CELEX: 31995R0661
Language: en
Date: 1995-03-28 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 661/95 of 28 March 1995 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

No L 69/26         rENl                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 29 . 3. 95
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 661 /95
                                                        of 28 March 1995
                                  fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        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 April
                                                                    to 30 June 1995 ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Community,
                                                                    Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 October,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75                1 January and 1 April are being fixed, changes in world
 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the               market prices for feed grain should be taken into account
 market in poultrymeat ('), as last amended by the Act of           only if at the same time a new sluice-gate price is fixed ;
 Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in parti­
 cular 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
 Whereas the sluice-gate prices and levies for the products         taken into account in fixing the levies ;
 specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75
 must be fixed quarterly in advance in 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             Whereas, by Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (*), on
 poultrymeat (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)               the arrangements applicable to agricultural products and
 No 3714/92 (3);                                                    certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
                                                                    products originating in the African/ Caribbean and Pacific
                                                                    States (ACP States), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
                                                                    No 2484/94 (6), special import arrangements were intro­
Whereas, since the sluice-gate prices and levies for                duced involving a reduction to 50 % in levies within the
 poultrymeat were, by Commission Regulation (EC)                    framework of fixed amounts or annual quotas, in parti­
 No 3338/94 (4), last fixed for the period 1 January to             cular for certain poultrymeat products ;
 31 March 1995, they must be fixed anew for the period
 1 April to 30 June 1995 ; whereas such prices and levies
 should in principle be calculated by reference to feed­
grain prices for the period 1 October 1994 to 28 February
 1995 ;                                                             Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3833/90 of
                                                                    20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences
                                                                    for 1991 in respect of certain agricultural products orig­
                                                                    inating in developing countries Q, as last amended by
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from                Regulation (EC) No 3282/94 (8), partially or totally
 1 October, 1 January and 1 April are being fixed, trends           suspends Common Tariff duties, in particular on certain
in world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into          poultrymeat products ;
account only if the price of the quantity of feed grain
required varies by at least a specified minimum in rela­
tion to that used to calculate the sluice-gate pricie for the
preceding quarter ; whereas, by Regulation (EEC)                    Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
No 2778/75, this minimum was set at 3 % ;
                                                                    91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
                                                                    overseas countries and territories with the European
                                                                    Economic Community (9), no levies shall apply on
                                                                    imports of products originating in the overseas countries
Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain required            and territories ;
for the production of poultry other than fowls varies by
                                                                    0   OJ No   L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
(') OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77.                            (6) OJ No   L 265, 15. 10. 1994, p. 3.
(2) OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 84.                            0   OJ No   L 370, 31 . 12. 1990, p. 86.
(') OJ  No  L 378, 23. 12. 1992, p. 23.                              8) OJ No   L 348, 31 . 12. 1994.
0   OJ  No  L 350, 31 . 12. 1994, p. 73.                            0   OJ No   L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
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 Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3491 /93 (') and              products and fixed the levies to be applied on imports of
 (EC) No 3492/93 (2), on certain procedures for applying           those products ; whereas Commission Regulation (EC)
 the Europe Agreement establishing an association                  No 1431 /94 (n), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
 between the European Communities and their Member                 No 406/95 (12), has established the detailed rules of the
 States, of the one part, and the Republics of Hungary and         import regime for poultrymeat laid down in Regulation
 Poland, of the other part, and Council Regulation (EEC)          (EC) No 774/94 ;
 No 520/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain rules for
 applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade­               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
 related matters between the European Economic Commu­              in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 nity and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the            Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
 one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of
 the other part (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 2235/93 (4), and in particular Article 1 thereof intro­        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 duce arrangements for reducing import levies on certain
 products ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC)
 No 2699/93 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC)                                          Article 1
 No 48 1 /95 (6), lays down detailed rules for applying the
 arrangements provided for in these agreements as regards          1 . The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation
 poultrymeat ;                                                    (EEC) No 2777/75 in respect of the products specified in
                                                                  Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation and the sluice-gate prices
Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3641 /93 0 and                 provided for in Article 7 of that Regulation in respect of
 (EC) No 3642/93 (8) lay down certain rules for applying           the like products shall be fixed in the Annex.
 the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters
 between the European Economic Community and the                   2.    However, for products falling within CN codes
 European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part,               0207 31 , 0207 39 90, 0207 50, 0210 90 71 , 0210 90 79,
 and the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, of the other            1501 0090, 160231 , 160239 19, 160239 30 and
 part ;     whereas       Commission     Regulation     (EC)       1602 39 90, for which the rate of duty has been bound
 No 1559/94Q, as last amended by Regulation (EC)                  under GATT, the levies shall be limited to the amount
 No 481 /95, lays down detailed rules for applying the            resulting from that binding.
 arrangements provided for in these Agreements as regards
 poultrymeat ;
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 (10) has
opened Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1995.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 28 March 1995.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 4.
