31973R0988

No L 99/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 13 . 4 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 988/73 OF THE COUNCIL of 9 April 1973 amending Regulation No 146/67/EEC as regards the provisions for calculating the levy and the sluice gate prices for certain slaughtered ducks

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN tered ducks, plucked and drawn, without heads and COMMUNITIES, feet, with hearts, livers and gizzards, it is possible, given a similar composition of the feed grain mix­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ ture, to determine the relevant figures for 63 % pean Economic Community ; ducks by adjusting those for 70 % ducks in accor­ dance with the increased value of birds in the for­ Having regard to Council Regulation No 123/67/ EEC ( x) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ mer presentation ; tion of the market in poultrymeat, as last amended The tariff nomenclature established pursuant to by the Act of Accession (2) and the Adjustments to Regulation No 123/67/EEC is incorporated in the the Treaties, and in particular Articles 4 (3 ) and ' Common Customs Tariff introduced by Regulation 7 (5 ) thereof ; (EEC) No 950/68 (4), as last amended by Regulation Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­ ( EEC ) No 220/73 (5 ) ; sion ; Whereas Regulation No 146/67/EEC (3) contains pro­ HAD ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING REGULATION : visions for calculating the levy on poultrymeat, and in particular lays down the quantity of feed grain Article 1 required for the production in the Community of one kilogramme of slaughtered poultry and the per­ 1 . In Annex I to Regulation No 146/67/EEC, after centage of each type of feed grain contained in that * the entry relating to subheading 02.02 A II b), the quantity ; whereas that Regulation also contains following entry is inserted : provisions for calculating the sluice-gate price for ' c ) 63 % ducks 4-38 maize 58 % poultrymeat, and in particular lays down the quan­ barley 32 % tity of feed grain required for the production in oats 10 % ' third countries of one kilogramme of slaughtered poultry and the percentage of each type of feed grain 2. In Annex II to Regulation No 146/67/EEC, contained in that quantity and fixes a standard after the entry relating to sub-heading 02.02 A II amount representing other feeding costs and over­ b ), the following entry is inserted : head costs of production and marketing ; ' c ) 63 % ducks 3-048 maize 58 % 0-5176 ' Whereas the abovementioned Regulation makes pro­ barley 32 % vision for slaughtered ducks in the so-called ' 85 % ' oats 10 % and '70 % ' presentations ; whereas, however, as a result of developments on the duck market, it has Article 2 become necessary to fix a separate levy and sluice­ gate price for ducks offered for sale plucked and The Regulation No 950/68 is amended as indicated in the Annex hereto . drawn, without heads and feet and without hearts, livers and gizzards ; whereas ducks in this presenta­ tion may be referred to as '63 °/o' ducks ; Article 3 Whereas, since the feed grain quantity and the stan­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May dard amount fixed for 70 % ducks relate to slaugh­ 1973 .

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

Done at Luxembourg, 9 April 1973 . For the Council The President A. LA YENS

(l) OJ No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p . 2301 /67. (*) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 14 . (4) OJ No L 172 , 22 . 7. 1968 , p. 1 . {*) OJ No 125 , 26 . 6 . 1967, p . 2470/67. (5 ) OJ No L 27, 1 . 2 . 1973 , p. 1 .

13 . 4. 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 99/7

ANNEX

Subheading 02.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff shall read as follows :

Rate of duty Heading No Description autonomous conventional % % or levy ( L) 1 2 3 4

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 :

II . Ducks : a ) Plucked, bled, gutted but not drawn , with heads and feet, known as ' 85 %> ducks ' 18 ( L) b ) Plucked and drawn , without heads and feet, with hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 % ducks ' 18 ( L) c) Plucked and drawn , without heads and feet and without hearts, livers and gizzards known as '63 °/o ducks ' 18 ( L ) —