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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 168 / 77 of 27 January 1977 fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices for pigmeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN fixing sluice-gate prices for the period 1 February to COMMUNITIES, 30 April 1977 ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 Economic Community, November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed, trends in world market prices for feed grain should be Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No taken into account only if at the same time a new 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­ sluice-gate price is being fixed ; tion of the market in pigmeat ('), as amended by Regu­ lation ( EEC) No 367/76 (2), and in particular Articles 8 Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed, and 12 ( 1 ) thereof, trends in world market prices for feed grain must be taken into account in fixing the levies ; Whereas sluice-gates prices for pig carcases and for the other products specified in Article 1 of Council Whereas in the case of products falling within any of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 of 29 October 1975 subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I, 16.01 A or establishing the list of products for which sluice-gate 16.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff in respect prices are to be fixed and laying down the rules for of which the rate of duty has been bound within fixing the sluice-gate price for pig carcases (3), as GATT the levies should be limited to the amounts amended by Regulation (EEC) No 370/76 (4), and resulting from that binding ; levies for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, must be fixed in advance for each quarter in accordance with the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation methods of calculation laid down in Commission are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ Regulation (EEC) No 1760/76 of 22 July 1976 fixing ment Committee for Pigmeat, the levies and sluice-gate prices on pigmeat (5) ;

Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 2586/76 (6) for the period 1 November 1976 to 31 January 1977 , they must be fixed anew for the period 1 February to 30 April 1977 ; whereas such prices and Article 1 levies should in principle be fixed by reference to feed grain prices for the period 1 August to 31 December 1976 ; 1 . For the period 1 February to 30 April 1977 the sluice-gate prices provided for in Article 12 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 are to 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 more than 3 % from that used for the preceding bound within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the quarter ; whereas trends in world market prices for amount resulting from that binding. feed grain must therefore be taken into account when

(') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 1 . (2) OJ No L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p . 1 . Article 2 (5) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 25 . (4) OJ No L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 4. (5) OJ No L 197, 23 . 7. 1976, p. 21 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February (6) OJ No L 295, 26. 10 . 1976, p . 16. 1977 .

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

Done at Brussels, 27 January 1977 . For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 27 January 1977 fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices for pigmeat

Conventional CCT Sluice-gate Amount o t 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 sipecies : II . Other : a) Sows having farrowed at least once, of a weight of not 55-93 16-56 — less than 160 kg 65-77 19-47 — 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 fait 85-52 25-32 — 132-56 39-25 — 2 . Hams and cuts of hams , unboned ( bone-in ) 3 . Shoulders (fores ) and cuts of shoulders , unboned ( bone­ in ) 104-34 30-89 _ 4. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned ( borie-in ) 138-55 41-02 — 5 . Bellies ( streaky) and cuts of bellies 74-41 22-03 — 6. Other : aa ) Boned or boneless and frozen 138-55 41-02 41-02 — bb ) Other

B. Offails : II . Other : c) Of domestic swine : 1 . Heads and cuts of heads ; necks — 8-10 9 — 2-28 9 2. Feet ; tails — 26-59 9 3 . Kidneys 4 . Livers — 30-64 11 — 15-19 9 5 . Hearts ; tongues ; lungs 6. Livers , hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the trachea and gullet 22-28 9 7. Other — 22-28 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 : ! 35-92 10-64 — I. Fresh, chilled, frozen , salted or in brine II . Dried or smoked — 12-41 —

— 6-08 — B. Pig fat, other than that falling within subheading A

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Conventional CCT Sluice-gate Amount of heading Description of goods levies rate of duty 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 85-52 25-32 — 2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles : 115-46 — aa) Bacon sides 34-19 — 34-19 — bb) Spencers — — cc) 3/4 sides and middles 37-98 132-56 39-25 — 3 . Hams and cuits of hams, unboned ( bone-in ) 4 . Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone-in) 104-34 30-89 138-55 41-02 — 5 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in) 74-41 22-03 — 6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies 7. Other — 41-02 — b) Dried or smoked : 1 . Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads , feet or flare fat _ 37-98 2 . Bacon sides, spencers, 3 /4 sides and middles : — 37-98 — aa) Bacon sides — 37-98 — bb) Spencers — 41-78 — cc) 3/4 sides and middles 3 . Hams and cuts of hams , unboned (bone-in ) : — 50-64 — aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — 71-41 bb) Other 4 . Shoulders ( fores ) and cuts of shoulders , unboned (bone­ in) : — 35-45 — aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — 56-22 — bb) Other 5 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in) : — 53-18 aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — — 70-65 — bb ) Other 6. Bellies ( streaky) and cuts of bellies : — 25-32 aia) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — — 36-72 — bb) Other . 7. Other : — 53-18 — aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — — bb) Other 71-41 II . Edible meat offals : — 8-10 a) Heads and cuts of heads ; necks — 2-28 — b) Feet ; tails — 26-59 — c) Kidneys — 30-64 — d ) Livers — 15-19 — e) Hearts ; tongues ; lungs f) Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the trachea and gullet 22-28 R) Other 22-28 __

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Conventional CC.T Sluiu-gatc Amount of heading prue levies rate of duty Description of goods bound within No u. a. / 100 kg u. a. / 100 kg CATT ( % )

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

A. Lard and other pig fat : I. For industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption ( a ) 8-10 3 II . Other 27-37 — 8-10

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

— 47-64 24 A. Liver sausages

B. Other ( b ) :

— — I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked 83-81 II . Other — — 55-47

16.02 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :

A. Liver : II . Other — 52-40 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 , fillets and loins ; pieces thereof — 85-40 — — 71-11 — bb ) Shoulders and pieces thereof cc) Other — 50-78 — 2 . 40 % or more but less than 80 °/o of meat or offals, of any kind, including fats of any kind or origin 45-15 3 . Less than 40 % of meat or offal, of any kind , includ­ ing fats of any kind or origin — 27-74 —

(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 .