31978R0084

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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 84/ 78 of 17 January 1978 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 1978 ;

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-gate prices for pig carcases and for the other products specified in Article 1 of Council Regu­ Whereas, in the case of products falling within any of lation ( EEC) No 2766/ 75 of 29 October 1975 esta­ subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I , 16 .01 A or blishing 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 prices 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 1582/77 of 12 July 1977 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 : 2415/77 (6), for the period 1 November 1977 to 31 January 1978 , they must be fixed anew for the period 1 February to 30 April 1978 ; 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 1977 ; 1 . For the period 1 February to 30 April 1978, 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 . Article 2 (2) OJ No L 45 , 21 . 2 . 1976, p. 1 . ( 3) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975 , p. 25 . (4) OJ No L 45, 21 . 2 . 1976, p. 4 . (5 ) OJ No L 175, 15 . 7 . 1977, p. 12. This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February (6) OJ No L 279 , 1.11 . 1977, p. 59 . 1978 .

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

Done at Brussels , 17 January 1978 . For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 17 January 1978 fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices for pigmeat

Conventional CCT Sluice-gate Amount of rate of duty heading Description 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 44.17 25.67 less than 160 kg 51.93 — b ) Other 30.18

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 67.54 39.24 — 2 . Hams and cuts of hams, unboned ( bone-in ) 104.68 60.83 3 . Shoulders ( fores) and cuts of shoulders , unboned ( bone­ in ) 82.39 47.88 109.41 — 4 . Loins and cuts of loins , unboned ( bone-in ) 63.58 58.76 34.14 — 5 . Bellies ( streaky) and cuts of bellies 6 . Other : aa ) Boned or boneless and frozen 109.41 — 63.58 bb ) Other _ 63.58 —

B. Offals : II . Other : c) Of domestic swine : — 9 1 . Heads and cuts of heads ; necks 12.56 2 . Feet ; tails — 3-53 9 — 41.21 9 3 . Kidneys 4 . Livers _ 47.49 11 — 9 5 . Hearts ; tongues ; lungs 23-55 6. Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the trachea and gullet 34-53 9 — 9 7 . Other 34.53

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 : 28.36 16.48 — I. Fresh, chilled , frozen , salted or in brine II . Dried or smoked — 19-23 —

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

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Conventional CCT Sluice-gate Amount of rate of duty heading Description 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 67.54 39.24 2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles : aa ) Bacon sides 91.17 52.98 bb ) Spencers 52-98 cc) 3 /4 sides and middles 58.87 3 . Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in) 104.68 60.83 4 . Shoulders ( fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone-in) 82.39 47.88 5 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in) 109.41 63.58 58.76 34-14 6 . Bellies ( streaky) and cuts of bellies 7 . Other 63.58 b) Dried or smoked : 1 . Carcases or half-carcases, with, or without heads, feet or flare fat 58.87 2 . Bacon sides, spencers, 3 /4 sides and middles : aa ) Bacon sides 58.87 bb ) Spencers 58.87 cc) 3/4 sides and middles 64.75 3 . Hams and cuts of hams, unboned ( bone-in ) : aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked 78-49 bb) Other 110.67 4 . Shoulders ( fores) and cuts of shoulders , unboned (bone­ in ) : aa ) Slightly dried or slightly smoked 54.94 bb ) Other 87.12 5 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in) : aa ) Slightly dried or slightly smoked 82-41 bb ) Other 109.49 6. Bellies (streaky ) and cuts of bellies : 39.24 aa ) Slightly dried or slightly smoked bb ) Other 56.90 7. Other : aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked 82.41 bb) Other 110.67 II . Edible meat offals : a) Heads and cuts of heads ; necks 12.56 b ) Feet ; tails 3.53 c ) Kidneys 41.21 d) Livers 47.49 c) Hearts ; tongues ; lungs 23-55 f) Livers , hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the trachea and gullet 34.53 K ) Other 34.53

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Conventional CCT Sluice-gate Amount of rate of duty Description price levies bound within heading 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 — 12.56 for human consumption ( a) II . Other 21.61 12.56 —

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

— 69-64 24 A. Liver sausages

B. Other (b ) :

— — I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked 119.01 II . Other — — 82.27 16.02 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :

A. Liver : II . Other — 73.03 25

B. Other : III . Other : a ) Containing meat or offal of domestic swine :

— — 1 . Containing bovine meat, uncooked 173.68 2 . Other, containing, by weight : aa) 80 % or more of meat or offal , of any kind , in­ cluding fats of any kind or origin : — 126.20 — 11 . Hams , fillets and loins ; pieces thereof — 104-74 — 22 . Shoulders and pieces thereof 33 . Other — 71.87 — bb ) 40 % or more but less than 80 % of meat or offals , of any kind , including fats of any kind or origin 60.55 cc) Less than 40 % of meat or offal , of any kind , — 37.74 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 .