(J) OJ No L 56, 29 . 2. 1992, p. 9.
(4) OJ No L 200, 10. 8. 1993, p. 5.
O OJ No L 245, 1 . 10. 1993, p. 88 .
(6) OJ No L 49, 4. 3. 1995, p. 22.
0 OJ No L 333, 31 . 12. 1993, p. 16.
(8) OJ No L 333, 31 . 12. 1993, p. 17.
O OJ No L 166, 1 . 7. 1994, p. 62.                                (") OJ No L 156, 23. 6. 1994, p. 9.
H OJ No L 91 , 8 . 4. 1994, p. 1 .                                (,2) OJ No L 44, 28 . 2. 1995, p. 10.
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                                                        ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 28 March 1995 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for
                                                  poultrymeat (') (6)
                                                                                   Conventional rate
                    CN code           Sluice-gate price                Levy
                                                                                       of duty
                                       ECU/ 1 00 units          ECU/ 1 00 units           %
                   0105 11 11                27,03                      5,724            —
                   0105 11 19                27,03                      5,724            —
                   0105 11 91                27,03                      5,724            —
                   0105 11 99                27,03                      5,724            —
                   0105 19 10               119,77                     19,60             —
                   0105 19 90                27,03                      5,724            —
           I                            ECU/ 1 00 kg             ECU/ 1 00 kg
                   0105 91 00                93,56                     23,14 (4)         —
                   0105 99 10               105,85                     34,55             —
                   0105 99 20               136,99                     35,32 (4)         —
                   0105 99 30               124,31                     27,05 (4)         —
                   0105 99 50               143,96                     36,90             —
                   0207 10 11               117,54                     29,08 (4)         —
                   0207 10 15               133,66                     33,06 (4)         —
                   0207 10 19               145,63                     36,02 (4) Q       —
                   0207 10 31               177,59                     38,64 (4)         —
                   0207 10 39               194,66                     42,35 (4)         —
                   0207 10 51               124,53                     40,64 (4) 0       —
                   0207 10 55               151,22                     49,36 (4) 0       —
                   0207 10 59               168,02                     54,85 00          —
                   0207 10 71               195,70                     50,46 00          _
                   0207 10 79               184,76                     53,13 00          —
                   0207 10 90               205,66                     52,72             —
                   0207 21 10               133,65                     33,06OO           —
                   0207 21 90               145,62                     36,02 0 0         —
                   0207 22 10               177,59                     38,64 0           —
                   0207 22 90               194,67                     42,35 0           —
                   0207 23 1 1              151,22                     49,36 O 0         —
                   0207 23 19               168,02                     54,85 00          —
                   0207 23 51               195,71                     50,46OO           —
                   0207 23 59               184,77                     53,13 00          —
                   0207 23 90               205,67                     52,72             —
                   0207 31 10             1 957,01                    504,62               30
                   0207 31 90             1 957,01                    504,62               30
                   0207 39 1 1              343,37                     94,61 0           —
                   0207 39 13               160,19                     39,62 0           —
                   0207 39 15               110,87                     29,50 0           —
                   0207 39 17                76,76                     20,42 0           —
                   0207 39 21               220,54                     54,55 0           —
                   0207 39 23               207,17                     51,25 0           —
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                                                                           Conventional rate
               CN code           Sluice-gate price         Levy
                                                                               of duty
                                   ECU/ 1 00 kg        ECU/ 1 00 kg               %
              0207 39 25               341,15              90,76                 —
              0207 39 27                76,76              20,42 (4)     l
              0207 39 31               372,94              81,14 0               —
              0207 39 33               214,13              46,58 (4)             —
              0207 39 35               110,87              29,50 (4)             —
              0207 39 37                76,76              20,42 (4)             —
              0207 39 41               284,14              61,82 (4)             —
              0207 39 43               133,19              28,98 (4)             —
              0207 39 45               239,74              52,16 (4)             —
              0207 39 47               341,15              90,76 (4)             —
              0207 39 51                76,76              20,42 (4)             —
              0207 39 53               388,00            1 1 1,57 (4) 0          —
              0207 39 55               343,37              94,61 00              —
              0207 39 57               184,83              60,33                 —
              0207 39 61               203,24              58,44 (4) 0           —
              0207 39 63               226,23              57,99                 —   -
              0207 39 65               110,87              29,50 (4) 0           —
              0207 39 67                76,76              20,42 (4) Q           —
              0207 39 71               277,14              79,70 (4) (5)         —
              0207 39 73               220,54              54,55 (4) 0           —
              0207 39 75               267,90              77,04 (4) (s)         —
              0207 39 77               207,17              51,25 C) 0            —
              0207 39 81               235,18              71,75 (4) 0           —
              0207 39 83               341,15              90,76                 —
              0207 39 85                76,76              20,42 (4) 0   -l
