31976R0085

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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 85 / 76 of 19 January 1976 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on pigmeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas when the levies applicable from 1 COMMUNITIES , November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed trends in world market prices for feed grain should be taken into account only if at the same time a new Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European sluice-gate is being fixed ; Economic Community,

Whereas a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed ; Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2759 / 75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­ whereas trends in world market prices for feed grain must therefore be taken into account when fixing the tion of the market in pigmeat ('), and in particular levies ; 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, 15.01 A I , 16.01 A or lation ( EEC) No 2766/75 of 29 October 1975 esta­ 16.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff in respect blishing the list of products for which sluice-gate of which the rate of duty has been bound within GATT the levies should be limited to the amounts prices are to be fixed and laying down the rules for fixing the sluice-gate price for pig carcases ( 2), and resulting from that binding ; levies for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2759/ 75, must be fixed in Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation advance for each quarter in accordance with the are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ methods of calculation laid down in Commission ment Committee for Pigmeat , Regulation ( EEC) No 1868 / 75 of 22 July 1975 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on pigmeat (3) ;

Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat were last fixed by Commission Regulation HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ( EEC) No 2697/ 75 of 23 October 1975 (4) for the period 1 November 1975 to 31 January 1976, they must be fixed anew for the period 1 February to 30 Article / April 1976 ; whereas such prices and levies should in principle be fixed by reference to feed grain prices for the period 1 May to 31 October 1975 ; 1 . For the period 1 February to 30 April 1976 the sluice-gate prices provided for in Article 1 2 of Regula­ Whereas, when the sluice-gate price applicable from 1 tion ( EEC) No 2759/ 75 for the products specified in November, 1 February and 1 May is being fixed, Article 1 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2766/ 75 and the trends in world market prices for feed grain should be levies provided for in Article 8 of Regulation ( EEC) taken into account only if the value of the quantity of No 2759/ 75 for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) feed grain required varies by at least a specified of that Regulation shall be as shown in the Annex minimum in relation to that used in calculating the hereto . sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas this minimum was fixed by Regulation ( EEC) No 2. Provided that in the case of products falling 2766/ 75 at 3 % ; within any of subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I , 16.01 A or 16.02 A II of the Common Customs Whereas the value of the quantity of feed grain varies Tariff in respect of which the rate of duty has been by over 3 % from that used for the preceding quarter ; bound within GATT the levy shall not exceed the whereas trends in world market prices for feed grain amount resulting from that binding . must therefore be taken into account when fixing sluice-gate prices for the period 1 February to 30 April 1976 ; Articc 2 (') OJ No L 282, 1.11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1 975 , p . 25 . (J ) OJ No L 190, 23 . 7 . 1975, p . 18 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February (4) OJ No L 273 , 24 . 10 . 1975 , p. 21 . 1976 .

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

Done at Brussels , 19 January 1976 . For the Commission P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Conventional CCT Sluice-gate Amount of price levies rate of duty heading Description of goods bound within No u. a. /100 kg u.a./100 kg GATT (% )

01.03 Live swine :

A. Domestic species : II . Other : a) Sows having farrowed at least once, of a weight of not less than 160 kg 56-03 13-70 65-88 16Ί1 — b) Other

02.01 Meat and edible offals of the animals falling within heading No 01.01 , 01.02, 01.03 or 01.04, fresh, chilled or frozen : A. Meat : III . Of swine : a) Of domestic swine : 1 . Carcases or half-carcases, wiith or without heads, feet or flare fat 85-67 20-94 2. Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in) 132-79 32-46 — 3 . Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone­ in) 104-52 25-55 4. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned ( bone-in) 138-79 33-93 — 5 . Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies 74-53 18-22 — 6. Other : aa) Boned or boneless and frozen 138-79 33-93 bb) Other 33-93 __

B. Offals : II . Other : c) Of domestic swine : 1 . Heads and cuts of heads ; necks — 6-70 9 2. Feet; tails — 1-89 9 3 . Kidneys — 22-68 9 4 . Livers — 25-34 11 5 . Hearts ; tongues ; lungs — 12-57 9 6. Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the trachea and gullet 18-43 9 7. Other — 18-43 9

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 :

A. Back-fat : I. Fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine 35-98 8-80 — II. Dried or smoked — 10-26 —

— 5-03 — B. Pig fat, other than that falling within subheading A

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Conventional CCT Sluice-gate Amount of heading levies rate of duty Description of goods price bound within No u. a. / 100 kg u. a. /100 kg GATT ( % ) 02.06 Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted, in brine, dried or smoked :

B. Meat and edible meat offals of domestic swine : I. Meat : a) Salted or in brine : 1 . Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet or flare fat 85-67 20*94 2. Bacon sides, sipencers, 3/4 sides and middles : aa) Bacon sides 115-65 28-28 — bb) Spencers — 28-28 — — 31-42 — cc) 3/4 sides and middles 3 . Hams and cuits of hams, unboned (bone-in) - 132-79 32-46 — 4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone-in) 104-52 25-55 5. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in) 138-79 33-93 6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies 74-53 18-22 — 7. Other — 33-93 — b) Dried or smoked : 1 . Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet or flare fat 31-42 2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles : aa) Bacon sides — 31-42 — — 31-42 — bb) Spencers cc) 3/4 sides and middles — 34-516 _ 3 . Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in) : aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — 41-89 __ bb) Other — 59-06 __ 4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone­ in) : aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked 29-32 bb) Other — 46-50 5 . Loins and outs of loins, unboned (bone-in) : aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — 43-98 — 58-44 bb) Other 6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies : aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — 20-94 _ bb) Other . — 30-37 —. 7. Other : aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — 43-98 bb) Other — 59-06 II. Edible meat offals : a) Heads and cuts of heads ; necks — 6-70 b) Feet ; tails — 1-89 _ c) Kidneys — 22-68 d) Livers — 25-34 e) Hearts ; tongues ; lungs — 12-57 _ f) Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the trachea and gullet 18-43 g) Other 18-43 _

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Conventional CCT Sluice-gate Amount of rate of duty heading Description of goods price levies bound within No u. a. / 100 kg u. a. /100 kg GATT ( % )

15.01 Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent extracted :

A. Lard and other pig fat : I. For industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs — 6 -70' 3 for human consumption (a) II. Other 27-41 6-70' —

16.01 Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal or animal blood :

— 42-35 24 A. Liver sausages

B. Other (b) : — 72-56 — I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked II . Other — 47-96 —

16.02 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :

A. Liver : II . Other — 45-13 25

B. Other : III. Other : a) Containing meat or offals of domestic swine and con­ taining by weight : 1 . 80% or more of meat or offal, of any kind, including fats of any kind or origin : aa) Hams, tenderloins and loins ; pieces thereof 74-00' bb) Shoulders and pieces thereof — 61-18 — cc) Other — 43-72 — 2. 40 % or more but less than 80 °/o of meat or offals, of any kind, including fats of any kind or origin 36-28 . 3 . Less than 40% of meat or offal, of any kind, includ­ — 23-20 — ing fats of any kind or origin

(a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities . (b) The levy on sausages imported in containers which also contain preserving liquid, shall be charged on the net weight, i.e. minus the weight of the liquid .