31977R0323

17 . 2. 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 45/ 17

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 323/77 of 16 February 1977 fixing additional amounts for live and slaughtered poultry

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN whereas, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No COMMUNITIES, 2474/70 (7), 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, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­ 21 64/72 (8), the import levies on slaughtered fowls and tion of the market in poultrymeat (1), as amended by geese originating in and coming from Bulgaria are not Regulation (EEC) No 369/76 (2), and in particular increased 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 hereto 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 measures provided for in this Regulation of 26 June 1967 on fixing the additional amount for are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ imports of poultry farming products from third coun­ ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, tries (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 527/73 (4); 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 Article 1 at abnormally low prices, lower than prices ruling for other third countries, a second offer price must be The additional amounts provided for in Article 8 of determined for exports from these other countries ; Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 are hereby fixed as Whereas, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 565/ 68 (5), 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 (6), 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 February 1977. For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(•) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77 . (2) OJ No L 45 , 21 . 2 . 1976, p. 3 . (3) OJ No 129, 28 . 6. 1967, p. 2577/67. (4) OJ No L 154, 9 . 6. 1973, p. 1 . (5) OJ No L 107, 8 . 5. 1968 , p. 7. (?) OJ No L 265, 8 . 12. 1970, p. 13 . (0) OJ No L 286, 14. 11 . 1969, p. 24. («) OJ No L 232, 12. 10 . 1972, p. 3 .

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ANNEX

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)

01.05 Live poultry, that is to say, fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls : B. Others : I. Fowls 500 Origin : Hungary IV. Turkeys 500 Origin : Hungary

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' 5-00 All imports (') b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 % chickens' 500 All imports (') c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '65 % chickens' 500 All imports (J ) IV. Turkeys 1000 Origin : United States of America or Israel V. Guinea fowls 7-00 Origin : Hungary B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) : II. Unboned (bone-in) : a) Halves or quarters : 1 . Of fowls 500 All imports 4. Of turkeys 4000 Origin : United States of America

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