31980R0974

No L 105/ 10 23 . 4. 80 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 974/80 of 22 April 1980 fixing additional amounts for certain pigmeat products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN tries in the determination of which not only the COMMUNITIES, prices shown in customs documents but also all other indications concerning the prices ruling in third coun­ tries, are taken into account, are developing in such a Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European way that additional amounts should be fixed for those Economic Community, products at the level shown in the Annex ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas, in accordance with Article 1 of Regulation 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­ No 121 /65/EEC (6) and with Regulations (EEC) No tion of the market in pigmeat (*), as last amended by 564/68 (7), (EEC) No 998/68 (»), (EEC) No 2260/69 (') Regulation (EEC) No 1423/78 (2), and in particular the and (EEC) No 1570/71 ( 10), the levy on certain second subparagraph of Article 13 (5) thereof, products listed in those Regulations which originate in and come from the Federal Republic of Austria, the People's Republic of Poland, the Hungarian People's Whereas if, for a given product, the free-at-frontier Republic, the Socialist Republic of Romania and the offer price (hereinafter called the 'offer price') falls People's Republic of Bulgaria should not be increased below the sluice-gate price, the levy applicable to that by an additional amount ; product must be increased by an additional amount equal to the difference between the sluice-gate price and the offer price determined in accordance with Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29 Article 1 of Commission Regulation No 202/67/EEC March 1979 on the impact of the European monetary of 28 June 1967 on fixing the additional amount for system on the common agricultural policy (n), as imports of pigmeat products from third countries (3), amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1264/79 ( 12), intro­ as amended by Regulation No 614/67/EEC (4) ; duced the ECU into the common agricultural policy ; whereas, since that time, pursuant to existing provi­ sions, the ECU has been taken into account in the Whereas the offer price must be determined for all fixing of amounts relating to : imports from all third countries ; whereas, however, if exports from one or more third countries are effected at abnormally low prices, lower than prices ruling for — the application of the common agricultural policy, other third countries, a second offer price must be determined for exports from these other countries ; — the special trade arrangements for goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products ;

Whereas the regular review of the information serving as a basis for the determination of average offer prices Whereas the period of validity of the aforesaid Regula­ for the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation tion was limited to 31 March 1980 ; whereas it has not (EEC) No 2759/75 indicates that additional amounts been possible for a prolongation of those arrange­ corresponding to the figures shown in the Annex ments, proposed by the Commission, to be adopted in hereto should be fixed for the imports listed according time by the Council ; whereas, in order to avoid a to product and country of origin in that Annex ; break in the arrangements resulting, in particular, in alterations in the level of prices and of other amounts in national currency, it appears necessary, in the Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2767/75 of 29 manifest public interest, as a precautionary measure October 1975 (5) laid down general rules for the fixing and pending a final decision on the matter by the of additional amounts for those products for which no Council, to continue the application of the arrange­ sluice-gate price is fixed ; ments in their present form ;

Whereas Regulation No 202/67/EEC lays down Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation certain detailed rules, to that end, and in particular for are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ determining the free-at-frontier offers for those ment Committee for Pigmeat, products ; whereas, according to the information received by the Commission, offers from third coun­ (6) OJ No 155, 18 . 9 . 1965, p. 2560/65 . I7) OJ No L 107, 8. 5. 1968, p. 6. (») OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . (8) OJ No L 170, 19 . 7. 1968 , p. 14. (2) OJ No L 171 , 28 . 6 . 1978 , p. 19 . (») OJ No L 286, 14. 11 . 1969 , p. 22. (J) OJ No 134, 30 . 6 . 1967, p. 2837/67 . ( 10) OJ No L 165, 23 . 7. 1971 , p. 23 . (4) OJ No 231 , 27. 9. 1967, p. 6. (") OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 . (5) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 29 . ( 12) OJ No L 161 , 29 . 6. 1979, s . 1 .

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : the Annex hereto for the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation which appear in the said Annex. Article 1 Article 2 The additional amounts provided for in Article 13 of This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 April Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 shall be as set out in 1980 .

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

Done at Brussels, 22 April 1980 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 22 April 1980 fixing additional amounts for certain pigmeat products

(ECU/100 kv) CCT Supplementary heading Description Origin of imports amount No

01.03 Live swine : A. Domestic species : II . Other : b) Other 300 Origin : German Democratic Republic (') 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 600 Origin : German Democratic Republic (') 2. Hams and cuts of hams unboned (bone-in) 600 Origin : Republic of South Africa and Romania 6 . Other : aa) Boned or boneless and frozen 2000 Origin : China 20-00 bb) Other Origin : China

(') With the exception of the German internal trade pursuant to the Protocol on German internal trade and connected problems.