31983R0915

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 915/83 of 19 April 1983 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain COMMUNITIES, required varies by more than 3 % from that used for the preceding quarter ; whereas this variation must accordingly be taken into account in fixing sluice-gate prices for the period 1 May to 31 July 1983 ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, 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 be taken into account only if at the same time a new Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No sluice-gate price is fixed ; 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­ zation of the market in poultrymeat ('), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed, particular Articles 3 and 7 ( 1 ) thereof, changes in world market prices for feed grain must be taken into account in fixing the levies ;

Whereas the sluice-gate prices and levies for the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation products specified in Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) are in accordance with the opinion of the Management No 2777/75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, accordance with methods of calculation laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for poultrymeat (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 750/81 (4) ;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas, since the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat were, by Regulation (EEC) No 97/83 (*), last fixed for the period 1 February to 30 April 1983, Article 1 they must be fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31 July 1983 ; whereas such prices and levies should in principle be calculated by reference to feed-grain 1 . In respect of the products specified in Article 1 prices for the period 1 November 1982 to 31 March ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75, the levies 1983 ; provided for in Article 3 thereof and the sluice-gate prices provided for in Article 7 thereof shall be as shown in the Annex hereto .

Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from 1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed, 2. Provided that, in the case of products falling trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be within heading No 02.03 and within subheading 15.01 taken into account only if the price of the quantity of B or 16.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff, in feed grain required varies by at least a specified respect of which the rate of duty has been bound minimum in relation to that used to calculate the within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the amount sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas, resulting from that binding. by Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75, this minimum was set at 3 % ;

(') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77. Article 2 (2) OJ No L 291 , 19. 11 . 1979, p. 17. (3) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 84. («) OJ No L 80, 26. 3 . 1981 , p. 1 . (5) OJ No L 14, 18 . 1 . 1983, p. 8 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1983.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 April 1983. For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 19 April 1983 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

CCT Sluice-gate heading Description Levy price No 1 2 3 4 ECU/ 100 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 83,64 14,88 II . Other 22,75 5,86

ECU/ 100 kg ECU/ 100 kg

B. Other : I

I. Fowls 76,43 21,96 II . Ducks 98,46 33,25 III . Geese 118,01 32,03 IV. Turkeys 104,43 25,11 V. Guinea-fowls 128,04 37,93

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' 96,03 27,59 b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, but with hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 % chickens' 109,19 31,37 c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '65 % chickens' 118,97 34,18 II . Ducks : ll a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted, with heads and feet, known as '85 % ducks' 115,83 39,12 b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 % ducks' 140,65 47,50 c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '63 % ducks' 156,28 52,78 III . Geese : Il a) Plucked, bled, not drawn, with heads and feet, known as '82 % geese' 168,59 45,76 b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with or without hearts and gizzards, known as '75 % geese' 160,14 48,33 IV. Turkeys l a) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with necks, hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '80 % turkeys' 149,18 35,87 b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without necks, hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '73 % turkeys' 163,48 39,31 V. Guinea-fowls 182,91 54,18

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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 : a) Of geese 336,29 101,49 b) Of turkeys 313,28 75,33 c) Of other poultry 302,93 93,14

II. Unboned (bone-in) : a) Halves or quarters : II 1 . Of fowls 130,87 37,60 2. Of ducks 171,91 58,06 3 . Of geese 176,15 53,16 4. Of turkeys 179,83 43,24 5. Of guinea-fowls 201,20 59,60 b) Whole wings, with or without tips 96,47 28,24 c) Backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing tips 66,78 19,55 d) Breasts and cuts of breasts : 1 . Of geese 240,21 72,50 2. Of turkeys 238,69 57,39 3 . Of other poultry 180,16 51,76 e) Legs and cuts of legs : 1 . Of geese 232,20 70,08 2. Of turkeys : aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks 111,89 26,90 bb) Other 201,39 48,42 3 . Of other poultry 169,24 48,62 f) Goose or duck paletots (') 210,56 67,09 g) Other 296,82 86,90 C. Offals 66,78 19,55

02.03 Poultry liver, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine : A. Fatty liver of goose or duck 1 685,90 457,60 B. Other 170,67 49,97

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 148,41 43,45

15.01 Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted : B. Poultry fat 178,09 52,14

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CCT Sluice-gate heading Description Levy price No 1 2 3 4 ECU/ 100 kg ECU/ 100 kg

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 (2) : 1 . Containing uncooked meat or offal ; mixtures of cooked meat or offal and uncooked meat or offal : aa) Containing exclusively turkeymeat 298,36 71,74 bb) Other 296,44 90,70 2. Other 326,50 95,59 b) Containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry­ meat (2) 178,09 52,14 c) Other 103,89 30,42

(') For the purposes of subheading 02.02 B II f), 'goose or duck paletots shall be taken to mean geese or ducks plucked and completely drawn, without heads or feet, with carcase bones (breastbone, ribs, backbone and sacrum) removed but with the femurs, tibias and humeri. (2) For the purpose of determining the percentage of poultrymeat, weight of any bones shall be disregarded.