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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2259/79 of 12 October 1979 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN fixing sluice-gate prices for the period 1 November COMMUNITIES, 1979 to 31 January 1980 ;

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 ('), _s last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1423/78 (2), and in particular Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed, Article 8 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 last GATT, the levies should be limited to the amounts amended by Regulation (EEC) No 772/79 (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 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ methods of calculation laid down in Commission ment Committee for Pigmeat, Regulation (EEC) No 1590/79 of 26 July 1979 fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices on pigmeat (5) ;

Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : pigmeat were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1590/79 for the period 1 August to 31 October 1979, they must be fixed anew for the period 1 November 1979 to 31 January 1980 ; whereas such prices and Article 1 levies should in principle be fixed by reference to feed grain prices for the period 1 May to 30 September 1 . For the period 1 November 1979 to 31 January 1979 ; 1980, the sluice-gate prices provided for in Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 for the products Whereas, when the sluice-gate price applicable from 1 specified in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 November, 1 February and 1 May is being fixed, and the levies provided for in Article 8 of Regulation trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be (EEC) No 2759/75 for the products specified in taken into account only if the value of the quantity of Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation shall be as shown in feed grain required varies by at least a specified the Annex hereto . minimum in relation to that used in calculating the sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas 2. Provided that, in the case of products falling this minimum was fixed by Regulation (EEC) No within any of subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 2766/75 at 3 % ; A I, 16.01 A or 16.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect of which the rate of duty has been Whereas the value of the quantity of feed grain varies bound within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the by more than 3 % from that used for the preceding amount resulting from that binding. quarter ; whereas trends in world market prices for feed grain must therefore be taken into account when

Article 2 ( 1) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 171 , 28 . 6. 1978 , p. 19 . (>) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 25. This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November («) OJ No L 99, 21 . 4. 1979, p. 1 . 1979 . (*) OJ No L 189, 27. 7. 1979, p. 30 .

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

Done at Brussels, 12 October 1979 . For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 12 October 1979 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies 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 less than 160 kg 70.43 26.06 82.82 30.64 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 fat 107.69 39.85 156-16 57.78 — 2. Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in) 3. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone­ in) 120.62 44-63 4. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in) 174.47 64.55 — 5. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies 93.69 34-67 — 6. Other : aa) Boned or boneless and frozen 174.47 64.55 — — 64-55 — bb) Other

B. Offals : II . Other : c) Of domestic swine : — 12-75 1 . Heads and cuts of heads ; necks 9 — 3-59 2. Feet ; tails 9 — 41.84 9 3 . Kidneys — 48.22 11 4 . Livers — 23.91 9 5. Hearts ; tongues ; lungs 6. Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the 35.07 9 trachea and gullet — 35.07 9 7. Other

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 : 43-08 15.94 — I. Fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine — 17.53 — II . Dried or smoked

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

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CCT Conventional Sluice-gate Amount of heading Description price levies rate of duty No bound within ECU/ 100 kg ECU/ 100 kg GATT ( % ) 02.0 ,^ 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 107-69 39.85 2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles : l aa) Bacon sides 137.85 51.01 — bb) Spencers — 51.01 — — 55.79 — cc) 3/4 sides and middles 156.16 57.78 — 3 . Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in) 4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone-in ) 120.62 44.63 5 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in) 174-47 64.55 — 93.69 34.67 — 6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies — 64.55 — 7. Other b) Dried or smoked : l 1 . Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet or flare fat 55.79 2. Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles : ! aa) Bacon sides __ 55.79 — 55.79 — bb) Spencers cc) 3/4 sides and middles 59.77 — 3 . Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in ) : 67.74 — aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked 112.37 — bb) Other 4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone­ , in) : — 49.81 — aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked 88.46 — bb) Other 5 . Loins and cuts of loins , unboned (bone-in) : — 75-71 — aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — 111-1,8 — bb ) Other 6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies : — 39-85 — aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — - 57-78 — bb ) Other 7. Other : — 75-71 — aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — 112-37 — bb) Other II . Edible meat offals : — 12-75 — a) Heads and cuts of heads ; necks — 3.59 — b) Feet ; tails — 41-84 — c) Kidneys — 48.22 — d) Livers — 23.91 — e) Hearts ; tongues ; lungs f) Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the trachea and gullet 35.07 g) Other — 35.07 —

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CCT Conventional Sluice-gate Amount of rate of duty heading Description price levies bound within No 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) 12.75 3 II. Other 34.46 12-75 —

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

A. Liver sausages — 72.29 24

B. Other (b) : I

I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked — 119.14 — II . Other — 79.16 —

16.02 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :

A. Liver : II . Other — 77.80 25

B. Other : III . Other : l a) Containing meat or offal of domestic swine : — 175.79 — 1 . Containing bovine meat, uncooked 2. Other, containing, by weight : I

aa) 80 % or more of meat or offal, of any kind, in­ cluding fats of any kind or origin : 11 . Hams , fillets and loins ; pieces thereof — 124.83 — 22. Shoulders and pieces thereof — 102 -09 — 33 . Other — 69.60 — bb ) 40 % or more but less than 80 % of meat or offals , of any kind , including fats of any kind or origin 60.23 cc) Less than 40 % of meat or offal , of any kind, — 43.60 — 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 .