CELEX: 31987R1162
Language: en
Date: 1987-04-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1162/87 of 28 April 1987 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

No L 112/20                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 29 . 4. 87
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1162/87
                                                          of 28 April 1987
                                    fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          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 be taken into account
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               only if at the same time a new sluice-gate price is fixed ;
 Economic Community,
                                                                     Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
                                                                     changes in world market prices for feed grain must be
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                  taken into account in fixing the levies ;
 Portugal,
                                                                     Whereas, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 631 /86 of 28
                                                                     February 1986 on the application of import levies on
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75                products from Portugal suspended the application of
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
                                                                     import levies on poultrymeat products from Portugal (6)
market in poultrymeat ('), as last amended by Regulation             owing to the minimal difference between the prices obtai­
(EEC) No 1475/86 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 7             ning in the Community on the one hand and in Portugal
( 1 ) thereof,                                                       on the other hand ; whereas the situation still pertains ;
Whereas the sluice-gate prices and levies for the products           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75          in accordance with the opinion of the Management
must be fixed quarterly in advance in accordance with                Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
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 poul­
trymeat (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
3233/86 (4 ;                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, since the sluice-gate prices and levies for poul­
trymeat were, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No                                                Article 1
264/87 (*), last fixed for the period 1 February to 30 April
 1987, they must be fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31
July 1987 ; whereas such prices and levies should in prin­           1 . In respect of the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 )
ciple be calculated by reference to feed-grain prices for            of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75, the levies provided for
the period 1 November 1986 to 31 March 1987 ;                        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, trends               2. Provided that, in the case of products falling within
in world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into           heading No 02.03 and within subheading 15.01 B or
account only if the price of the quantity of feed grain              16.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect of
required varies by at least a specified minimum in rela­             which the rate of duty has been bound within GATT, the
tion to that used to calculate the sluice-gate price for the         levy shall not exceed the amount resulting from that
preceding quarter ; whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No                  binding.
2778 /75, this minimum was set at 3 % ;
                                                                     3 . For imports of products specified in paragraph 1
                                                                     from Portugal, application of the levies specified in the
Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain required             Annex shall be suspended.
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 1987 ;                                                                           Article 2
(')  OJ  No  L 282,  1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77.
(2)  OJ  No  L 133,  21 . 5. 1986, p. 39.                            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1987.
(3)  OJ  No  L 282,  1 . 11 . 1975, p. 84.
(4)  OJ  No  L 301 , 25. 10. 1986, p. 3 .
Is) OJ No L 26, 29. 1 . 1987, p. 24.                                 («) OJ No L 60, 1 . 3 . 1986, p. 11 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 28 April 1987.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                       Vice-President
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                                                               ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 28 April 1987 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                                                                    97,78       23,66
                   II . Other                                                                               21,91         7,71
                                                                                                       ECU/ 100 kg    ECU/ 100 kg
               B. Other :
                     I. Fowls                                                                               75,69       31,86
                    II . Ducks                                                                              84,71       50,08
                   III . Geese                                                                             110,61       49,20
                   IV. Turkeys                                                                             100,94       36,51
                    V. Guinea-fowls                                                                        116,42        51,67
      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'              95,09       40,04
                         (b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, but with hearts, livers and
                             gizzards, known as '70 % chickens'                                            108,13       45,52
                         (c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without hearts, livers
                             and gizzards, known as '65 % chickens'                                        117,81        49,60
                    II . Ducks :
                         (a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted, with heads and feet, known as '85 %
                             ducks'                                                                         99,66        58,92
                         (b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with hearts, livers and
                             gizzards, known as '70 % ducks'                                               121,02        71,54
                         (c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, without hearts, livers and
                             gizzards, known as '63 % ducks'                                               134,46        79,49
                   III . Geese :
                         (a) Plucked, bled, not drawn, with heads and feet, known as '82 % geese'          158,01        70,29
                         (b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with or without hearts and
                             gizzards, known as '75 % geese'                                               148,57        75,16
                   IV. Turkeys
                         (a) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with necks, hearts, livers
                             and gizzards, known as '80 % turkeys'                                         144,20        52,16
                         (b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without necks, hearts,
                             livers and gizzards, known as '73 % turkeys'                                  158,06        57,16
                    V. Guinea-fowls                                                                        166,32        73,81
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          CCT
                                                       Description                                       Sluice-gate    Levy
        heading
           No
                                                                                                            price
            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                                                                       312,00     157,84
                         (b) Of turkeys                                                                     302,82     109,54
                         (c) Of other poultry                                                               276,82     133,60
                     II. Unboned (bone-in) :
                         (a) Halves or quarters :
                             1 . Of fowls                                                                   129.59      54,56
                             2. Of ducks                                                                    147,91      87,44
                             3 . Of geese                                                                   163,43      82,68
                             4. Of turkeys                                                                  173,87      62,88
                             5. Of guinea-fowls                                                             182,95      81,19
                         (b) Whole wings, with or without tips                                                89,47     41,37
                         (c) Backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing tips                     61,94     28,64
                         (d) Breasts and cuts of breasts :
                             1 . Of geese                                                                   222,86     112,74
                             2. Of turkeys                                                                  230,72      83,46
                             3 . Of other poultry                                                           178,41      75.11
                         (e) Legs and cuts of legs :
                             1 . Of geese                                                                   215,43     108,98
                             2. Of turkeys :
                                 aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks                                       108,15     39.12
                                 bb) Other                                                                  194,67      70,42
                             3. Of other poultry                                                            167.60      70,56
                         (f) Goose or duck paletots (')                                                     188,72     102,69
                         (g) Other                                                                          275,30     127,28
                 C. Offals                                                                                    61,94     28,64
         02.03   Poultry liver, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine :
                 A. Fatty liver of goose or duck                                                          1 580,10     702,90
                 B. Other                                                                                   158,30      73,19
         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                                                                              137,65     63,64
          15.01  Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted :
                 B. Poultry fat                                                                              165,18     76,37
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        CCT
                                                          Description                                    Sluice-gate    Levy
       heading                                                                                              price
         No
          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                                    288,40     104,32
                                   bb) Other                                                                272,02     133,02
                               2. Other                                                                     302,83     140,01
                          (b) Containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry­
                              meat (2)                                                                      165,18      76,37
                          (c) Other                                                                          96,36      44,55
  (') 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.