31979R0813

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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 813/79 of 24 April 1979 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN for the preceding quarter ; whereas the sluice-gate COMMUNITIES, prices fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 95/79 should accordingly be maintained unchanged until 31 July 1 979 for these products ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29 March 1 979 (6) laid down the coefficient for Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­ ECU ; tion of the market in poultrymeat ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 369/76 (2), and in particular Arti­ cles 3 and 7 ( 1 ) thereof, Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed, changes in world market prices for feed grain should Whereas the sluice-gate prices and levies for the be taken into account only if at the same time a new products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) sluice-gate price is fixed ; No 2777/75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in accordance with methods of calculation laid down in Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed Council Regulation (EEC) No 2778 /75 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2299 /77 (4 ) ; for certain products, changes in world market prices for feed grain must be taken into account in fixing the levies ; Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for poultry­ meat were, by Regulation (EEC) No 95/79 (5), last Whereas the measures provided for jn this Regulation fixed for the period 1 February to 30 April 1979, they are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ must be fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31 July ment Committee for Poultrymeaf/ and Eggs, 1979 ; whereas such prices and levies should in prin­ ciple be calculated by reference to feed grain prices for the period 1 November 1978 to 31 March 1979 ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from 1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed, trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into account only if the price of the quantity of Article 1 feed grain required varies by at least a specified minimum in relation to that used to calculate the sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas, 1 . In respect of the products specified in Article 1 by Regulation (EEC) No 2778 /75, this minimum was ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75, the levies set at 3 % ; provided for in Article 3 thereof and the sluice-gate prices provided for in Article 7 thereof shall be as shown in the Annex hereto . Whereas the price of the quantity of , feed grain required for the production of fowls varies by more than 3 % from that used for the preceding quarter ; 2. In the case of products falling within heading No 02.03 and within subheading 15.01 B or 16.02 B I whereas this variation must accordingly be taken into of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect of which account in fixing sluice-gate prices for the period the rate of duty has been bound within GATT, the 1 May to 31 July 1979 ; levy shall not exceed the amount resulting from that binding. Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain required for the production of poultry other than fowls does not vary by 3 % or more from that used Article 2 (') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77. (2) OJ No L 45, 21 . 2 . 1976, p . 3 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1979 . (3) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 84. (4) OJ No L 271 , 22. 10 . 1977, p. 1 . (5) OJ No L 13, 19 . 1 . 1979, p. 37. (0) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979 , p. 1 .

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

Done at Brussels, 24 April 1979 . For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

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ANNEX

Sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat for the period 1 May to 31 July 1979

CCT heading Sluice-gate Nk Description price Levy

1 2 4 3 I ECU / 100 units ECU/ 100 units 01.05 Live poultry, that is to say, fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls :

A. Of a weight not exceeding 185 g, known as 'chicks' : I. Turkeys and geese 79-65 11-09 II. Other 20-87 5-56

ECU/ 100 kg ECU/ 100 kg B. Other : I. Fowls 70-55 20-21 II. Ducks 83-77 30-79 III . Geese 102-65 28-81 IV. Turkeys 89-21 23-36 V. Guinea fowls 1-16-56 36-01

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' 88-65 25-40

b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, but with 100-79 28-87 hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 °/o chickens' c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '65 °/o chickens' 109-82' 3(1 -47

II. Ducks : a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted, with heads and feet, known as '85 % ducks' 98-54 36-231 b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 %> ducks' 119-66 43^98

c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '63 % ducks' 132-96 48-87

III. Geese : a) Plucked, bled, not drawn, with heads and feet, known as '82 % geese' 146-65 41-45 b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, wich or without hearts and gizzards, known as '75 °/o geese' 136-16 43-30

IV. Turkeys 127-45 33-37

V. ^Guinea fowls 166-51 51-44

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CCT heading Sluice-gate No Description price Urr

1 2 3 4 ECU/100 kg ECU/100 kg 02.02 B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) : (cont'd) I. Boned or boneless 260-24 80-40 II. Unboned (bone-in) : a) Halves or quarters : 1 . Of fowls 120-80 34-61 2. Of ducks 146-26 53-75 3. Of geese 149-78 ' 47-63 4. Of turkeys 140-19 36-70 5. Of guinea fowls 183-16 56-59 b) Whole wings, with or without tips 84-58 26-13 c) Backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing tips 58-55 18-09 d) Breasts and cuts of breasts : 1 . Of geese 204-25 64-96 2. Of turkeys 210-29 55-06 3. Of other poultry 16.6-30 47-63 e) Legs and cuts of legs : 1 . Of geese 19743' 62-79 2. Of turkeys : aa) Drumsticks and cues of drumsticks 114-71 30-03 bb) Other 197-54 51-72 3 . Of other poultry 156-22 44-74 f) Other 260-24 80-40 C. Offals 58-55 18-09

02.03 Poultry, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine : A. Fatty liver of goose or duck 1 466-46 411-53 B. Other 149-63 46-23

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 :

C. Poultry fat 130-12 40-20

15.01 Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted : B. Poultry fat 156-15 48-24

16.02 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal : B. Other : I. Poultrymeat or offal : a) Containing 57 % or more by weight of poultrymeat ( a) 286-27 88-43 b) Containing 25 °/o or more but less than 57 %> by weight of poultrymeat ( a) 156-15 48-24 c) Other 91-08 28-14

(a) For the purpofi of determining the percentage of poultrymeat, weight of any bones shall be disregarded.