31981R2109

No L 205/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 25 . 7 . 81

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2109/ 81 of 22 July 1981 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on pigmeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN period of five months ending one month before the COMMUNITIES , quarter in respect of which the said component is calculated ; whereas that period is 1 February to 30 June 1981 ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Whereas the second component must be equal to Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 7 % of the average of the sluice-gate prices applicable 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­ for the four quarters to 1 May in each year ; tion of the market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2966/ 80 (2), and in particular Articles 8 and 12 ( 1 ) thereof, Whereas the levies on the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) and (b) of Regulation (EEC) No Whereas a levy fixed quarterly in advance must be 2759/75 other than pig carcases must be derived from charged on imports into the Community for the the levy on pig carcases on the basis of the coeffi­ products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) cients fixed for such products pursuant to Article No 2759/75 ; whereas levies were last fixed by 10(4) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1064/81 of 21 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 747/79 of 1 1 April April 1981 (3) for the period 1 May to 31 July 1981 1979 fixing coefficients for calculating levies on and levies must therefore be fixed anew for the period pigmeat products other than pig carcases (6) ; 1 August to 31 October 1981 ;

Whereas the levies on the products specified in Whereas the levy on pig carcases is made up of two Article 1 ( l)(c) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 are components ; made up of two components ;

Whereas the first component must be equal to the difference between prices within the Community and Whereas the first component must be derived from on the world market for the quantity of feed grain the levy on pig carcases on the basis of the coeffi­ specified in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No cients fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2764/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down the rules for 747/ 79 ; calculating a component of the levy on pig carcases (4 ), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 370/76 (5), the composition whereof is indicated therein ; Whereas the second component must be equal to 7 % , and for products falling within heading No ex 16.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, to 10 % , of the Whereas the value within the Community for that average offer prices for imports during the 12 months quantity of feed grain must be determined in accor­ to 1 May ; whereas these averages should be deter­ dance with Article 2 of Regulation ( EEC) No mined bearing in mind all the information available 2764/75 ; whereas the value for the like quantity on relating to imports into the Community from third the world market must be determined in accordance countries, taking into account the representative with Article 3 thereof ; character of prices ;

Whereas the said Article 3 provides that the prices for each type of feed grain on the world market shall be Whereas, in the case of products falling within equal to the average of the cif prices of such cereal ; subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I, 16.01 A whereas the cif prices shall be determined for the and 16.02 A II of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect of which the rate of duty has been bound with >) OJ No L 282, 1.11 . 1975, p . 1 . GATT, the levies must not exceed the amount -) OJ No L 307 , 18 . 11 . 1980 , p . 5 . resulting from that binding ; 3 ) OJ No L 111 , 23 . 4 . 1981 , p . 22 . •>) OJ No L 282, 1.11 . 1975, p . 21 . 5 ) OJ No L 45 , 21 . 2 . 1976, p . 4 . (6) OJ No L 95, 16. 4. 1979 , p. 5 .

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Whereas, for pig carcases and other products referred Whereas the third amount, which represents overhead to in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No costs of production and marketing, shall, in accor­ 2766/75 of 29 October 1975 establishing the list of dance with Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No products for which sluice-gate prices are to be fixed 2766/75, be 38-69 ECU per 100 kilograms of pig and laying down the rules for fixing the sluice-gate carcases : price for pig carcases ( 1), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 772/79 (2), the sluice-gate prices must Whereas the sluice-gate prices of products referred to be fixed in advance for each quarter ; whereas sluice­ in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75, other gate prices were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No than pig carcases, must be derived from the sluice­ 1064/81 for the period 1 May to 31 July 1981 and gate price for pig carcases on the basis of the coeffi­ prices must therefore be fixed anew for the period cients laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 747/79 ; 1 August to 31 October 1981 ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Whereas the sluice-gate price for pig carcases is made are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ up of three components ; ment Committee for Pigmeat, Whereas the first component must be equal to the value on the world market of the quantity of feed HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : grain equivalent to the quantity of feedingstuffs required for the production in third countries of one kilogram of pigmeat, such quantity being composed Article 1 as provided in Article 2(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/ 75 ; 1 . For the period 1 August to 31 October 1981 the levies provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) Whereas the value of that quantity of grain must be No 2759/75 for the products referred to in Article determined in accordance with Article 2 (2) and (3) of 1 ( 1 ) thereof and the sluice-gate prices provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 ; Article 12 thereof for the products referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 shall be as Whereas the said Article 2 provides that the price for set out in the Annex hereto . each cereal on the world market shall be equal to the average of the cif prices of such cereal ; whereas the 2. Nevertheless, in the case of products falling cif prices shall be determined for the period of five within subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I, months ending one month before the quarter in 16.01 A and 16.02 A II of the Common Customs respect of which the said amount is calculated ; Tariff, in respect of which the rate of duty has been whereas that period is 1 February to 30 June 1981 ; bound within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the Whereas the second component, which represents the amount resulting from that binding. extra cost, in relation to feed grain of feedingstuffs other than grain required for the production of one Article 2 kilogram of pigmeat, shall, in accordance with Article 3(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75, be 15 % of the This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August value of the quantity of feed grain ; 1981 .

