31982R0862

15 . 4. 82 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 99/29

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 862/82 of 14 April 1982 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN quarter ; whereas the sluice-gate prices should there­ COMMUNITIES, fore be maintained unchanged until 31 July 1982 ;

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 organi­ sluice-gate price is being fixed ; zation of the market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2966/80 (2), and in particular Whereas, since no new sluice-gate price is to be fixed, Articles 8 and 12 ( 1 ) thereof, the levies should accordingly be maintained unchanged until 31 July 1982 ; 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 methods of calculation laid down in Commission are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat, Regulation (EEC) No 2109/81 of 22 July 1981 fixing the levies and sluice-gate prices on pigmeat (*) ;

Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 97/82 (*) and corrected by Regulation (EEC) No 130/82 (J) for the period 1 February to 30 April 1982, they must be fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31 Article 1 July 1982 ; whereas such prices and levies should in principle be fixed by reference to feed grain prices for the period 1 November 1981 to 31 March 1982 ; 1 . For the period 1 May to 31 July 1982, the sluice-gate prices provided for in Article 12 of Regula­ Whereas, when the sluice-gate price applicable from 1 tion (EEC) No 2759/75 for the products specified in November, 1 February and 1 May is being fixed, Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 and the trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be levies provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) taken into account only if the value of the quantity of No 2759/75 for the products specified in Article 1 (1 ) feed grain required varies by at least a specified of that Regulation shall be as shown in the Annex to minimum in relation to that used in calculating the corrected Regulation (EEC) No 97/82. sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas this minimum was fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 2. Provided that, in the case of products falling 2766/75 at 3 % ; within any of subheadings 02.01 B II c) 1 to 7, 15.01 A I, 16.01 A or 16.02 A II of the Common Customs Whereas the value of the quantity of feed grain varies Tariff, in respect of which the rate of duty has been by more than 3 % from that used for the preceding bound within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the amount resulting from that binding. (') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 307, 18 . 11 . 1980, p. 5. (3) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 25. (4) OJ No L 99, 21 . 4. 1979, p. 1 . Article 2 0 OJ No L 205, 25. 7. 1981 , p. 6. («) OJ No L 13, 19. 1 . 1982, p. 12. 0 OJ No L 16, 22. 1 . 1982, p. 28 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1982.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 April 1982.

For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission