CELEX: 31983R0262
Language: en
Date: 1983-02-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 262/83 of 28 January 1983 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat

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                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 262/83
                                                        of 28 January 1983
                                   fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas the value of the quantity of feed grain varies
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       by more than 3 % from that used for the preceding
                                                                    quarter ; whereas trends in world market prices for
                                                                    feed grain must therefore be taken into account when
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              fixing sluice-gate prices for the period 1 February to
  Economic Community,                                               30 April 1983 ;
                                                                    Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       November, 1 February and 1 May are being - fixed,
 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                   trends in world market prices for feed grain should be
 zation of the market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by            taken into account only if at the same time a new
 Regulation (EEC) No 2966/ 80 (2), and in particular                sluice-gate price is being fixed ;
 Articles 8 and 12 ( 1 ) thereof,
                                                                    Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed
                                                                    trends in world market prices for feed grain must be
 Whereas sluice-gate prices for pig carcases and for the            taken into account in fixing the levies ;
 other products specified in Article 1 of Council Regu­
 lation (EEC) No 2766/75 of 29 October 1975 esta­                   Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2791 /82 of 18
 blishing the list of products for which sluice-gate                October 1982 Q has defined pig carcases and amended
 prices are to be fixed and laying down the rules for               the wording of the Common Customs Tariff for that
 fixing the sluice-gate prices for pig carcases (3), as last        product, and Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 219/83 (4), and                     3602/82 of 21 December 1982 (8) has defined other
 levies for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of            products of the pigmeat sector and amended the
 Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, must be fixed in                      wording of the tariff subheadings concerned ; whereas
 advance for each quarter in accordance with the
 methods of calculation laid down in Commission                     the list of pigmeat products for which sluice-gate
                                                                    prices and levies are fixed should be adapted
 Regulation (EEC) No 1957/82 of 13 July 1982 fixing                 accordingly ;
 the levies and sluice-gate prices on pigmeat (5) ;
                                                                    Whereas, in the case of products falling within any of
 Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for                   subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I, 16.01 A or
 pigmeat were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No                      16.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect
 2756/82 (6) for the period 1 November 1982 to 31                   of which the rate of duty has been bound within
                                                                    GATT, the levies should be limited to the amounts
 January 1983, they must be fixed anew for the period
 1 February to 30 April 1983 ; whereas such prices and              resulting from that binding ;
 levies should in principle be fixed by reference to feed
grain prices for the period 1 August to 31 December                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 1982 ;                                                             are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                    Committee for Pigmeat,
Whereas, when the sluice-gate price applicable from 1
 November, 1 February and 1 May is being fixed,
 trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 taken into account only if the value of the quantity of
 feed grain required varies by at least a specified
 minimum in relation to that used in calculating the
sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas                                       Article 1
this minimum was fixed by Regulation (EEC) No
 2766 / 75 at 3 % ;                                                  1.   For the period 1 February to 30 April 1983, the
                                                                    sluice-gate prices provided for in Article 12 of Regula­
(')  OJ   No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 .                           tion (EEC) No 2759/75 for the products specified in
(2)  OJ   No L 307, 18 . 11 . 1980, p. 5.                           Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 and the
(3)  OJ   No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 25 .
(4)  OJ   No L 27, 29 . 1 . 1983 , p. 1 .
(5)  OJ   No L 212, 21 . 7. 1982, p. 27.                            O OJ No L 29 5, 21 . 10 . 1982, p. 4.
(')  OJ   No L 291 , 15. 10. 1982, p. 15.                           (8) OJ No L 376, 31 . 12. 1982, p. 23 .
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levies provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC)        Tariff, in respect of which the rate of duty has been
No 2759/75 for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 )    bound within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the
of that Regulation shall be as shown in the Annex           amount resulting from that binding.
hereto .
                                                                                   Article 2
2. Provided that, in the case of products falling
within any of subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
A I. 16.01 A or 16.02 A II of the Common Customs            1983 .
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 28 January 1983 .
