31983R2954

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2954/83 of 20 October 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 November 1983 to 31 January 1984 ; 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 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No be taken into account only if at the same time a new 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­ sluice-gate price is fixed ; 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, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed, 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 accordance with methods of calculation laid down in Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, 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 1976/83 (*), Article 1 last fixed for the period 1 August to 31 October 1983, they must be fixed anew for the period 1 November 1983 to 31 January 1984 ; whereas such prices and 1 . In respect of the products specified in Article 1 levies should in principle be calculated by reference to ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75, the levies feed-grain prices for the period 1 May to 30 September provided for in Article 3 thereof and the sluice-gate 1983 ; prices provided for in Article 7 thereof shall be as shown in the Annex hereto .

Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from 2. Provided that, in the case of products falling 1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed, within heading No 02.03 and within subheading 15.01 trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be B or 16.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff, in taken into account only if the price of the quantity of respect of which the rate of duty has been bound feed grain required varies by at least a specified within GATT, the levy shall not exceed the amount minimum in relation to that used to calculate the resulting from that binding. sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75, this minimum was set at 3 % ; Article 2 (') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77. (*) OJ No L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979 , p. 17. (3) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 84. This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November (4) OJ No L 80, 26 . 3 . 1981 , p. 1 . 1983 . O OJ No L 195, 19. 7. 1983, p. 21 .

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

Done at Brussels, 20 October 1983 . For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 20 October 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 86,76 12,56 II . Other 24,23 4,76

ECU/ 100 kg ECU/ 100 kg

B. Other : I

I. Fowls 82,20 16,86 II . Ducks 106,92 26,47 III . Geese 126,04 25,91 IV. Turkeys 110,42 20,53 V. Guinea-fowls 137,01 30,49

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' 103,28 21,18 b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, but with hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 % chickens' 117,43 24,09 c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '65 % chickens' 127,96 26,24 II . Ducks : l a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted, with heads and feet, known as '85 % ducks' 125,78 31,15 b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 % ducks' 152,74 37,82 c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '63 % ducks' 169,71 42,02 III . Geese : l a) Plucked, bled, not drawn, with heads and feet, known as '82 % geese' 180,05 37,02 b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with or without hearts and gizzards, known as '75 % geese' 172,67 38,78 IV. Turkeys l a) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with necks, hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '80 % turkeys' 157,74 29,33 b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without necks, hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '73 % turkeys' 172,85 32,14 V. Guinea-fowls 195,73 43,55

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CCT Sluice-gate heading Description Levy No price

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 362,61 81,44 b) Of turkeys 331,25 61,59 c) Of other poultry • 326,13 73,82

II. Unboned (bone-in) : I a) Halves or quarters : l 1 . Of fowls 140,76 28,86 2 . Of ducks 186,68 46,22 3 . Of geese 189,94 42,66 4. Of turkeys 190,14 35,35 5. Of guinea-fowls 215,30 47,91 b) Whole wings, with or without tips 103,52 22,56 I

c) Backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing tips 71,67 15,62 I d) Breasts and cuts of breasts : 1 . Of geese 259,01 58,17 2. Of turkeys 252,38 46,93 3 . Of other poultry 193,76 39,75 e) Legs and cuts of legs : l 1 . Of geese 250,37 56,23 2. Of turkeys : aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks 118,31 22,00 bb) Other 212,95 39,60 3 . Of other poultry 182,02 37,34 f) Goose or duck paletots (') 227,79 53,62 g) Other 318,52 69,42 C. Offals 71,67 15,62 ----mmm

02.03 Poultry liver, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine : \

A. Fatty liver of goose or duck 1 800,50 370,20 B. Other 183,15 39,92 \

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 159,26 34,71

15.01 Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted : I

B. Poultry fat 191,11 41,65

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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 315,48 58,66 bb) Other 319,28 72,12 2 . Other 350,37 76,36 b) Containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry­ meat (2) 191,11 41,65 c) Other 111,48 24,30

(') 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 arid 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.