              0207 39 90               196,16              52,18                  10
              0207 41 10               343,37              94,61 (4)0            —
              0207 41 11               160,19              39,62 0               —
              0207 41 21               110,87              29,50 0               —
              0207 41 31                76,76              20,42 0               —
              0207 41 41               220,54              54,55 O 0             —
              0207 41 51               207,17              51,25 0 0             —
              0207 41 71               341,15             90,76 0 O 0            —
              0207 41 90                76,76              20,42 0 0             —
              0207 42 10               372,94              81,14 00              —
              0207 42 1 1              214,13             46,58 00               —
              0207 42 21               110,87              29,50 0               —
              0207 42 31                76,76              20,42 0               —
              0207 42 41               284,14              61,82 0               —
              0207 42 51               133,19              28,98 O               —
              0207 42 59               239,74              52,16 0               —
              0207 42 71               341,15             90,76 O 0              —
              0207 42 90                76,76              20,42                 —
              0207 43 1 1              388,00            111,5700                —
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                                                                                                         Conventional rate
                        CN code                   Sluice-gate price               Levy
                                                                                                              of duty
                                                    ECU/ 1 00 kg              ECU/ 100 kg                        %
                      0207 43 15                        343,37                    94,61 (4)0                    —
                      0207 43 21                        184,83                    60,33                         —
                      0207 43 23                        203,24                    58,44 (4) H                   —
                      0207 43 25                        226,23                    57,99                         —
                      0207 43 31                        110,87                    29,50 (4) 0                   —
                      0207 43 41                         76,76                    20,42 (4) f5)                 —
                      0207 43 51                        277,14                    79,70 (4) 0                   —
                      0207 43 53                        220,54                    54,55 (4)0                    —
                      0207 43 61                        267,90                    77,04 (4) (0                  —
                      0207 43 63                        207,17                    51,25 (4) 0                   —
                      0207 43 71                        235,18                    71,75 (4)0                    —
                      0207 43 81                        341,15                    90,76                         —
                      0207 43 90                         76,76                    20,42 O 0                     —
                      0207 50 10                      1 957,01                   504,62                           30
                      0207 50 90                        196,16                    52,18                          10
                      0209 00 90                        170,57                    45,38                         —
                      0210 90 71                      1 957,01                   504,62                           3
                      0210 90 79                        196,16                    52,18                          10
                      1501 00 90                        204,69                    54,45                          18
                      1602 31 11                        355,18                    77,28                          17 (2)
                      1602 31 19                        375,26                    99,83                          17
                      1602 31 30                        204,69                    54,45                          17
                      1602 31 90                        119,40                    31,76                          17
                      1602 39 11                        337,64                    94,14                         —
                      1602 39 19                        375,26                    99,83                         17 0
                      1602 39 30                        204,69                    54,45                          17
                      1602 39 90                        119,40                    31,76                         17
           (') The levy on products covered by CN codes 0207, 1602 31 and 1602 39 originating in the ACP countries and
                listed in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 is reduced by 50 % within the limits of the quotas referred to
                in that Regulation .
           (2) The duty of the Common Customs Tariff on products falling within this code, imported under Regulation (EC)
                No 1 798/94, is limited under the conditions laid down in this Regulation.
           ( !) Products imported under the Interim Agreements concluded between Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, the
                Slovak Republic, Romania and Bulgaria or originating in the developing countries and listed in Regulation (EEC)
                No 3833/90 are suspended and no levy is to be collected.
           (4) Products falling within this code, imported from Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic
                under the Interim Agreements concluded between those countries and the Community, and in respect of which
                EUR.l certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2699/93 have been presented, are subject to
                the levies set out in the Annex to that Regulation.
           ( s) Products falling within this code, imported from Bulgaria and Romania under the Interim Agreements
                concluded between those countries and the Community, and in respect of which EUR. 1 certificates issued in
                accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1559/94 have been presented, are subject to the levies set out in the Annex
                to that Regulation .
           (h) No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
           (7) The levy on products falling within this code, imported under Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 and
                Commission Regulation (EC) No 1431 /94, is limited under the conditions laid down in this Regulation.