31973R3347

No L 342/ 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 13 . 12. 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 3347/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 12 December 1973 fixing additional amounts for live and slaughtered poultry

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No COMMUNITIES, 2261 /69 (7), 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 (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ 2474/70 (8 ), 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 Economic Community and the European Atomic Whereas the regular review of the information serv­ Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 Janu­ ing as a basis for the determination of average offer ary 1972 (8), and in particular Article 8 thereof ; prices for slaughtered poultry and halves or quarters 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 ; 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 amount equal to the difference between the sluice­ tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Man­ 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, as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1527/ 73 ( 5 ) ; Article 1 Whereas the offer price must be determined for all The additional amounts provided for in Article 8 of imports from all third countries ; whereas, however, Regulation No 123/67/EEC are hereby fixed as if exports from one or more third countries are shown in the Annex for the products listed in effected at abnormally low prices, lower than prices Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation which appear in the ruling for other third countries, a second offer price Annex . must be determined for exports from these other countries ; Article 2 Whereas, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 565 /68 (6), 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 , 12 December 1973 . For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

H OJ No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2301 /67. ( 2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14. (») OJ No L 73 , 27. 3. 1972 , p . 5 . (4) O T No 129, 28 . 6. 1967, p . 2577/67. («) OJ No L 154, 9 . 6 . 1973 , p . 1 . (7) OJ No L 286, 14 . 11 . 1969 , p. 24. (•) OJ No L 107, 8 . 5 . 1968 , p . 7. (8) 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)

01.05 Live poultry, that is to say fowls , ducks, geese, turkeys, and guinea fowls :

B. Other : I. Fowls 15.00 Origin : Hungary or Czechoslovakia V. Guinea fowls 10.00 All imports

)2.02 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 % chickens ' 5.00 All imports ( ! ) b ) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with hearts , livers and gizzards, known as ' 70 % chickens ' 5.00 All imports (') c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as ' 65 °/o chickens' 5.00 All imports (x )

B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) : II. Unboned ( bone in ) : a) Halves or quarters : 1 . Of fowls 5.00 All imports

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