31978R0731

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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 731 / 78 of 11 April 1978 fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices for pigmeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN fixing sluice-gate prices for the period 1 May to 31 COMMUNITIES , July 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 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation advance for each quarter in accordance with the methods of calculation laid down in Commission are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ ment Committee for Pigmeat, Regulation (EEC) No 1582/77 of 12 July 1977 fixing 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 : 84/78 (6), for the period 1 February to 30 April 1978 , they must be fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31 July 1978 ; whereas such prices and levies should in Article 1 principle be fixed by reference to feed grain prices for the period 1 November 1977 to 31 March 1978 ; 1 . For the period 1 May to 31 July 1978 , the sluice­ Whereas , when the sluice-gate price applicable from 1 gate prices provided for in Article 12 of Regulation November, 1 February and 1 May is being fixed, ( EEC) No 2759 /75 for the products specified in trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/ 75 and the taken into account only if the value of the quantity of levies provided for in Article 8 of Regulation ( EEC) feed grain required varies by at least a specified No 2759 /75 for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) minimum in relation to that used in calculating the of that Regulation shall be as shown in the Annex hereto . sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas this minimum was fixed by Regulation ( EEC) No 2766/75 at 3 % ; 2. Provided that, in the case of products falling within any of subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 Whereas the value of the quantity of feed grain varies A I , 16.01 A or 16.02 A II of the Common Customs by more than 3 % from that used for the preceding Tariff, in respect of which the rate of duty has been quarter ; whereas trends in world market prices for bound within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the feed grain must therefore be taken into account when amount resulting from that binding.

) OJ No L 282, 1. 11 . 1975, p. 1 . ) OJ No L 45, 21 . 2 . 1976, p. 1 . ) OJ No L 282, 1. 11 . 1975, p. 25 . Article 2 ) OJ No L 45 , 21 . 2 . 1976 , p. 4 . ) OJ No L 175, 15 . 7 . 1977, p. 12 . b) OJ No L 14, 18 . 1 . 1978 , p. 9 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1978 .

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

Done at Brussels, 11 April 1978 . For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 11 April 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 45-43 — less than 160 kg 24-77 b) Other 53.42 29-12

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 69.47 37-87 2. Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in) 107.67 58.70 3. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone-­ in) 84-75 46.20 4. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in ) 112.53 61.35 5 . Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies 60.43 32-95 6. Other : aa) Boned or boneless and frozen 112-53 61.35 bb) Other 61-35

B. Offals : II . Other : c) Of domestic swine : 1 . Heads and cuts of heads ; necks 12.12 9 2. Feet; tails 3.41 9 — 3 . Kidneys 39-77 9 4 . Livers 45.82 11 5 . Hearts ; tongues ; lungs 22-72 9 6. Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the trachea and gullet 33-33 9 7 . Other 33.33 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 29.18 15-91 — II . Dried or smoked — 18-56 —

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

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Conventional CCT Amount of Sluice-gate heading rate of duty Description price levies No bound within 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 69.47 37.87 2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3 /4 sides and middles : aa) Bacon sides 93.78 — 51-13 — — bb ) Spencers 51.13 cc) 3/4 sides and middles — — 56.81 107.67 — 3 . Hams and cuits of hams , unboned ( bone-in ) 58.70 4 . Shoulders ( fores ) and cuts of shoulders , unboned 84-75 46.20 _ (bone-in ) 112.53 61-35 — 5 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in ) 60.43 32.95 — 6. Bellies (streaky ) and cuts of bellies — 61.35 — 7 . Other b ) Dried or smoked : 1 . Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet or flare fat 56-81 2 . Bacon sides, spencers, 3 /4 sides and middles : , aa ) Bacon sides — 56.81 — — 56.81 — bb) Spencers cc) 3/4 sides and middles — 62-49 3 . Hams and cuts of hams, unboned ( bone-in ) : — — aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked 75-74 — bb) Other 106.80 4 . Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders , unboned ( bone-­ in) : — — aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked 53.02 — — bb) Other 84.08 5 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in ) : — — aa ) Slightly dried or slightly smoked 79-53 — — bb) Other 105-66 6 . Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies : — 37.87 — aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — — bb) Other 54-91 7. Other : 79.53 — aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — — bb ) Other 106.80 II . Edible meat offals : a) Heads and cuts of heads ; necks — 12-12 b) Feet ; tails — 3.41 — 39-77 — c) Kidneys — 45-82 — d ) Livers e) Hearts ; tongues ; lungs — 22-72 f) Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the trachea and gullet 33.33 r) Other — 33.33

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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 ( % )

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 — 12-12 3 for human consumption (a) II . Other 22.23 — 12.12 16.01 Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal or animal blood :

— 67.54 24 A. Liver sausages

B. Other ( b) : 115.58 — I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked II . Other — 79-85 —

16.02 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :

A. Liver : II . Other — 71.10 25

B. Other,- III. Other : a) Containing meat or offal of domestic swine : — — 1 . Containing bovine meat, uncooked 165.09 2. Other, containing, by weight : aa) 80 °/a or more of meat or offal, of any kind, in­ cluding fats of any kind or origin : — 122-56 — 11 . Hams, fillets and. loins ; pieces thereof — 101.72 — 22. Shoulders and pieces thereof 33 . Other — 69.81 — bb ) 40 % or more but less than 80 % of meat or offals, of any kind, including fats of any kind or origin 58.84 cc) Less than 40 % of meat or offal , of any kind, — 36-73 including fats of any kind or origin (a) Entry under this subheading is subject to condition* 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 .