CELEX: 31980R0951
Language: en
Date: 1980-04-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 951/80 of 17 April 1980 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat

18 . 4. 80                              Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 101 /39
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 951 /80
                                                        of 17 April 1980
                                   fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      the preceding quarter ; whereas the sluice-gate prices
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       should therefore be maintained unchanged until 31
                                                                   July 1980 ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                   Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1
                                                                    November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       trends in world market prices for feed grain should be
 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                 taken into account only if at the same time a new
 tion of the market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by              sluice-gate price is being fixed ;
 Regulation (EEC) No 1423/78 (2), and in particular
Articles 8 and 12 ( 1 ) thereof,
                                                                   Whereas, since no new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
                                                                   the levies should accordingly be maintained
Whereas sluice-gate prices for pig carcases and for the            unchanged until 31 July 1980 ;
 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, in the case of products falling within any of
                                                                   subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I, 16.01 A or
 fixing the sluice-gate prices for pig carcases (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 772/79 (4), and                      16.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect
                                                                   of which the rate of duty has been bound within
levies for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of            GATT, the levies should be limited to the amounts
Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, must be fixed in
                                                                    resulting from that binding ;
advance for each quarter in accordance with the
 methods of calculation laid down in Commission
Regulation (EEC) No 1590/79 of 26 July 1979 fixing
the levies and sluice-gate prices on pigmeat (5) ;                 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29
                                                                   March 1979 on the import of the European monetary
                                                                   system on the common agricultural policy (7), as
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for                   amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 264/79 (8), intro­
pigmeat were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No                     duced the ECU into the common agricultural policy ;
93/80 (6) for the period 1 February to 30 April 1980,              whereas, since that time, pursuant to existing provi­
they must be fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31                 sions, the ECU has been taken into account in the
July 1980 ; whereas such prices and levies should in               fixing of amounts relating to :
principle be fixed by reference to feed grain prices for
the period 1 November 1979 to 31 March 1980 ;                      — the application of the common agricultural policy,
Whereas, when the sluice-gate price applicable from 1              — the special trade arrangements for goods resulting
November, 1 February and 1 May is being fixed,                           from the processing of agricultural products ;
trends in 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                 Whereas the period of validity of the aforesaid Regula­
minimum in relation to that used in calculating the                tion was limited to 31 March 1980 ; whereas it has not
sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas              been possible for a prolongation of those arrange­
this minimum was fixed by Regulation (EEC) No                      ments, proposed by the Commission , to be adopted in
2766/75 at 3 % ;                                                   time by the Council ; whereas, in order to avoid a
                                                                   break in the arrangements resulting, in particular, in
                                                                   alterations in the level of prices and of other amounts
Whereas the price of the relevant quantity of feed                 in national currency, it appears necessary, in the
grain does not vary by 3 % or more from that used for              manifest public interest, as a precautionary measure
                                                                   and pending a final decision on the matter by the
(') OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                           Council, to continue the application of the arrange­
(2) OJ  No  L 171 , 28 . 6. 1978 , p. 19 .                         ments in their present form ;
C)  OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 25.
(«) OJ  No  L 99, 21 . 4. 1979, p. 1 .
(5) OJ  No  L 189, 27. 7. 1979, p. 30.                             ( 7) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .
(6) OJ  No  L 13, 18. 1 . 1980, p. 22.                             (8) OJ No L 161 , 29. 6. 1979, p. 1 .
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Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation        No 2759/75 for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 )
are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­           of that Regulation shall be as shown in the Annex to
ment Committee for Pigmeat,                                 Regulation (EEC) No 93/80 .
                                                            2.    Provided that, in the case of products falling
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                               within any of 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
                      Article 1                             Tariff, in respect of which the rate of duty has been
                                                            bound within GAIT, the levy shall not exceed the
1 . For the period 1 May to 31 July 1980, the sluice­       amount resulting from that binding.
gate prices provided for in Article 12 of Regulation
(EEC) No 2759/75 for the products specified in                                      Article 2
Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 and the
levies provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC)        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1980.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 17 April 1980.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                       Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                          Vice-President