31987R1162

No L 112/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 29 . 4 . 87

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1162/87 of 28 April 1987 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 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 sluice-gate price is fixed ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed, changes in world market prices for feed grain must be Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and taken into account in fixing the levies ; Portugal, Whereas, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 631 /86 of 28 February 1986 on the application of import levies on Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 products from Portugal suspended the application of of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the import levies on poultrymeat products from Portugal (6) market in poultrymeat ('), as last amended by Regulation owing to the minimal difference between the prices obtai­ (EEC) No 1475/86 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 7 ning in the Community on the one hand and in Portugal ( 1 ) thereof, on the other hand ; whereas the situation still pertains ;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are Whereas the sluice-gate prices and levies for the products in accordance with the opinion of the Management specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in accordance with Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, 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 poul­ trymeat (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3233/86 (4 ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas, since the sluice-gate prices and levies for poul­ trymeat were, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No Article 1 264/87 (*), last fixed for the period 1 February to 30 April 1987, they must be fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31 1 . In respect of the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) July 1987 ; whereas such prices and levies should in prin­ of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75, the levies provided for ciple be calculated by reference to feed-grain prices for in Article 3 thereof and the sluice-gate prices provided for the period 1 November 1986 to 31 March 1987 ; 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, trends 2. Provided that, in the case of products falling within in world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into heading No 02.03 and within subheading 15.01 B or account only if the price of the quantity of feed grain 16.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect of required varies by at least a specified minimum in rela­ which the rate of duty has been bound within GATT, the tion to that used to calculate the sluice-gate price for the levy shall not exceed the amount resulting from that preceding quarter ; whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No binding. 2778 /75 , this minimum was set at 3 % ; 3 . For imports of products specified in paragraph 1 from Portugal, application of the levies specified in the Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain required Annex shall be suspended. 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 1987 ; Article 2

(') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77. (2) OJ No L 133 , 21 . 5. 1986, p. 39 . This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1987. (3) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 84. (4) OJ No L 301 , 25 . 10 . 1986, p. 3 . Is) OJ No L 26, 29 . 1 . 1987, p. 24. («) OJ No L 60, 1 . 3 . 1986, p. 11 .

29 . 4 . 87 No L 112/21 Official Journal of the European Communities

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

Done at Brussels, 28 April 1987. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

No L 112/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 29 . 4 . 87

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 28 April 1987 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 97,78 23,66 II . Other 21,91 7,71

ECU/ 100 kg ECU/ 100 kg

B. Other : I. Fowls 75,69 31,86 II . Ducks 84,71 50,08 III . Geese 110,61 49,20 IV. Turkeys 100,94 36,51 V. Guinea-fowls 116,42 51,67

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' 95,09 40,04 (b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, but with hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 % chickens' 108,13 45,52 (c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '65 % chickens' 117,81 49,60 II . Ducks : (a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted, with heads and feet, known as '85 % ducks' 99,66 58,92 (b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 % ducks' 121,02 71,54 (c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '63 % ducks' 134,46 79,49 III . Geese : (a) Plucked, bled, not drawn, with heads and feet, known as '82 % geese' 158,01 70,29 (b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with or without hearts and gizzards, known as '75 % geese' 148,57 75,16 IV. Turkeys (a) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with necks, hearts, livers 144,20 52,16 and gizzards, known as '80 % turkeys' (b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without necks, hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '73 % turkeys' 158,06 57,16 V. Guinea-fowls 166,32 73,81

29 . 4 . 87 No L 112/23 Official Journal of the European Communities

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 312,00 157,84 (b) Of turkeys 302,82 109,54 (c) Of other poultry 276,82 133,60

II. Unboned (bone-in) : (a) Halves or quarters : 1 . Of fowls 129.59 54,56 2. Of ducks 147,91 87,44 3 . Of geese 163,43 82,68 4. Of turkeys 173,87 62,88 5. Of guinea-fowls 182,95 81,19 (b) Whole wings, with or without tips 89,47 41,37 (c) Backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing tips 61,94 28,64 (d) Breasts and cuts of breasts : 1 . Of geese 222,86 112,74 2. Of turkeys 230,72 83,46 3 . Of other poultry 178,41 75.11 (e) Legs and cuts of legs : 1 . Of geese 215,43 108,98 2. Of turkeys : aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks 108,15 39.12 bb) Other 194,67 70,42 3 . Of other poultry 167.60 70,56 (f) Goose or duck paletots (') 188,72 102,69 (g) Other 275,30 127,28 C. Offals 61,94 28,64

02.03 Poultry liver, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine : A. Fatty liver of goose or duck 1 580,10 702,90 B. Other 158,30 73,19

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 137,65 63,64

15.01 Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted : B. Poultry fat 165,18 76,37

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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 288,40 104,32 bb) Other 272,02 133,02 2. Other 302,83 140,01 (b) Containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry­ meat (2) 165,18 76,37 (c) Other 96,36 44,55 (') 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.