31977R1582

No L 175/ 12 15 . 7. 77 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1582/ 77 of 12 July 1977 fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices on pigmeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN whereas that period runs from 1 February to 30 June COMMUNITIES , 1977 ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the second component shall be 7 % of the Economic Community, average sluice-gate prices applicable for the four quar­ ters preceding 1 May of each year ; Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiz­ Whereas the levies applicable to products listed in ation of the market in pigmeat ('), as amended by Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No Regulation ( EEC) No 367/76 (2), and in particular Arti­ 2759/75 other than pig carcases shall be derived from cles 8 and 12 ( 1 ) thereof, the levy on pig carcases on the basis of the coeffi­ cients fixed for such products pursuant to Article 10 (4) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2759 /75 in Annex I to Whereas imports into the Community of any of the Commission Regulation No 204/67/ EEC of 28 June products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1967 fixing coefficients for calculating levies on 2759 /75 shall be subject to a levy fixed in advance for pigmeat products other than pig carcases (6), as last each quarter ; whereas the levies were last fixed by amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3406/73 (7) ; Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 820/77 of 22 April 1 977 (3) for the period 1 May to 31 July 1977 and must therefore be fixed anew for the period 1 August Whereas the levies applicable to products listed in to 31 October 1977 ; Article 1 ( 1 ) (c) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2759/75 shall be composed of two components ; Whereas the levy applicable to pig carcases is composed of two components ; Whereas the first component shall be derived from the levy on pig carcases on the basis of the coeffi­ Whereas the first component is to be equal to the cients laid down in Annex II to Regulation No 204/ difference between prices within the Community and 67/ EEC ; on the world market for the quantity of feed grain composed as provided in Article 1 of Council Regula­ tion (EEC) No 2764/75 of 29 October 1975 laying Whereas the second component shall be equal to down the rules for calculating a component of the 7 % , and for products falling within heading No ex levy on pig carcases (4), as amended by Regulation 16.02 of the Common Customs Tariff to 10 % , of the ( EEC) No 370 / 76 (5 ) ; average offer prices for imports during the 12 months preceding 1 May ; whereas these averages should be determined bearing in mind all the information avail­ Whereas the value of the quantity of feed grain within able relating to imports into the Community from the Community shall be determined in accordance third countries, taking into account the representative with Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2764/75 ; character of prices ; whereas the value of the same quantity on the world market shall be determined in accordance with Article 3 thereof ; Whereas, for the products falling within subheadings 02.01 B II c), 15.01 A I , 16.01 A and 16.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect of which the rate Whereas the said Article 3 provides that the world of duty has been bound with GATT, levies must be market price for each cereal shall be equal to the restricted to the amounts resulting from that binding ; average of the cif prices of such cereal ; whereas the cif prices shall be determined for the period of five months ending one month before the quarter in Whereas, for pig carcases and other products referred respect of which the said component is calculated ; to in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 of 29 October 1975 establishing the list of (') OJ No L 282, 1.11 . 1975, p. 1 . products for which sluice-gate prices are to be fixed ( 2 ) OJ No L 45, 21 . 2 . 1976 , p. 1 . (}) OJ No L 99 , 23 . 4 . 1977 , p. 7 . (4 ) OJ No L 282, 1.11 . 1975 , p. 21 . ( b) OJ No 134, 30 . 6 . 1967, p . 2840 /67 . (5 ) OJ No L 45, 21 . 2 . 1976 , p. 4 . ( 7) OJ No L 349, 19 . 12 . 1973 , p . 18 .