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                        Poul DALSAGER
                                                                 Member of the Commission
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                                                                ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 28 January 1983 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)
                                                                                                                      GAIT (%)
01.03          Live swine :
               A. Domestic species :
                   II . Other :
                         a) Sows having farrowed at least once, of a weight of not less
                            than 1 60 kg                                                     79-90        35-99
                         b) Other                                                            93-95        42-31           —
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                           122-17         55-02           —
                             2.   Legs and parts thereof                                   177-15         79-78           —
                             3.   Fore-ends or shoulders ; parts thereof                   136-83         61-63
                             4.   Loins and parts thereof                                  197-92         89-14           —
                             5.   Bellies and parts thereof                                106-29         47-87           —
                             6 . Other :
                                  aa) Boned or boneless                                    197-92         89-14           —
                                  bb) Other                                                   —
                                                                                                          89-14           —
               B. Offals :
                   II . Other :
                        c) Of domestic swine :                                                        l
                            1 . Heads and parts thereof                                       —
                                                                                                          17-61            4
                            2 . Feet or tails                                                 —
                                                                                                            4-95           4
                            3 . Kidneys                                                       —
                                                                                                          57-77            4
                            4 . Liver                                                         —
                                                                                                          66-58            7
                            5. Hearts, tongues or lungs                                       —
                                                                                                         33-01             4
                            6. Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs with windpipe and
                                 gullet all attached                                                     48-42             4
                            7 . Other                                                         —
                                                                                                         48-42             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                            48-87        22-00           —
                   II . Dried or smoked                                                       —
                                                                                                          24-21           —
               B. Other pig fat                                                               —
                                                                                                          13-21           —
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                                                                                                               Conventional
      CCT                                                                            Sluice-gate  Amount of
    heading                                 Description                                 price        levies     rate of duty
                                                                                                               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. Meat and edible meat offals of domestic swine :
                 I. Meat :
                     a) Salted or in brine :
                        1 . Bacon sides or spencers                                    156-38         70-43          —
                        2. 3/4 sides or middles                                          —           77-03           —
                        3 . Hams and parts thereof                                     177-15        79-78           —
                        4. Fore-ends or shoulders ; parts thereof                      136-83        61-63           —
                        5. Loins and parts thereof                                     197-92        89-14           —
                        6. Bellies and parts thereof                                   106-29        47-87           —
                        7. Other :
                            aa) Boned or boneless                                        —           89-14           —
                            bb) Other                                                    —           89-14           —
                     b) Dried or smoked :
                        1 . Hams and parts thereof                                       —          155-17           —
                        2. Fore-ends or shoulders ; parts thereof                        —
                                                                                                    122-15           —
                        3. Loins and parts thereof                                       —          153-51           —
                        4. Bellies and parts thereof                                     —           79-78           —
                        5 . Other :
                            aa) Boned or boneless                                        —          155-17           —
                            bb) Other                                                    —          155-17           —
                II . Offals :
                     a) Heads and parts thereof                                          —
                                                                                                      17-61          —
                     b) Feet or tails                                                    —             4-95          —
                     c) Kidneys                                                          —
                                                                                                      57-77          —
                     d) Livers                                                           —            66-58          —
                     e) Hearts, tongues or lungs                                         —            33-01          —
                     f) Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs with windpipe and gullet
                        all attached                                                                  48-42
                     g) Other                                                            —     '      48-42          —
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)                                           —            17-61            3
                II . Other                                                              39-09         17-61          —
16.01       Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal or animal blood :
            A. Liver sausages                                                            —            93-53          24
            B. Other (b) :
                 I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked                             —          1 58-70          —
                II . Other                                                               —
                                                                                                    11014            —
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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)   GAIT (%)
 16.02          Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
                A. Liver :
                    II . Other                                                                            97-53           25
                B. Other :
                    III . Other :
                          a) Containing meat or offal of . domestic swine :
                             1 . Containing bovine meat, uncooked                             —
                                                                                                         237-09
                             2. Other, containing by weight :
                                 aa) 80 % or more of meat or offal, of any kind, inclu­
                                     ding fats of any kind or origin :
                                     1 1 . Hams or loins, (excluding collars) ; parts
                                           thereof                                                       171-71
                                     22. Collars or shoulders ; parts thereof                            141-40
                                     33 . Other                                                           93-78
                                 bb) 40 % or more but less than 80 % of meat or offal,
                                     of any kind, including fats of any kind or origin                    81-13
                                 cc) Less than 40 % of meat or offal , of any kind,
                                     including fats of any kind or origin                                 57-57
(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.