Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2342/86 of 25 July 1986 on the marketing stage to which the average price for pig carcases refers and laying down transitional rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84

COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2342/86
of 25 July 1986
on the marketing stage to which the average price for pig carcases refers and laying down transitional rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1475/86 (2), and in particular Article 4 (6) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 of 13 November 1984 determining the Community scale for grading pig carcases (3), and in particular Article 5 (1) thereof,
Whereas the representative markets comprise, for each country, all the markets listed in the Annex to Council Regulation (EEC) No 43/81 (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3799/85 (5);
Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, the weighted average price for pig carcases on the representative markets of the Community must be determined in order to assess whether the market situation warrants intervention measures;
Whereas, in order to determine such an average price for pig carcases, comparable Community prices must be available; whereas to that end, a single quality of pig carcases 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; whereas, since pig carcases are generally marketed at the slaughterhouse stage, that stage should be the one adopted;
Whereas quotations for pig carcases are to be determined in the Community as from 1 August 1986 in accordance with the Community scale for grading pig carcases as laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84; whereas, however, Member States may continue to apply the scale determined by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2760/75 (6) until 31 December 1988 instead of the scale determined by Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84;
Whereas, in Italy and Greece, quotations for pig carcases are still derived from quotations for live pigs recorded on markets or quotation centres; whereas that practice should be allowed to continue until the introduction in those two Member States of the classification methods provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84; whereas, to that end, the method must be determined for converting quotations for live pigs into quotations at the slaughterhouse stage;
Whereas the provisions of this Regulation replace those of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 56/81 of 1 January 1981 on the marketing stage to which the average price for pig carcases refers (7); whereas that Regulation should therefore be repealed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,