CELEX: 31983R0915
Language: en
Date: 1983-04-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 915/83 of 19 April 1983 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

20 . 4. 83                              Official Journal of the European Communities                       No L 101 /21
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 915/83
                                                       of 19 April 1983
                              fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain
COMMUNITIES,                                                      required varies by more than 3 % from that used for
                                                                  the preceding quarter ; whereas this variation must
                                                                  accordingly be taken into account in fixing sluice-gate
                                                                  prices for the period 1 May to 31 July 1983 ;
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,
                                                                  changes in world market prices for feed grain should
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      be taken into account only if at the same time a new
2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                  sluice-gate price is fixed ;
zation of the market in poultrymeat ('), as last
amended by the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in
particular Articles 3 and 7 ( 1 ) thereof,                        Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
                                                                  changes in world market prices for feed grain must be
                                                                  taken into account in fixing the levies ;
Whereas the sluice-gate prices and levies for the                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
products specified in Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC)          are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
No 2777/75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in                  Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
accordance with methods of calculation laid down in
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 of 29 October
1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy and the
sluice-gate price for poultrymeat (3), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 750/81 (4) ;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, since the sluice-gate prices and levies for
poultrymeat were, by Regulation (EEC) No 97/83 (*),
last fixed for the period 1 February to 30 April 1983,                                    Article 1
they must be fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31
July 1983 ; whereas such prices and levies should in
principle be calculated by reference to feed-grain                 1 . In respect of the products specified in Article 1
prices for the period 1 November 1982 to 31 March                 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75, the levies
1983 ;                                                            provided for in Article 3 thereof and the sluice-gate
                                                                  prices provided for in Article 7 thereof shall be as
                                                                  shown in the Annex hereto .
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from
 1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,                2. Provided that, in the case of products falling
trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be            within heading No 02.03 and within subheading 15.01
taken into account only if the price of the quantity of            B or 16.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff, in
feed grain required varies by at least a specified                respect of which the rate of duty has been bound
minimum in relation to that used to calculate the                 within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the amount
sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas,            resulting from that binding.
by Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75, this minimum was
set at 3 % ;
(') OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77.                                                  Article 2
(2) OJ  No L  291 , 19. 11 . 1979, p. 17.
(3) OJ  No L  282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 84.
(«) OJ  No L  80, 26. 3 . 1981 , p. 1 .
(5) OJ  No L  14, 18 . 1 . 1983, p. 8 .                           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1983.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 19 April 1983.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                    Poul DALSAGER
                                                              Member of the Commission
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                                                              ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 19 April 1983 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for
                                                            poultrymeat
      CCT
                                                     Description                                      Sluice-gate      Levy
    heading                                                                                              price
      No
       1                                                  2                                                3             4
                                                                                                    ECU/ 100 units ECU/ 100 units
     01.05    Live poultry, that is to say, fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea-fowls :
              A. Of a weight not exceeding 185 g, known as 'chicks':
                   I. Turkeys and geese                                                                   83,64        14,88
                  II . Other                                                                              22,75          5,86
                                                                                                     ECU/ 100 kg    ECU/ 100 kg
              B. Other :                                                                            I
                    I. Fowls                                                                              76,43        21,96
                   II . Ducks                                                                             98,46        33,25
                  III . Geese                                                                            118,01       32,03
                  IV. Turkeys                                                                            104,43       25,11
                   V. Guinea-fowls                                                                       128,04       37,93
     02.02    Dead poultry (that is to say, fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea-fowls) and
              edible offals thereof (except liver), fresh, chilled or frozen :
              A. Whole poultry :
                    I. Fowls :
                        a) Plucked and gutted, with heads and feet, known as '83 % chickens'              96,03        27,59
                        b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, but with hearts, livers and
                           gizzards, known as '70 % chickens'                                            109,19       31,37
                        c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without hearts, livers and
                           gizzards, known as '65 % chickens'                                            118,97        34,18
                   II . Ducks :                                                                     ll
