Commission Regulation (EC) No 1128/2006 of  24 July 2006  on the marketing stage to which the average price for pig carcasses refers (Codified version)

25.7.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 201/6
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1128/2006
of 24 July 2006
on the marketing stage to which the average price for pig carcasses refers
(Codified version)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat (1), and in particular Article 4(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3537/89 of 27 November 1989 on the marketing stage to which the average price for pig carcasses refers (2) has been substantially amended (3). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Regulation should be codified.
(2) The representative markets comprise, for each country, all the markets listed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 908/2006 (4).
(3) Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, the weighted average price for pig carcasses on the representative markets of the Community must be determined in order to assess whether the market situation warrants intervention measures.
(4) In order to determine such an average price for pig carcasses, comparable Community prices must be available. To that end, a single quality of pig carcasses corresponding to the standard quality referred to in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 and a clearly defined marketing stage should be used. Since pig carcasses are generally marketed at the slaughterhouse stage, that stage should be the one adopted.
(5) Quotations for pig carcasses are to be determined throughout the Community using the Community scale for grading pig carcasses as laid down by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 (5), and the detailed rules for application as laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85 (6).
(6) A Regulation combining all the rules on the marketing stage to which the average price for pig carcasses refers should be adopted.
(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,