on the world market of the quantity of feed
                                                                    costs of production and marketing, shall, in accor­
grain equivalent to the quantity of feedingstuffs                   dance with Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
required for the production in third countries of one               2766/75, be 38-69 ECU per 100 kilograms of pig
kilogram of pigmeat, such quantity being composed as                carcases :
provided in Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
2766/75 ;                                                           Whereas the sluice-gate prices of products referred to
                                                                    in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2 766/75, other
Whereas the value of that quantity of grain must be                 than pig carcases, must be derived from the sluice-gate
determined in accordance with Article 2 (2) and (3) of              price for pig carcases on the basis of the coefficients
Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 ;                                       laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 3602/82 ;
Whereas one of the components required for use of                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
the method of calculating the levies that is laid down              are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
in the abovementioned Regulations is the price in the               Committee for Pigmeat,
Community of a given quantity of feed grain ; whereas
the Council has not so far adopted cereal-sector prices             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
for the 1985/86 marketing year, as provided for in
                                                                                              Article 1
Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 (3) ;
whereas the Commission in order to discharge the                    1 . For the period 1 August to 31 October 1985 the
take incumbent on it under the Treaty must take                     levies provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC)
whatever interim measures are indispensable to ensure               No 2759/75 for the products referred to in Article
the continued functioning of the common agricultural                1 ( 1 ) thereof and the sluice-gate prices provided for in
policy in the sector concerned ;                                    Article 1 2 thereof for the products referred to in
Whereas the Commission under these circumstances
                                                                    Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 shall be as
                                                                    set out in the Annex hereto.
has adopted prices to be used for determining the
levies in the cereals sector ; whereas these prices are             2. Nevertheless, in the case of products falling
given in Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EEC)                   within subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I,
No 2124/85 (4) ; whereas these prices which determine               16.01 A and 16.02 A II of the Common Customs
the feed grain prices in the Community that are to be               Tariff, in respect of which the rate of duty has been
used in the pigmeat sector, must, using the traditional             bound within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the
method of calculation, be used for determination of                 amount resulting from that binding.
the levies in that sector ;
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas the said Article 2 provides that the price for
each cereal on the world market shall be equal to the               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August
average of the cif prices of such cereal ; whereas the cif          1985 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 29 July 1985.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                    Vice-President
(') OJ  No L 282,   1 . 11 . 1975, p. 25.
(2) OJ  No L 190,   14. 7. 1983,   p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No L 281 ,  1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(4) See  page 31 of this Official  Journal.
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                                                                ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 29 July 1985 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on
                                                                pigmeat
                                                                                                                  Conventional
      CCT                                                                               Sluice-gate  Amount of
    heading                                      Description                               price       levies      rate of duty
                                                                                                                  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                                                     98,05        26,61
                       b) Other                                                           115,29        31,29           —
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                           149,92        40,68           —
                            2.   Legs and parts thereof                                  217,39         58,99           —
                            3.   Fore-ends or shoulders ; parts thereof                   167,91        45,56
                            4.   Loins and parts thereof                                 242,87         65,91           —
                            5.   Bellies and parts thereof                                130,43        35,39           —
                            6. Other :
                                 aa) Boned or boneless                                   242,87         65,91           —
                                 bb) Other                                                  —
                                                                                                        65,91           —
              B. Offals :
                  II . Other :                                                        I\
I                      c) Of domestic swine :                                         I
                           1 . Heads and parts thereof                                      —
                                                                                                        13,02            4
                           2. Feet or tails                                                 —
                                                                                                         3,66            4
                           3 . Kidneys                                                      —
                                                                                                        42,72            4
I                          4. Livers                                                        —
                                                                                                        49,23            7
                           5. Hearts, tongues or lungs                                      —
                                                                                                        24,41            4
                           6. Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs with windpipe and
                                gullet all attached                                                     35,80            4
                           7 . Other                                                        —
                                                                                                        35,80            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 :
                   I. Fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine                           59,97        16,27           —
                  II . Dried or smoked                                                     65,97        17,90           —
              B. Other pig fat                                                              —
                                                                                                         9,76           —
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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                                    191,90         52,07           —
                        2. 3/4 sides or middles                                        209,89         56,95           —
                        3.  Hams and parts thereof                                     217,39         58,99           —
                        4.  Fore-ends or shoulders ; parts thereof                     167,91         45,56           —
                        5.  Loins and parts thereof                                    242,87         65,91           —
                        6.  Bellies and parts thereof                                  130,43         35,39         ' —
                        7 . Other :                                                I||
                            aa) Boned or boneless                                      242,87         65,91           —
                            bb) Other                                                    —
                                                                                                      65,91           —
l                    b) Dried or smoked :                                          ||||
                        1 . Hams and parts thereof                                     422,78       114,73            —
                        2. Fore-ends or shoulders ; parts thereof                      332,83         90,32           —
                        3 . Loins and parts thereof                                    418,28       113,51            —
                        4. Bellies and parts thereof                                   217,39         58,99           —
                        5 . Other :                                                              I
                            aa) Boned or boneless                                      422,78       114,73            —
                            bb) Other                                                    —
                                                                                                    114,73            —
\               II . Offals :                                                                    \\
                     a) Heads and parts thereof                                          —
                                                                                                      13,02           —
                     b) Feet or tails                                                    —
                                                                                                       3,66           —
                     c) Kidneys                                                          —
                                                                                                      42,72           —
                     d) Livers                                                           —
                                                                                                      49,23           —
                     e) Hearts, tongues or lungs                                         —
                                                                                                      24,41           —
                     f) Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs with windpipe and gullet
                        all attached                                                                  35,80
                     g) Other                                                            —
                                                                                                      35,80           —
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)                                           —
                                                                                                      13,02            3
I               II . Other                                                              47,97         13,02           —
16.01       Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal or animal blood :
            A. Liver sausages                                                            —
                                                                                                     73,46            24
            B. Other (b) :                                                                       I
                 I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked                           352,31       129,00            —
                II . Other                                                               —
                                                                                                      89,89           —
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                                                                                                                   Conventional
     OCT                                                                                 Sluice-gate  Amount of
                                                                                                                    rate of duty
    heading                                       Description                               price        levies
                                                                                                                   bound within
      No                                                                               (ECU/ 100 kg) (ECU/ 100 kg)   GAIT (%)
16.02          Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
               A. Liver :
                   II . Other                                                                —
                                                                                                          89,19          25
               B. Other :                                                              \\
                   III . Other :                                                       Il\
                         a) Containing meat or offal of domestic swine :               III
                            1 . Containing bovine meat, uncooked                             —
                                                                                                        230,23           —
                            2. Other, containing by weight :                           llII
                                aa) 80 % or more of meat or offal, of any kind, inclu­ IlIl
                                    ding fats of any kind or origin :                  Ill
                                    1 1 . Hams or loins, (excluding collars) ; parts
                                          thereof                                          367,31       142,27           _
                                    22. Collars or shoulders ; parts thereof               307,34       119,70           —
1                                   33 . Other                                               —
                                                                                                          77,52          —
                                bb) 40 % or more but less than 80 % of meat or offal, IIII
                                    of any kind, including fats of any kind or origin        —
                                                                                                          65,16          —
                                cc) Less than 40 % of meat or offal, of any kind, IIIl
                                    including fats of any kind or origin                     —
                                                                                                          52,86          —
(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.