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No L 103/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 15 . 4. 81

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1021 /81

of 13 April 1981

fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN minimum in relation to that used to calculate the COMMUNITIES , sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75, this minimum was set at 3 % ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain required varies by more than 3 % from that used for the preceding quarter ; whereas this variation must Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No accordingly be taken into account in fixing sluice-gate 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­ prices for the period 1 May to 31 July 1981 ; zation of the market in poultrymeat ('), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular Articles 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 of 29 October changes in world market prices for feed grain must be 1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy and the taken into account in fixing the levies ; sluice-gate price for poultrymeat (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 750/81 (4) ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3011 /79 fixing the coefficients for calculating levies on derived poultry­ meat products has been amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 941 /81 (5) ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas since the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat were, by Regulation (EEC) No 151 /81 (6), Article 1 last fixed for the period 1 February to 30 April 1981 , they must be fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31 July 1981 ; whereas such prices and levies should in 1 . In respect of the products specified in Article 1 principle be calculated by reference to feed-grain ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75, the levies prices for the period 1 November 1980 to 31 March provided for in Article 3 thereof and the sluice-gate 1981 ; prices provided for in Article 7 thereof shall be as shown in the Annex hereto .

2. Provided that, in the case of products falling Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from within heading No 02.03 and within subheading 15.01 1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed, B or 16.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff, in trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be respect of which the rate of duty has been bound taken into account only if the price of the quantity of within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the amount feed grain required varies by at least a specified resulting from that binding.

(') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77. 0 OJ No L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979 , p . 17 . (3) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 84. Article 2 («) OJ No L 80, 26. 3 . 1981 , p . 1 . 0 OJ No L 96, 8 . 4 . 1981 , p . 13 . (6) OJ No L 18 , 21 . 1 . 1981 , p. 7 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1981 .

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

Done at Brussels, 13 April 1981 . For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

No L 103/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 15 . 4. 81

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 13 April 1981 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

CCT Sluice-gate heading Description Levy price No 1 2 3 4

ECU/ 1 00 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 85-53 9-65 II . Other 23-65 3-39

ECU/ 1 00 kg ECU/ 1 00 kg

B. Other : I. Fowls 78-44 13-62 II . Ducks 103-59 17-77 III . Geese 122-87 17-93 IV. Turkeys 108-06 14-29 V. Guinea-fowls 133-47 21-24

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' 98-54 17-11 b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, but with hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 % chickens' 112-05 19-45 c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '65 % chickens' 122-09 21-20 II . Ducks : a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted, with heads and feet, known as '85 % ducks' 121-86 20-90 b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 % ducks' 147-98 25-38 c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '63 % ducks' 164-41 28-20 III . Geese : a) Plucked, bled, not drawn, with heads and feet, known as '82 % geese' 175-53 25-61 b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with or without hearts and gizzards, known as '75 % geese' 167-73 26-31 IV. Turkeys (a) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with necks, hearts, livers and gizzards, known as ' 80 % turkeys' 154-37 20-41 (b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without necks, hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '73 % turkeys' 169-16 21-48 V. Guinea-fowls 190-67 30-34

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CCT Sluice-gate heading Description Levy price No 1 2 3 4 ECU/ 100 kg ECU/ 100 kg 02.02 B. Poultry cuts (excluding offals) : (cont'd) I. Boned or boneless 30912 48-76 II. Unboned (bone-in) : a) Halves or quarters : 1 . Of fowls 134-30 23-32 2. Of ducks 180-85 31-02 3 . Of geese 184-50 28-94 4. Of turkeys 186-08 23-63 5. Of guinea-fowls 209-74 33-37 b) Whole wings, with or without tips 100-46 15-85 c) Backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing tips 69-55 10-97 d) Breasts and cuts of breasts : 1 . Of geese 251-60 39-47 2. Of turkeys 246-99 32-66 3 . Of other poultry 184-88 32-09 e) Legs and cuts of legs : 1 . Of geese 243-21 38-15 2. Of turkeys : aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks 115-78 15-31 bb) Other 208-40 27-55 3 . Of other poultry 173-68 30-15 f) Other 309-12 48-76 C. Offals 69-55 10-97

02.03 Poultry liver, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine : A. Fatty liver of goose or duck 1 755-30 256-10 B. Other 177-74 28-04

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 154-56 24-38

15.01 Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted : B. Poultry fat 185-47 29-26

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) : 1 . Containing uncooked meat or offal ; mixtures of cooked meat or offal and uncooked meat or offal : aa) Containing exclusively turkeymeat 308-74 40-82 bb) Other 309-22 50-74 2. Other 340-03 53-64 b) Containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry­ meat (a) 185-47 29-26 c) Other 108-19 17-07 (a) For the purpose of determining the percentage of poultrymeat, weight of any bones shall be disregarded.