31977R2415

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2415/77 of 27 October 1977 fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices for pigmeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN feed grain must therefore be taken into account when COMMUNITIES, fixing sluice-gate prices for the period 1 November 1977 to 31 January 1978 ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 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 slui­ 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­ ce-gate price is being fixed ; tion of the market in pigmeat (J ), as amended by Regu­ lation (EEC) No 367/76 (2), and in particular Articles 8 and 12 ( 1 ) thereof, Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed, trends in world market prices for feed grain must be taken into account in fixing the levies ; Whereas sluice-gate prices for pig carcases and for the other products specified in Article 1 of Council Regu­ lation (EEC) No 2766/75 of 29 October 1975 esta­ Whereas, in the case of products falling within any of blishing the list of products for which sluice-gate subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I, 16.01 A or prices are to be fixed and laying down the rules for 1 6.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect fixing the sluice-gate prices for pig carcases (3), as of which the rate of duty has been bound within amended by Regulation (EEC) No 370/76 (4), and GATT, the levies should be limited to the amounts levies for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of resulting from that binding ; Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, must be fixed in advance for each quarter in accordance with the Whereas a new tariff subheading has been created by methods of calculation laid down in Commission Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2333/77 of 25 Regulation (EEC) No 1582/77 of 12 July 1977 fixing October 1977 amending Regulation No 204/67/EEC the levies and sluice-gate prices on pigmeat (5) ; fixing coefficients for calculating levies on pigmeat products other than pig carcases and Regulation (EEC) Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (6) with pigmeat were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No effect from 1 November 1977 ; whereas the new 1582/77, for the period 1 August to 31 October 1977, wording resulting from that amendment should there­ they must be fixed anew for the period 1 November fore be used for the products falling within 1977 to 31 January 1978 ; whereas such prices and subheading 16.02 B III a) of the Common Customs levies should in principle be fixed by reference to feed Tariff ; grain prices for the period 1 May to 30 September 1977 ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ Whereas, when the sluice-gate price applicable from 1 ment Committee for Pigmeat, November, 1 February and 1 May is being fixed, trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into account only if the value of the quantity of feed grain required varies by at least a specified HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : minimum in relation to that used in calculating the sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas this minimum was fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 at 3 % ; Article 1

Whereas the value of the quantity of feed grain varies 1 . For the period 1 November 1977 to 31 January by more than 3 % from that used for the preceding 1978 , the sluice-gate prices provided for in Article 12 quarter ; whereas trends in world market prices for of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 for the products specified in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 (!) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . and the levies provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (2) OJ No L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 1 . (EEC) No 2759/75 for the products specified in (3) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 25 . (<) OJ No L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 4. (5) OJ No L 175, 15 . 7. 1977, p. 12. (6) OJ No L 273, 26. 10 . 1977, p. 9 .

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Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation shall be as shown in bound within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the the Annex hereto . amount resulting from that binding. 2. Provided that, in the case of products falling Article 2 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 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November Tariff, in respect of which the rate of duty has been 1977 .

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

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

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ANNEX

Conventional CCT Sluice-gate Amount of levies rate of dutjr heading Description of goods price 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 45-56 25-12 __ less than 160 kg 53-57 29-54 — 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 69-66 38-41 107-98 59-53 — 2. Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in) 3. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone­ in) 84-99 46-86 4. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in) 112-85 62-22 __ 5 . Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies 60-61 33-41 6, Other : aa) Boned or boneless and frozen 112-85 - 62-22 bb) Other — 62-22 —

B. Offals : II. Other : c) Of domestic swine : 1 . Heads and cuts of heads ; necks 12-29 9 2. Feet; tails — 3-46 9 3. Kidneys — 40-33 9 4 . Livers — 46-47 11 5. Hearts j tongues ; lungs — ¡23-04 9 6. Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the trachea and gullet !33-80 9 7. Other — 33-80 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 29-26 16-13 — II. Dried or smoked — 18-82 —

B. Pig fat, other than that falling within subheading A — 9-22 —

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Conventional CCT Sluice-gate Amount of levies rate of duty heading 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 69-66 38-41 __ 2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles : 94-05 51-85 — aa) Bacon sides — 51-85 — bb) Spencers — 57-61 — cc) 3/4 sides and middiles 107-98 59-53 — 3. Hams and cuits of hams, unboned (bone-in) 4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned 84-99 46-86 — (bone-in) 112-85 62-22 — 5. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in) 60-61 33-41 — 6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies — 62-22 — 7. Other b) Dried or smoked : 1. Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet or flare fat 57-61 2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles : — 57-61 — aa) Bacon sides — . 57-61 — bb) Spencers — 63-37 — cc) 3/4 sides and middles 3. Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (ibone-in) : — 76-82 — aa) Slightly dried or «slightly smoked — 108-31 — bb) Other 4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone­ in) : — 53-77 — aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — 85-27 — bb) Other 5 . Loins and outs of loins, unboned (bone-in) : — 80-66 — aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — 107-16 — bb) Other 6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies : — 38-41 — aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — 55-69 — bb) Other 7. Other : — 80-66 — aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — 108-31 — bb) Other II. Edible meat offals : — 12-29 — a) Heads and cuts of heads ; necks — 3-46 — b) Feet ; tails — 40-33 — c) Kidneys — 46-47 — d) Livers — 23-04 — e) Hearts ; tongues ; lungs f) Livers» hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the trachea and gullet __ 33-80 — 33-80 — R) Other

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Conventional CCT Sluice-gate Amount of levies rate of duty heading Description of goods price 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) 12-29 3 II . Other 22-29 12-29 —

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

A. Liver saaisages — 68-36 24

B. Other ( b) : I. Sausages, dry or for sipreading, uncooked — 116-92 — II. Other — 80-80 —

16.02 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :

A. Liver : II . Other — 71-85 25

B. Other : III. Other : a) Containing meat or offal of domestic swine : — 167-23 — 1 . Containing bovine meat, uncooked 2. Other, containing, by weight : aa) 80 % or more of meat or offal, of any kind, in­ cluding fats of any kind or origin : 11 . Hams, fillets and loins ; pieces thereof — 123-98 — — 102-90 — 22. Shoulders and pieces thereof 33 . Other — 70-61 — bb) 40 % or more but less than 80 % of meat or offals, of any kind, including fats of any kind or origin 59-51 cc) Less than 40 % of meat or offal, of any kind, — 37-12 — including 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 .