CELEX: 31972D0084
Language: en
Date: 1972-01-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 13 January 1972 on limiting, in certain Member States, the number of weight grades in the Community grading scale set out in Regulation (EEC) No 2108/70

32                                      Official Journal of the European Communities
No L 26/ 24                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              31.1.72
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 13 January 1972
                on limiting, in certain Member States, the number of weight grades in the Community
                                    grading scale set out in Regulation (EEC) No 2108/70
                                                         (72/84/EEC)
                                    (Only the French, German and Dutch texts are authentic)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                   ment Committee for Pigmeat,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community;                                           HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to Council Regulation No 121 /67 /
EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common organization                                           Article 1
 of the market in pigmeat, as last amended by Regu­
                                                                   The Member States mentioned in Article 2 are au­
lation (EEC) No 2727/ 7 1 2;
                                                                   thorized to replace the weight grades for pig carcases
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       of 90 kg and more in commercial grades I , II and
2108/ 703 of 20 October 1970 determining the Com­                  III in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2108/70 by
munity scale for grading pig carcases, and in parti­               a single weight grade to include pig carcases of 90 kg
                                                                   or more of which the thickness of the fat does not
cular Article 1 (2) thereof:
                                                                   exceed :                     v
Whereas Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2108/                 in grade I : 35 mm
70 provides that Member States which so request                    in grade II : 40 mm
may, in view of the characteristics of their pigmeat               in grade III : 45mm.
production, be authorized to replace the weight
grades for pig carcases of 90 kg and more in com­
mercial grades I , II and III by a single weight grade                                    Article 2          •
to include pig carcases weighing 90 kg and more,                   This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Bel­
the fat of which does not exceed a certain thickness;              gium , the Federal Republic of Germany, the French
whereas all Member States except Italy have made                   Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
such a request;                                                    Kingdom of the Netherlands .
Whereas pig carcases of 90 kg and more in the com­                 Done at Brussels, 13 January 1972.
mercial grades mentioned account for only a very
small proportion of the market in these Member                                      For the Commission
States and, moreover, pig carcases in weight grades
exceeding 100 kg are exceptional; whereas the re­                                      The President
quest should therefore be granted;                                            x    Franco M. MALFATTI
1 O J No 1 17 , 19.6.1967 , p. 2283/67.
2 OI No L 282 , 23.12.1971 , p . 8.
s OJ No L 234, 23.10.1970, p . 1 .