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

Done at Brussels, 22 July 1981 . For the Commission The President Gaston THORN

(') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 25 . (2 ) OJ No L 99, 21 . 4. 1979 , p . 1 .

No L 205/ 8 Official Journal of the European Communities 25 . 7 . 81

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 22 July 1981 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on pigmeat

Conventional CCT Sluice-gate Amount of Description levies rate of duty heading price bound within No ECU / 1 00 kg ECU/ 1 00 kg GATT ( % )

01.03 Live swine : A. Domestic species : II . Other : a) Sows having farrowed at least once, of a weight of not less 92-10 20-69 — than 160 kg 108-29 24-33 — 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 140-82 31-64 — 2. Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in ) 204-19 45-88 — 3 . Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned 157-72 35-44 — (bone-in) 228-13 51-26 — 4. Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in ) 5 . Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies 122-51 27-53 — 6 . Other : aa) Boned or boneless and frozen 228-13 51-26 — — 51-26 — bb) Other B. Offals : II . Other : c) Of domestic swine : 1 . Heads and cuts of heads ; necks — 10-12 4 — 2-85 4 2 . Feet ; tails — 33-22 4 3 . Kidneys 4 . Livers — 38-28 7 — 18-98 4 5 . Hearts ; tongues ; lungs 6 . Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the trachea — 27-84 4 and gullet 7 . Other — 27-84 4

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 : 56-33 12-66 — I. Fresh , chilled , frozen , salted or in brine II . Dried or smoked — 13-92 — — 7-59 — B. Pig fat, other than that falling within subheading A

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Conventional CCT Sluice-gate Amount of levies rate of duty heading Description price bound within No ECU/ 1 00 kg ECU/ 1 00 kg GATT ( % )

02.06 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 140-82 31-64 — 2 . Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles : 180-25 40-50 — aa) Bacon sides — 40-50 — bb) Spencers — 44-30 — cc) 3 /4 sides and middles 204-19 45-88 — 3 . Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in) 4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned 157-72 35-44 — (bone-in) 228-13 51-26 — 5 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in) 6. Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies 122-51 27-53 — 7. Other — 51-26 — b) Dried or smoked : 1 . Carcases or half-carcases, with or without heads, feet or flare fat — 44-30 — 2 . Bacon sides, spencers, 3/4 sides and middles : — 44-30 — aa) Bacon sides — 44-30 — bb) Spencers — 47-46 — cc) 3 /4 sides and middles 3 . Hams and cuts of hams, unboned (bone-in) : — 53-79 — aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — 89-22 — bb) Other 4. Shoulders (fores) and cuts of shoulders, unboned (bone-in) : — 39-55 — aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — 70-24 — bb) Other 5 . Loins and cuts of loins, unboned (bone-in) : — 60-12 — aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — 88-28 — bb) Other 6 . Bellies (streaky) and cuts of bellies : aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — 31-64 — — 45-88 — I bb) Other 7. Other : — 60-12 — aa) Slightly dried or slightly smoked — 89-22 — bb) Other II . Edible meat offals : — 10-12 — a) Heads and cuts of heads ; necks — 2-85 — b) Feet ; tails — 33-22 — c) Kidneys — 38-28 — d) Livers — 18-98 — e) Hearts ; tongues ; lungs f) Livers, hearts, tongues and lungs attached to the trachea — 27-84 — and gullet — 27-84 — g) Other

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Conventional CCT Sluice-gate Amount of levies rate of duty heading Description price bound within No ECU/ 1 00 kg ECU / 1 00 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) 10-12 3 II . Other 45-06 10-12 —

16.01 Sausages and the like, of meat, meat offal or animal blood : — 60-80 24 A. Liver sausages B. Other (b) : I. Sausages, dry or for spreading, uncooked 102-05 II . Other 68-92 —

16.02 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal : A. Liver : II . Other — 67-13 25 B. Other : III . Other : a) Containing meat or offal of domestic swine : 1 . Containing bovine meat, uncooked 142-96 2. Other, containing, by weight : aa) 80 % or more of meat or offal , of any kind, inclu­ ding fats of any kind or origin : 11 . Hams, fillets and loins ; pieces thereof 108-52 89-46 — 22. Shoulders and pieces thereof 33 . Other — 60-81 bb) 40 % or more but less than 80 % of meat or offals, of any kind, including fats of any kind or origin 51-84 cc) Less than 40 % of meat or offal, of any kind, including fats of any kind or origin 38-70

(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 .