31979R1592
No L 189 /38 27 . 7 . 79 Official Journal of the European Communities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1592/79 of 26 July 1979 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the second component must be equal to COMMUNITIES, 7 % of the average of the sluice-gate prices applicable for the four quarters to 1 May in each year ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the levy on chicks must be calculated in the same way as the levy on slaughtered poultry ; whereas, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No however, the quantity of feed grain used in the calcula 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza tion must be that shown in Annex I to Regulation tion of the market in poultrymeat ^), as amended by (EEC) No 2778/75 ; whereas the second component Regulation (EEC) No 369/76 (2), and in particular Arti must be equal to 7 % of the average of the sluice-gate cles 3 and 7 ( 1 ) thereof, prices applicable to chicks ;
Whereas a levy fixed quarterly in advance must be charged on imports into the Community for the Whereas the levy on the products specified in Article products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) 1 (2) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 must be No 2777/75 ; whereas levies were last fixed by Regula derived from the levy on slaughtered poultry on the tion (EEC) No 813/79 (3) for the period ending 31 basis of the coefficients set out in the Annex to July 1979, and levies must therefore be fixed anew for Commission Regulation No 199/67/EEC of 28 June the period 1 August to 31 October 1979 ; 1967 fixing the coefficients for calculating levies on derived poultrymeat products (6), as last amended by Whereas the levy on slaughtered poultry is made up Regulation (EEC) No 1 776/74 (7) ; of two components ;
Whereas the first component must be equal to the Whereas, in the case of products falling within difference between prices within the Community and heading No 02.03, or within subheadings 15.01 B or 16.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect on the world market for the quantity of feed grain of which the rate of duty has been bound within specified in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No GATT, the levies must not exceed the amount 2778/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down rules for resulting from that binding ; calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for poul trymeat ^), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2299/77 (5) ; Whereas sluice-gate prices for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 must Whereas the price within the Community for that quantity of feed grain must be determined in accor be fixed in advance for each quarter ; whereas sluice gate prices were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No dance with Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 ; whereas the price for the like quantity on 813/79 for the period ending 31 July 1979, and prices the world market must be determined in accordance must therefore be fixed anew for the period 1 August to 31 October 1979 : with Article 3 thereof ;
Whereas the said Article 3 provides that the price for Whereas the sluice-gate price for slaughtered poultry each type of feed grain on the world market shall be is made up of two components ; equal to the average of the cif prices determined for that cereal for the period of five months ending one month before the quarter in respect of which the said component is calculated ; whereas that period is 1 Whereas the first component must be equal to the February to 30 June 1979 ; price on the world market for the quantity of feed grain shown in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No (>) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77. 2778 /75 : (2) OJ No L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 3 . (3) OJ No L 104, 26. 4. 1979, p. 16. (4) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975,. p. 84. (6) OJ No 134, 30. 6. 1967, p. 2831 /67. (5) OJ No L 271 , 22. 10 . 1977, p. 1 . (7) OJ No L 186, 10. 7. 1974, p. 16.
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Whereas the price for that quantity of cereals must be Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29 determined in accordance with Article 4 (2) and (3) of March 1 979 (l) laid down the coefficient for Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 ; expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in ECU ; Whereas the said Article 4 provides that the price for each cereal on the world market shall be equal to the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation average of the cif prices determined for that cereal for are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage the period of five months ending one month before ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, the quarter in respect of which the said component is calculated ; whereas that period is 1 February to 30 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : June 1979 ; Whereas the second amount, which represents other Article 1 feeding costs and overhead costs of production and marketing, is fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) 1 . The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regula No 2778/75 ; tion (EEC) No 2777/75 and the sluice-gate prices provided for in Article 7 thereof, in respect of the Whereas the sluice-gate price for chicks must be calcu products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ), shall be as set out lated in the same way as the sluice-gate price for in the Annex hereto . slaughtered poultry ; whereas, however, the quantity of 2. Nevertheless, in the case of products falling feed grain used in the calculation must be that shown in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 ; within heading No 02.03 and within subheadings whereas the standard amount must be that fixed in 15.01 B or 16.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff, the same Annex ; in respect of which the rate of duty has been bound within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the amount Whereas the sluice-gate price for the products speci resulting from that binding. fied in Article 1 (2) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 must be derived from the sluice-gate prices Article 2 for slaughtered poultry on the basis of the coefficients fixed for these products in accordance with Article 5 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1979 . (3) of that Regulation ;
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 26 July 1979 . For the Commission
Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President
(») OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .
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ANNEX
to the Commission Regulation of 26 July 1979 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat
CCT heading Sluice-gate No Description price Levy
1 2 3 4 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 80.57 13.67 II. Other 21-30 5-28
ECU/100 kg ECU/100 kg B. Other : I. Fowls 71-77 19-47 II. Ducks 86-25 29-49 III. Geese 105-01 28.48 IV. Turkeys 90.97 - 22-20 V. Guinea fowls 119-20 34.13
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' 90.17 24-45
b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, but with 102.53 27-81 hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 % chickens'
c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '65 °/o chickens' 111-72 30-29
II. Ducks : a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted, with heads and feet, known as ' 85 °/o ducks' 101.47 34-69 b) Plucked - and drawn, without heads and feet, with hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 %> ducks' 123.21 42-13
c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, without 136.90 46.81 hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '63 % ducks'
III. Geese : a) Plucked, bled, not drawn, with heads and feet, known 150.01 40-69 as '82 °/o geese' b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with or without hearts and gizzards, known as '75 % geese' ,139.84 42-80
1 29-96 31.71 IV. Turkeys
V. Guinea fowls 170.28 48-75
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CCT heading Sluice-gate No Description Levy price
1 2 3 4 ECU/100 kg ECU/100 kg 02.02 B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) : (cont'd) I. Boned or boneless 266.32 77-28 II. Unboned (bone-in) : a) Halves or quarters : 1 . Of fowls 122.89 33-32 2 . Of ducks 150.59 51.49 3 . Of geese 153.82 47-08 4. Of turkeys 142-96 34-88 5. Of guinea fowls 187-31 53.63 b) Whole wings, with or without tips 86-55 25-12 c) Backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing tips 59.92 17-39 d) Breasts and cuts of breasts : 1 . Of geese 209-76 64.20 2. Of turkeys 214-43 52-32 3. Of other poultry 169.17 45-89 e) Legs and cuts of legs : 1 . Of geese 202.77 62-06 2. Of turkeys : aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks 116.96 28-54 bb) Other 201-44 49-15 3. Of other poultry 158.92 43-11 f) Other 266-32 77.28
C. Offals 59.92 17-39
02.03 Poultry liver, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine : A. Fatty liver of goose or duck 1 500-10 406-90 B. Other 153.13 44-44
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 t 133-16 38-64
15.01 Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted : B. Poultry fat 159-79 46.37
16.02 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal : B. Other : I. Poultrymeat or offal : a) Containing 57 °/o or more by weight of poultrymeat (a) 292-95 85-01 b) Containing 25 % or more but less than 57 %> by weight 159.79 46.37 of poultrymeat ( a) 93-21 27-05 c) Other
(a) for the purpose of determining the percentage of poultrymeat, weight of any bones shall be disregarded.