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No L 23 / 8 29 . 1 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION (EEC) No 202/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 25 January 1973

fixing sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN "Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain COMMUNITIES varies by more than 3 % from that used for the preceding quarter; whereas this trend must therefore Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ be taken into account in fixing the sluice-gate price pean Economic Community ; for the period from 1 February 1973 to 30 April 1973 ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 123 /67/ EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organi­ Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 No­ zation of the market in poultrymeat, as last amended vember, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed, by the Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) concerning trends in world market prices for feed grain shall the accession of new Member States to the European be taken into account only if at the same time a Economic Community and the European Atomic new sluice-gate price is being fixed; Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in particular Articles 3 and 7 ( 1 ) thereof; Whereas new sluice-gate prices are being fixed and Whereas the sluice-gate prices and levies for the levies must consequently be fixed taking into account products referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation the trend in price for feed grain ; No 123/67/EEC must be fixed quarterly in advance Whereas the measures provided for in the Regu­ in accordance with the calculation methods laid lation are in accordance with the opinion of the down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1537/72 Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, (4) of 18 July 1972 fixing sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for poultry­ Article 1 meat were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 2236/72 (5) for the period from 1 November 1972 to 31 January 1973 and whereas new prices and levies 1 . The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regu­ must be fixed for the period from 1 February 1973 lation No 123 /67/EEC and the sluice-gate prices provided for in Article 7 thereof for to 30 April 1973 ; whereas these prices should be the products referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) of fixed in principle on the basis of prices for feed that Regulation are specified in the Annex. grain for the period from 1 May 1972 to 31 October 1972 ; 2. However, for products falling within heading Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from No 02.03 and subheadings Nos 15.01 B and 1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed, 16.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff, trends in world market prices for feed grain shall in respect of which the rate of duty has been be taken into account only if the price of the bound within GATT, the levies shall be limited quantity of feed grain shows a minimum variation to the amount resulting from that binding. from that used in calculating the sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter; whereas Council Regu­ Article 2 lation No 146/67/EEC (6) of 21 June 1967 fixing the rules for calculating the levy and the sluice-gate This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February price for poultrymeat fixed this variation at 3% ; 1973 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States . Done at Brussels, 25 January 1973 .

For the Commission The President François-Xavier ORTOLI

(x ) OJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2301/67. («) OJ No 125, 26. 6. 1967, p. 2470/67. (2) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14. (3) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5 . (4) OJ No L 164, 20. 7. 1972, p. 1 . (5) OT No L 239, 21 . 10 . 1972, p . 12 .

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ANNEX

Sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat from 1 February 1973 to 30 April 1973

CCT heading Sluice-gate No Description of goods Levy prices

1 2 3 4 in u.a. / 100 in u.a. / 100 units units

01.05 Live poultry, that is to say, fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys, and guinea fowls : A. Of a weight not exceeding 185 g, known as 'chicks' 13.64 2.73

u.a./ 100 kg u.a. / 100 kg

B. Other : I. Fowls 4901 12.19 II . Ducks 48.12 16.49 III . Geese 46.98 13.58 IV. Turkeys 56.71 15.03 V. Guinea fowls 83.43 20.81

02.02 Dead poultry (that is to say, fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys, 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 % chickens' 59.05 14.68 b ) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, but with hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 % chickens' 70.01 17.42 c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '65 °/o chickens' 75.40 18.76

II . Ducks : a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted with heads and feet, known as ' 85 % ducks ' 56.60 19.42 b ) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with or without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 °/c ducks ' 68.74 23.55

III. Geese : a) Plucked, bled, not drawn, with heads and feet, known 67.12 19.40 as ' 82% geese' b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with ox 53.38 19.79 without hearts and gizzards, known as '75 °/o geese' 81.02 21.47 IV. Turkeys V. Guinea fowls 119.18 29.73

B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals ): I. Boned or boneless 153.02 43.66

II. Unboned (bone-in): a) Halves or quarters :

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CCT heading Sluice-gate No Description of goods Levy prices

1 2 3 4

u.a./ 100 kg u.a./100 kg

02.02 B. II a ) 1 . Of fowls 75.40 18.76 ( cont'd) 2 . Of ducks 68.74 23.55 3 . Of geese 53.38 19.79 4 . Of turkeys 81.02 21.47 5 . Of guinea fowls 119.18 29.73 b ) Whole wings, with or without tips 51.01 14.55 c) Backs, necks , backs with necks attached, rumps and wing tips 35.31 10.08 d ) Breasts and cuts of breasts : 1 . Of geese 88.08 32.65 2 . Of turkeys 133.68 35.43 3 . Of other poultry 115.52 28.74 e) Legs and cuts of legs : 1 . Of geese 77.40 28.70 2 . Of turkeys : aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks 64.82 17.18 bb ) Other 117.48 31.13 3 . Of other poultry 101.51 25.26 f) Other 153.02 43.66

C. Offals 35.31 10.08

02.03 Poultry liver, fresh, chilled, frozen , salted or in brine : A. Foie gras (goose or duck) 536.96 155.20 B. Other 90.24 25.75

02.05 Pig fat free of lean meat and poultry fat ( not rendered or solvent­ extracted), fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked : C. Poultry fat 94.16 26.87

15.01 Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted: B. Poultry fat 94.16 26.87

16.02 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :

B. Other : I. Poultry meat or offal : ( a) Containing 57 % or more by weight of poultry meat (a) 196.18 55.98 (b ) Containing 25 °/o or more but less than 57 °/o by weight of poultry meat ( a) 117.71 33.59 ( c) Other 78.47 22.39

( a) For the purpose of determining the percentage of poultry meat, weight of any bones shall be disregarded .