31976R1376

17 . 6 . 76 No L 156/7 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1376/76 of 16 June 1976 fixing additional amounts for live and slaughtered poultry

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No COMMUNITIES, 2474/70 (6), the import levies on slaughtered turkeys originating in and coming from Poland are not Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European increased by an additional amount ; Economic Community, Whereas pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2164/72 (7) Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No the import levies on slaughtered fowls and geese origi­ 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­ nating in and coming from Bulgaria are not increased tion of the market in poultrymeat ('), and in particular by an additional amount ; Article 8 (4) thereof, Whereas the regular review of the information serving Whereas if, for a given product, the free-at-frontier as a basis for the determination of average offer prices offer price (hereinafter called the 'offer price') falls for slaughtered poultry and halves or quarters indi­ below the sluice-gate price, the levy applicable to that cates that additional amounts corresponding to the product must be increased by an additional amount figures shown in the Annex below should be fixed for equal to the difference between the sluice-gate price the imports specified in that Annex ; and the offer price determined in accordance with Article 1 of Commission Regulation No 163/67/EEC Whereas the Management Committee for Poultrymeat on fixing the additional amount for imports of poul­ and Eggs has not delivered an opinion within the try-farming products from third countries (2), as time limit set by its chairman, amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 527/73 (3) ;

Whereas the offer price must be determined for all HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : imports from all third countries ; whereas, however, if exports from one or more third countries are effected at abnormally low prices, lower than prices ruling for Article 1 other third countries, a second offer price must be determined for exports from these other countries ; The additional amounts provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 are hereby fixed as Whereas, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 565/68 (4), shown in the Annex for the products listed in Article the import levies on slaughtered fowls, ducks and 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation which appear in the Annex. geese originating in and coming from Poland are not increased by an additional amount ; Article 2 Whereas, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2261 /69 (5), the import levies on slaughtered ducks This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day and geese originating in and coming from Romania following its publication in the Official Journal of are not increased by an additional amount ; the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 June 1976.

For the Commission

P.J. LARDINOIS

Member of the Commission

(>) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77. (2) OJ No 129, 28 . 6. 1967, p . 2577/67. (J) OJ No L 154, 9 . 6. 1973, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 107, 8 . 5. 1968 , p. 7. (o) OJ No L 265, 8 . 12. 1970, p. 13 . (5) OJ No L 286, 14. 11 . 1969, p. 24. (7) OJ No L 232, 12. 10 . 1972, p. 3.

No L 156/8 17. 6. 76 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

9 Additional amounts applicable to live and slaughtered poultry and halves or quarters

CCT Additional Imports heading Description of goods amount affected No (u.a./100 kg ))

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' 8 00 All imports (') b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 % chickens' 800 All imports (') c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '65 % chickens' 8 00 All imports (')

IV. Turkeys 1000 Origin : United States of America

B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) :

II . Unboned (bone in) :

a) Halves or quarters : 1 . Of fowls 800 All imports 4. Of turkeys 1000 Origin : United States of America

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