31973R0098

18 . 1 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 15 / 15

REGULATION (EEC) No 98/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 16 January 1973 fixing additional amounts for live and slaughtered poultry

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No COMMUNITIES , 2261 /69 (6), the import levies on slaughtered ducks and geese originating in and coming from Romania Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ are not increased by an additional amount ; pean Economic Community ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 123/67/ Whereas, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No EEC H of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ 2474/70 (7), the import levies on slaughtered turkeys tion of the market in poultrymeat, as last amended originating in and coming from Poland are not in­ by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty concerning the creased by an additional amount ; Accession of new Member States to the European Whereas the regular review of the information serv­ Economic Community and the European Atomic ing as a basis for the determination of average offer Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 Janu­ prices for slaughtered poultry and halves or quarters ary 1972 (8), and in particular Article 8 thereof ; indicates that additional amounts corresponding to Whereas if, for a given product, the free-at-frontier the figures shown in the Annex below should be offer price (hereinafter called the *offer price') falls fixed for the imports specified in that Annex j below the sluice-gate price, the levy applicable to that product must be increased by an additional Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­ tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Man­ amount equal to the difference between the sluice­ gate price and the offer price determined in accor­ agement Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, dance with Article 1 of Commission Regulation No 163/67/EEC (4) on fixing the additional amount for imports of poultry-farming products from third HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : countries ; Article 1 Whereas the offer price must be determined for all imports from all third countries ; whereas, however, The additional amounts provided for in Article 8 of if exports from one or more third countries are Regulation No 123/67/EEC are hereby fixed as effected at abnormally low prices, lower than prices shown in the Annex for the products listed in ruling for other third countries, a second offer price Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation which appear in the must be determined for exports from these other Annex. countries ; Article 2 Whereas, pursuant to Regulation (EEC ) No 565/68 (5), the import levies on slaughtered fowls, This Regulation shall enter into force on the third ducks and geese originating in and coming from Po­ day following its publication in the Official Journal land are not increased by an additional amount ; of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 16 January 1973 . For the Commission The President François-Xavier ORTOLI

(») OJ No 117 , 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2301 /67 . (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14. (3) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5 . (*) OJ No 129, 28 . 6. 1967, p . 2577/67. I6 ) OJ No L 286 , 14 . 11 . 1 969, p. 24. (5 ) OJ No I, 107, 8 . 5 . 1968 , p . 7. ;7) OJ No L 265 , 8 . 12 . 1970, p . 13 .

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ANNEX

Additional amount applicable to live and slaughtered poultry and halves or quarters

Additional CCT Imports Description of goods amount affected heading No ( u . a . /100 kg)

02.02 Dead poultry (that is to say, fowls, ducks, geese, tur­ keys 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 °/o chickens ' 10·90 All imports (*) b ) Plucked and drawn , without heads and feet but with hearts, livers and gizzards , known as ' 70 % chickens' 10·90 All imports (') c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as ' 65 °/o chickens ' 10·90 All imports (*)

15·00 Origin Hungary IV. Turkeys

B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) : II. Unboned ( bone in ) : a) Halves or quarters : 1 . Of fowls 10·90 All imports

(*) With the exception of products originating in and coming from Poland and Bulgaria .