31979R0829

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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 829/79 of 25 April 1979 fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices for pigmeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 747/79 of 1 1 COMMUNITIES, April 1979 fixing coefficients for calculating levies on pigmeat products other than pig carcases (7), with effect from 1 May 1979 ; whereas, accordingly, the levies should be fixed anew with effect from that date : Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Whereas, when the sluice-gate price applicable from 1 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No November, 1 February and 1 May is being fixed, 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­ trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be tion of the market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by taken into account only if the value of the quantity of Regulation (EEC) No 1423/78 (2), and in particular feed grain required varies by at least a specified Articles 8 and 12 ( 1 ) thereof, 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 Whereas sluice-gate prices for pig carcases and for the 2766/75 at 3 % ; other products specified in Article 1 of Council Regu­ lation ( EEC) No 2766/75 of 29 October 1975 esta­ blishing the list of products for which sluice-gate prices are to be fixed and laying down the rules for Whereas the value of the quantity of feed grain does fixing the sluice-gate prices for pig carcases (3), as last not vary by 3 % from that used for the preceding amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 772/79 (4 ), and quarter ; whereas it is accordingly not necessary to levies for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of take into account the trends in world market prices Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, must be fixed in for feed grain during the period 1 November 1978 to 31 March 1979 ; advance for each quarter in accordance with the method of calculation laid down in Commission Regu­ lation ( EEC) No 1614/78 of 11 July 1978 fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices on pigmeat (5) ; Whereas an error has been found in the quantity of feed grain which is an element for calculating the levy ; whereas this calculation should therefore be Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for adjusted as from 1 May 1979 ; pigmeat were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1 28 /79 (6) for the period 1 February to 30 April 1979, they must be fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31 July 1979 ; whereas such prices and levies should in Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 (8) laid principle be fixed by reference to feed grain prices for down the coefficient for converting amounts fixed in the period 1 November 1978 to 31 March 1979 ; units of account (u.a.) into ECU ;

Whereas the standard amount referred to in Article 12 Whereas, in the case of products falling within any of (2) (c) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2759 /75 has been the subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I, 16.01 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 772/79 with effect A or 16.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff, in from 1 May 1979 ; whereas, accordingly, the sluice­ respect of which the rate of duty has been bound gate prices should be fixed anew as from that date ; within GATT, the levies should be limited to the amounts resulting from that binding ; Whereas the coefficients referred to in Article 10 (4) of Regulation ( EEC) No 2759 /75 have been amended Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation (') OJ No L 282, 1.11 . 197.5 , p. 1 . are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ (2 ) OJ No L 171 , 28 . 6 . 1978 , p. 19 . ment Committee for Pigmeat, (3 ) OJ No L 282, 1.11 . 1975, p. 25 . (4 ) OJ No L 99, 21 . 4. 1979, p. 1 . (5) OJ No L 189, 12. 7. 1978 , p. 5. (7) OJ No L 95, 16. 4. 1979, p. 5. (6) OJ No L 19 , 26. 1 . 1979 , p. 10 . (8) OJ No L 84, 4. 4 . 1979 , p. 1 .

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 2. In the case of products falling within any of the subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I, 16.01 A or Article 1 16.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect of which the rate of duty has been bound within 1 . For the period 1 May to 31 July 1979 , the sluice­ GATT, the levy shall not exceed the amount resulting gate prices provided for in Article 12 of Regulation from that binding. (EEC) No 2759/75 for the products specified in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 and the levies provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) Article 2 No 2759/75 for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ). of that Regulation shall be as shown in the Annex hereto . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1979 .

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

Done at Brussels, 25 April 1979 . For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 25 April 1979 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 ECU/ 100 kg ECU/ 100 kg GATT (% )

01.03 Live swine : - A. Domestic species : II. Other : a) Sows having farrowed at least once, of a weight of not 59-98 33-04 __ less than 160 kg 70-52 38-85 — 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 fait 91-71 50-52 2. Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in) 132-98 73-25 .— 3. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone­ in) 102-71 56-58 4. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in) 148-57 81-84 — 5. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies 79-79 43-95 6. Other : aa) Boned or boneless and frozen 148-57 81-84 bb) Other — 81-84 —

B. Offals : II. Other : c) Of domestic swine : — 16-17 9 1 . Heads and cuts of heads ; necks — 4-55 9 2. Feet; tails — 53-05 9 3 . Kidneys 4. Livers — 61-13 11 — 9 5. Hearts ; tongues ; lungs 30-31 6. Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the __ 44-46 9 trachea and gullet — 9 7. Other 44-46

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 : 36-68 20-21 — I. Fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine II. Dried or smoked — 22-23 —

— 12-12 — B. Pig fat, other than that falling within subheading A

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CCT Conventional Sluice-gate Amount of heading Description levies rate of duty price bound within No ECU/100 kg ECU/ 100 kg GATT ( % )

02.06 Meat and edible meat offals (except poultry liver), salted, in brine, dried or smoked : i 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 50-52 __ 91-71 2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles : aa) Bacon sides 117-39 64-66 — — bb) Spencers 64-66 — 70-73 — cc) 3/4 sides and middles 132-98 73-25 — 3. Hams and cuits of hams, unboned (bone-in) 4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone-in) 102-71 56-58 148-57 81-84 — 5. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in) 79-79 43-95 — 6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies — 81-84 _ 7. Other b) Dried or smoked : 1 . Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet or flare fat 70-73 2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles : — 70-73 — aa) Bacon sides — 70-73 bb) Spencers . — — 75-78 — cc) 3/4 sides and middles 3. Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in) : — 85-88 — aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — 142-46 bb) Other 4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone­ in) : — 63-15 — aa) Slightly dried or -slightly smoked — 112-15 — bb) Other 5 . Loins and outs of loins, unboned (bone-in) : — 95-99 — aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — .. 140-95 bb) Other 6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies : — 50-52 — aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — 73-25 — bb) Other 7. Other : — 95-99 — aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — 142-46 — bb) Other 11. Edible meat offals : a) Heads and cuts of heads ; necks — 16-17 — — 4-55 — b) Feet ; tails — 53-05 — c) Kidneys — 61-13 — d) Livers — 30-31 — e) Hearts ; tongues ; lungs f) Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the trachea — 44-46 . _ and gullet R) Other ■ — 44-46 '

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Conventional CCT Sluice-gate Amount of rate of duty heading price levies bound within No ^ Description ECU/100 kg ECU/ 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) • 16-17 3 II . Other 29-35 16-17 —

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

— 87-29 24 A. Liver sausages

B. Other (b) :

— 143-38 — I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked II . Other — 96-31 —

16.02 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :

A. Liver : II . Other — 91-67 25

B. Other : III. Other : a) Containing meat or offal of domestic swine : — 218-52 — 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 : — 150-85 — 11 . Hams, fillets and loins ; pieces thereof — 124-72 — 22. Shoulders and pieces thereof 33 . Other — 83-80 — bb) 40 % or more but less than 80 % of meat or offals, of any kind, including fats of any kind or origin 74-35 cc) Less than 40 % of meat or offal, of any kind, — 49-32 — 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 .