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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2998 /81 of 20 October 1981 fixing for the United Kingdom the level of the variable slaughter premium for sheep and the amounts to be charged on products leaving that Member State

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN for sheep certified as eligible in the United Kingdom, COMMUNITIES , and the amounts to be charged on products leaving that Member State, during the week commencing 14 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European September 1981 , shall be as set out in the Annexes Economic Community, hereto ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas, as a result of administrative difficulties in the 1837/80 of 27 June 1980 on the common organization United Kingdom, this premium could not be calcu­ of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (! ), as last lated within the time limit laid down by Article 3 ( 1 ) amended by Regulation (EEC) No 899/81 (2), of Regulation (EEC) No 2661 /80, Having regard to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2661 /80 of 17 October 1980 laying down detailed HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : rules for applying the variable slaughter premium for sheep (3), and in particular Articles 3 ( 1 ) and 4 ( 1 ) Article 1 thereof, For sheep or sheepmeat certified in the United Whereas Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2661 /80 Kingdom as eligible for the variable slaughter lays down that the level of the variable slaughter premium during the week commencing 14 September premium for each Member State concerned shall be 1981 , the level of the premium shall be as set out in fixed weekly by the Commission ; Annex I hereto . Whereas Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2661 /80 lays down that the amount to be charged on products Article 2 leaving the Member States concerned shall be fixed weekly by the Commission ; For products referred to in Article 1 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 which left the territory of the Whereas, since the United Kingdom is paying the United Kingdom during the week commencing 14 variable slaughter premium, it is necessary for the September 1981 , the amounts to be charged shall be as Commission to fix the level of the premium and the set out in Annex II hereto . amount to be charged on products leaving that Member State for the week commencing 14 September Article 3 1981 ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its Whereas it follows from the application of the rules publication in the Official Journal of the European laid down in Article 9 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No Communities. 1837/80 and in Article 4 ( 1 ) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2661 /80 that the variable slaughter premium It shall apply with effect from 14 September 1981 .

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

Done at Brussels, 20 October 1981 . For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 183, 16 . 7. 1980, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 90 , 4. 4. 1981 , p. 26. O OJ No L 276, 20 . 10 . 1980 , p. 19 .

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ANNEX I

Level of variable slaughter premium for certified sheep in the United Kingdom for the week commencing 14 September 1981

Description Premium

Certified sheep or sheepmeat 61-834 ECU per 100 kg of estimated or actual dressed carcase weight (')

(') Within the weight limits laid down by the United Kingdom .

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ANNEX II

Amount to be charged for products which left the territory of the United Kingdom during the week commencing 14 September 1981 (ECU/100 kg) CCT heading Description Charge No Live weight

01.04 B Live sheep and goats other than pure-bred breeding animals 29-062

Net weight

02.01 A IV a) Meat of sheep or goats, fresh or chilled : 1 . Carcases or half-carcases 61-834 2. Short forequarters 43-284 3 . Chines and / or best ends 68-017 4. Legs 80-384 5 . Other : (aa) Unboned (bone-in) 80-384 (bb) Boned or boneless 112-538

02.01 A IV b) Meat of sheep or goats, frozen : 1 . Carcases or half-carcases 46-376 2. Short forequarters 32-463 3 . Chines and/ or best ends 51014 4. Legs 60-289 5. Other : (aa) Unboned (bone-in) 60-289 (bb) Boned or boneless 84-404

02.06 C II a) Meat of sheep or goats, salted in brine, dried or smoked : 1 . Unboned (bone-in) 80-384 2 . Boned or boneless 112-538