Commission Regulation (EC) No 1466/1999 of 5 July 1999 fixing the weighting coefficients to be used in calculating the Community market price for pig carcases and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1297/98

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1466/1999
of 5 July 1999
fixing the weighting coefficients to be used in calculating the Community market price for pig carcases and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1297/98
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), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94(2), and in particular Article 4(6) thereof,
(1) Whereas the Community market price for pig carcases, as referred to in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, must be established by weighting the prices recorded in each Member State by coefficients expressing the relative size of the pig population of each Member State; whereas these coefficients should be determined on the basis of the number of pigs counted at the beginning of December each year in accordance with Council Directive 93/23/EEC of 1 June 1993 concerning surveys of pig production to be made by the Member States(3), as amended by Directive 97/77/EC(4);
(2) Whereas, in view of the results of the census of December 1998 the weighting coefficients fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1297/98(5) should be adjusted;
(3) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,