                        a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted, with heads and feet, known as '85 %
                           ducks'                                                                        115,83       39,12
                        b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with hearts, livers and
                           gizzards, known as '70 % ducks'                                               140,65       47,50
                        c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, without hearts, livers and
                           gizzards, known as '63 % ducks'                                               156,28       52,78
                  III . Geese :                                                                     Il
                        a) Plucked, bled, not drawn, with heads and feet, known as '82 % geese'          168,59       45,76
                        b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with or without hearts and
                           gizzards, known as '75 % geese'                                               160,14       48,33
                  IV. Turkeys                                                                       l
                        a) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with necks, hearts, livers
                           and gizzards, known as '80 % turkeys'                                         149,18       35,87
                        b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without necks, hearts,
                           livers and gizzards, known as '73 % turkeys'                                  163,48        39,31
                   V. Guinea-fowls                                                                       182,91        54,18
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    CCT
                                                    Description                                      Sluice-gate    Levy
  heading                                                                                               price
     No
      1                                                  2                                                3           4
                                                                                                    ECU/ 100 kg  ECU/ 100 kg
   02.02     B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) :
  (cont'd)
                  I. Boned or boneless :
                     a) Of geese                                                                        336,29     101,49
                     b) Of turkeys                                                                      313,28      75,33
                     c) Of other poultry                                                                302,93      93,14
                 II. Unboned (bone-in) :
                     a) Halves or quarters :                                                        II
                         1 . Of fowls                                                                   130,87      37,60
                         2. Of ducks                                                                    171,91      58,06
                         3. Of geese                                                                    176,15      53,16
                         4. Of turkeys                                                                  179,83      43,24
                         5. Of guinea-fowls                                                             201,20      59,60
                     b) Whole wings, with or without tips                                                96,47      28,24
                     c) Backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing tips                     66,78      19,55
                     d) Breasts and cuts of breasts :
                         1 . Of geese                                                                   240,21      72,50
                         2. Of turkeys                                                                  238,69      57,39
                         3. Of other poultry                                                            180,16      51,76
                     e) Legs and cuts of legs :
                         1 . Of geese                                                                   232,20      70,08
                         2. Of turkeys :
                             aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks                                      111,89      26,90
                             bb) Other                                                                  201,39      48,42
                         3. Of other poultry                                                            169,24      48,62
                     f) Goose or duck paletots (')                                                      210,56      67,09
                     g) Other                                                                           296,82      86,90
             C. Offals                                                                                   66,78      19,55
   02.03     Poultry liver, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine :
             A. Fatty liver of goose or duck                                                          1 685,90     457,60
             B. Other                                                                                   170,67      49,97
   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 :
             C. Poultry fat                                                                             148,41      43,45
   15.01     Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted :
             B. Poultry fat                                                                             178,09      52,14
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      CCT
                                                      Description                                    Sluice-gate
     heading                                                                                                         Levy
       No
                                                                                                        price
        1                                                  2                                              3            4
                                                                                                    ECU/ 100 kg   ECU/ 100 kg
      16.02       Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
                  B. Other :
                     I. Poultrymeat or offal :
                        a) Containing 57 % or more by weight of poultrymeat (2) :
                           1 . Containing uncooked meat or offal ; mixtures of cooked meat or offal
                               and uncooked meat or offal :
                               aa) Containing exclusively turkeymeat                                    298,36       71,74
                               bb) Other                                                                296,44       90,70
                           2. Other                                                                     326,50       95,59
                        b) Containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry­
                           meat (2)                                                                     178,09       52,14
                        c) Other                                                                        103,89       30,42
(') For the purposes of subheading 02.02 B II f), 'goose or duck paletots shall be taken to mean geese or ducks plucked and
    completely drawn, without heads or feet, with carcase bones (breastbone, ribs, backbone and sacrum) removed but with the
    femurs, tibias and humeri.
(2) For the purpose of determining the percentage of poultrymeat, weight of any bones shall be disregarded.