31974R2740

No L 292/ 28 Official Journal of the European Communities 31 . 10 . 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2740/ 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 30 October 1974 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas when the levies applicable from 1 COMMUNITIES, November, 1 February and 1 May respectively are being fixed changes in world market prices for feed Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European grain should be taken into account only if at the same Economic Community ; time a new sluice-gate price is fixed ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 121 / 67/ EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ Whereas, since no new sluice-gate price is to be fixed, tion of the market in pigmeat, as last amended by the levies should accordingly be maintained Regulation (EEC) No 1861 /74 (2), and in particular unchanged until 31 January 1975 ; Articles 8 and 12(1 ) thereof ; Whereas sluice-gate prices for pig carcases and for the Whereas in the case of products falling within any of other products specified in Article 1 of Council Regu­ subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7 of the Common lation No 134/67/ EEC (3) of 13 June 1967 esta­ Customs Tariff or within subheading 15.01 A I , 16.01 blishing the list of products for which sluice-gate A or 16.02 A II and in respect of which the rate of prices are fixed and adopting the rules for fixing the duty has been bound within GATT the levies should sluice-gate prices for pig carcases, as last amended by be limited to the amounts resulting from that Regulation ( EEC) No 31 58 /73 (4), and levies for the binding ; products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 121 / 67/ EEC , must be fixed in advance for each Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation quarter in accordance with the methods of calculation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Mange­ laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No ment Committee for Pigmeat, 1 96 1 /74 (5 ) of 25 July 1974 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on pigmeat, as amended by Regula­ tion ( EEC) No 2518 /74 (6);

Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : pigmeat were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1961 /74 for the period 1 August to 31 October 1974 and varied by Regulation (EEC) No ' 2518/74 for the Article 1 period 7 to 31 October 1974, they must be fixed anew for the period 1 November 1974 to 31 January 1975 ; whereas such prices and levies should in principle be 1 . The sluice-gate prices provided for in Article 1 2 fixed by reference to feed grain prices for the period 1 of Regulation No 121 /67/ EEC for the products speci­ February to 31 July 1974 ; fied in Article 1 of Regulation No 134/ 67/ EEC and the levies provided for in Article 8 of Regulation No Whereas when the sluice-gate prices applicable from 121 /67/ EEC for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) 1 November, 1 February and 1 May respectively are of that Regulation shall for the period 1 November being fixed changes in world market prices for feed 1974 to 31 January 1975 be as shown in the Annexes grain should be taken into account only if the price of to Regulation ( EEC) No 1961 /74, as amended by the quantity of feed grain required varies by an Regulation ( EEC) No 2518/ 74 . amount in excess of a specified minimum in relation to that used in calculating the sluice-gate price for the 2 . Provided that in the case of products falling preceding quarter ; whereas this minimum was fixed within any of subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7 of the by Regulation No 134/ 67/ EEC at 3 % ; Common Customs Tariff, or within subheading 15.01 Whereas the price of the relevant quantity of feed A I, 16.01 A or 16.02 A II thereof, in respect of which grain does not vary by 3 % or more from that used for the rate of duty has been bound within GATT the the preceding quarter ; whereas the sluice-gate prices levy shall not exceed the amount resulting from that should therefore be maintained unchanged until 31 binding. January 1975 ;

(') OJ No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p . 2283/67. Art idc 2 (2 ) OJ No L 197, 19 . 7 . 1974, p. 3 . ( 3 ) OJ No 120 , 21 . 6 . 1967, p . 2367/67 . (4 ) OJ No L 322, 23 . 11 . 1973 , p. 1 . (5 ) OJ No L 204, 26. 7 . 1974, p. 44 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November ( 6) OJ No L 270 , 5 . 10 . 1974, p. 1 . 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels, 30 October 1974. For the Commission

The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI