CELEX: 31974R2740
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2740/74 of the Commission of 30 October 1974 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat

No L 292/ 28                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                            31 . 10 . 74
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 2740/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                            of 30 October 1974
                                         fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          Whereas when the levies applicable from 1
COMMUNITIES,                                                             November, 1 February and 1 May respectively are
                                                                         being fixed changes in world market prices for feed
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   grain should be taken into account only if at the same
Economic Community ;                                                     time a new sluice-gate price is fixed ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 121 /
67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                      Whereas, since no new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
tion of the market in pigmeat, as last amended by                        the levies should accordingly be maintained
Regulation (EEC) No 1861 /74 (2), and in particular                      unchanged until 31 January 1975 ;
Articles 8 and 12(1 ) thereof ;
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 Regu­                   subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7 of the Common
lation No 134/67/ EEC (3) of 13 June 1967 esta­                          Customs Tariff or within subheading 15.01 A I , 16.01
blishing the list of products for which sluice-gate                      A or 16.02 A II and in respect of which the rate of
prices are fixed and adopting the rules for fixing the                   duty has been bound within GATT the levies should
sluice-gate prices for pig carcases, as last amended by                  be limited to the amounts resulting from that
Regulation (EEC) No 31 58 /73 (4), and levies for the                    binding ;
products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation No
 121 / 67/ EEC , must be fixed in advance for each                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
quarter in accordance with the methods of calculation                    are in accordance with the Opinion of the Mange­
laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No                              ment Committee for Pigmeat,
 1 96 1 /74 (5 ) of 25 July 1974 fixing the sluice-gate
prices and levies on pigmeat, as amended by Regula­
tion ( EEC) No 2518/74 (6);
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
pigmeat were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No
 1961 /74 for the period 1 August to 31 October 1974
and varied by Regulation (EEC) No ' 2518/74 for the
                                                                                                 Article 1
period 7 to 31 October 1974, they must be fixed anew
for the period 1 November 1974 to 31 January 1975 ;
whereas such prices and levies should in principle be                     1 . The sluice-gate prices provided for in Article 1 2
fixed by reference to feed grain prices for the period 1                 of Regulation No 121 /67/ EEC for the products speci­
February to 31 July 1974 ;                                               fied in Article 1 of Regulation No 134/ 67/ EEC and
                                                                         the levies provided for in Article 8 of Regulation No
Whereas when the sluice-gate prices applicable from                       121 /67/ EEC for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 )
 1 November, 1 February and 1 May respectively are                       of that Regulation shall for the period 1 November
being fixed changes in world market prices for feed                       1974 to 31 January 1975 be as shown in the Annexes
grain should be taken into account only if the price of                  to Regulation ( EEC) No 1961 /74, as amended by
the quantity of feed grain required varies by an                         Regulation ( EEC) No 2518/74.
amount in excess of a specified minimum in relation
to that used in calculating the sluice-gate price for the
preceding quarter ; whereas this minimum was fixed                       2.      Provided that in the case of products falling
by Regulation No 134/ 67/ EEC at 3 % ;                                   within any of subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7 of the
                                                                         Common Customs Tariff, or within subheading 15.01
Whereas the price of the relevant quantity of feed                       A I, 16.01 A or 16.02 A II thereof, in respect of which
grain does not vary by 3 % or more from that used for                    the rate of duty has been bound within GATT the
the preceding quarter ; whereas the sluice-gate prices                   levy shall not exceed the amount resulting from that
should therefore be maintained unchanged until 31                        binding.
January 1975 ;
(')  OJ   No    117, 19 . 6. 1967, p . 2283/67.
(2 ) OJ   No    L 197, 19 . 7 . 1974, p. 3 .                                                     Art idc 2
(3)  OJ   No    120 , 21 . 6 . 1967, p . 2367/67 .
(4 ) OJ   No    L 322, 23 . 11 . 1973 , p. 1 .
(5 ) OJ   No    L 204, 26. 7 . 1974, p. 44 .                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
( 6) OJ   No    L 270 , 5 . 10 . 1974, p. 1 .                             1974 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 30 October 1974.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                        The President
                                                                   Francois-Xavier ORTOLI