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and laying down the rules for fixing the sluice-gate dance with Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No price for pig carcases ('), as amended by Regulation 2766/75, be 20 units of account per 100 kilograms of ( EEC) No 370/76, the sluice-gate prices must be fixed pig carcases : in advance for each quarter ; whereas the sluice-gate Whereas the sluice-gate prices of products referred to prices were last fixed by Regulation ( EEC) No 820/77 in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75, other for the period 1 May to 31 July 1977 and must be fixed anew for the period 1 August to 31 October than pig carcases, shall be derived from the sluice-gate 1977 ; price for pig carcases on the basis of the coefficients laid down by Regulation No 204/ 67/EEC ; Whereas the sluice-gate price for pig carcases is composed of three components ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ Whereas the first component shall be equal to the ment Committee for Pigmeat, value on the world market of the quantity of feed grain equivalent to the quantity of feedingstuffs required for the production in third countries of one HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : kilogram of pigmeat, such quantity being composed as provided in Article 2 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No Article 1 2766/75 ; Whereas the value of that quantity of cereals shall be 1 . For the period 1 August to 31 October 1977, the established in accordance with Article 2 (2) and (3) of levies provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 ; No 2759/75 for the products referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation and the sluice-gate prices Whereas the said Article 2 provides that the price of provided for in Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No each cereal on the world market shall be equal to the 2759/75 for the products referred to in Article 1 of average cif price of such cereal ; whereas the cif prices Regulation (EEC) No 2766/ 75 , shall be as shown in shall be determined for the period of five months the Annex hereto . ending one month before the quarter in respect of which the said amount is calculated ; whereas that 2. Provided that in the case of products falling period runs from 1 February to 30 June 1977 ; within subheadings 02.01 B II c), 15.01 A I, 16.01 A and 16.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff in Whereas the second component, representing the respect of which the rate of duty has been bound extra cost, in relation to feed grain of feedingstuffs within GATT the levy shall not exceed the amount other than grain required for the production of one resulting from that binding. kilogram of pigmeat, shall, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75, be 15 % of the Article 2 value of the quantity of feed grain ; Whereas the third amount, representing overhead This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1977 . costs of production and marketing, shall , in accor­

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

Done at Brussels, 12 July 1977.

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(») OJ No L 282, 1.11 . 1975 , p. 25 .

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ANNEX

Conventional CCT Sluice-gate Amount of ' rate of duty heading Description of goods 1 price levies 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 52.27 21.15 less than 160 kg 61.47 24.87 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, with or without heads, feet or flare fat 79.93 32.34 2. Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in ) 123.89 50.12 3 . Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone­ in ) 97.51 39.45 4 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned ( bone-in ) 129.48 52.39 5 . Bellies ( streaky) and cuts of bellies 69.54 28.13 6 . Other : aa) Boned or boneless and frozen 129.48 52.39 bb ) Other 52.39

B. Offals : II . Other : c) Of domestic swine : 1 . Heads and cuts of heads ; necks 10.35 9 2 . Feet ; tails 2.91 9 3 . Kidneys 33.95 9 4 . Livers 39-13 11 5 . Hearts ; tongues ; lungs 19.40 9 6. Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the trachea and gullet 28.46 9 7 . Other 28.46 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 33.57 13.58

II . Dried or smoked 15.85

B. Pig fat, other than that falling within subheading A 7.76

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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 ( % )

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 79.93 32.34 2 . Bacon sides, spencers , 3/4 sides and middles : aa) Bacon sides 107.90 43.65 bb ) Spencers 43.65 cc) 3 /4 sides and middles 48.51 3 . Hams and cuts of hams , unboned ( bone-in ) 123.89 50.12 4 . Shoulders ( fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone-in) 97.51 39.45 5 . Loins and cuts of loins , unboned (bone-in ) 129.48 52.39 69.54 28.13 6. Bellies ( streaky ) and cuts of bellies 7. Other 52.39 b ) Dried or smoked : 1 . Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet or flare fat 48.51 2 . Bacon sides , spencers , 3 /4 sides and middles : aa ) Bacon sides 48.51 bb ) Spencers 48.51 cc) 3 /4 sides and middles 53.36 3 . Hams and cuts of hams , unboned ( bone-in ) : aa ) Slightly dried or slightly smoked 64.67 bb ) Other 91.19 4 . Shoulders ( fores ) and cuts of shoulders , unboned (bone­ in ) : aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked 45.27 bb ) Other 71.79 5 . Loins and cuts of loins , unboned ( bone-in) : aa ) Slightly dried or slightly smoked 67.91 bb ) Other 90.22 6. Bellies ( streaky ) and cuts of bellies : aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked 32.34 bb ) Other 46.89 7. Other : aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked 67.91 bb) Other 91.19

II . Edible meat offals : a) Heads and cuts of heads ; necks 10.35 b ) Feet ; tails 2.91 c) Kidneys 33.95 d) Livers 39.13 c) Hearts ; tongues ; lungs 19.40 f) Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the trachea and gullet 28.46 R) Other 28.46

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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 for human consumption ( a) 10.35 3

II . Other 25.58 — 10.35

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

— 24 A. Liver sausages 59.08

B. Other (b ) :

— — I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked 101.74

II . Other — — 70.11

16.02 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :

A. Liver : II . Other — 63.29 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 — 107.89 — — 89.54 — bb) Shoulders and pieces thereof cc ) Other — — 61.51 2 . 40 % or more but less than 80 % of meat or offals, of any kind , including fats of any kind or origin 51.92 3 . Less than 40 % of meat or offal , of any kind , includ­ — 32.63 — ing fats of any kind or origin

( a ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to he 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 .