31987R2234

No L 206/20 Official Journal of. the European Communities 28 . 7. 87

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2234/87 of 27 July 1987 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, is calculated ; whereas that period is 1 February to 30 June 1987 ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the second component must be equal to 7 % of Economic Community, the average of the sluice-gate prices applicable for the four quarters to 1 May in each year ; *

Having regard in the Act of Accession of Spain and Whereas the levy on chicks must be calculated in the Portugal, same way as the levy on slaughtered poultry ; whereas however, the quantity of feed grain used in the calculation must be that shown in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 2778/75 ; whereas the second component must be equal of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the to 7 % of the average of the sluice-gate prices applicable market in poultrymeat ('), as last amended by Regulation to chicks ; (EEC) No 1475/86 (2) and in particular Articles 3 and 7 (1 ) thereof, Whereas the levy on the products specified in Article 1 (2) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 must be derived from the levy on slaughtered poultry on the basis of the Whereas a levy fixed quarterly in advance must be coefficients set out in the Annex to Commission Regula­ charged on imports into the Community for the products tion (EEC) No 3011 /79 of 20 December 1979 fixing the specified in Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No coefficients for calculating levies on derived poultrymeat 2777/75 ; whereas levies were last fixed by Regulation products and repealing Regulation No 199/67/EEC (*), as (EEC) No 1 162/87 (3) for the period ending 31 July 1987 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 507/82 (6) and levies must therefore be fixed anew for the period 1 August to 31 October 1987 ; Whereas, in the case of products falling within heading No 02.03 and within subheading 15.01 B or 16.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect of which the rate Whereas the levy on slaughtered poultry is made up of of duty has been bound within GAIT, the levies must not two components ; exceed the amount resulting from that binding ;

Whereas the first component must be equal to the diffe­ Whereas, sluice-gate prices for the products specified in rence between prices within the Community and on the Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 must be world market for the quantity of feed grain specified in fixed in advance for each quarter ; whereas sluice-gate Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 of 29 prices were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1162/87 for October 1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy the period ending 31 July 1987 and prices must therefore and the sluice-gate price for poultrymeat (4), as last be fixed anew for the period 1 August to 31 October 1987 ; amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1475/86 ;

Whereas the sluice-gate price for slaughtered poultry is Whereas the price within the Community for that quan­ made up of two components ; tity of feed grain must be determined in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 ; whereas the Whereas the first component must be equal to the price price for the like quantity on the workd market must be on the world market for the quantity of feed grain shown determined in accordance with Article 3 thereof ; in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 ;

Whereas the price for that quantitiy of cereals must be Whereas the said Article 3 provides that the price for determined in accordance with Article 4 (2) and (3) of each type of feed grain on the world market shall be Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 ; equal to the average of the cif prices determined for that cereal for the period of five months ending one month Whereas the said Article 4 provides that the price for before the quarter in respect of which the said component each cereal on the world market shall be equal to the average of the cif prices determined for that cereal for the (') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77. 0 OJ No L 133, 21 . 5. 1986, p. 34. (3) OJ No L 112, 29 . 4. 1987, p. 20 . 0 OJ No L 337, 29. 12. 1979, p. 65. (4) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 84. («) OJ No L 168 , 15. 6. 1982, p. 5.

28 . 7 . 87 No L 206/21 Official Journal of the European Communities

period of five months ending one month before the Community on the one hand and in Portugal on the quarter in respect of which the said component is calcu­ other hand ; whereas the situation still pertains ; lated ; whereas that period is 1 February to 30 June 1987 ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Whereas the second amount, which represents other Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, feeding costs and overhead costs of production and marketing, is fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2778 /75 ;. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Article 1 Whereas the sluice-gate price for chicks must be calcu­ lated in the same way as the sluice-gate price for slaught­ 1 . The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation ered poultry ; whereas, however, the quantity of feed grain used in the calculation must be that shown in Annex II to (EEC) No 2777/75 and the sluice-gate prices provided for in Article 7 thereof, in respect of the products specified in Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 ; whereas the standard Article 1 (1 ), shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. amount must be that fixed in the same Annex ; 2. Nevertheless, in the case of products falling within Whereas the sluice-gate price for the products specified in heading No 02.03 and within subheadings 15.01 B or Article 1 (2) (d) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 must be 16.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff, in respect of derived from the sluice-gate prices for slaughtered poultry which the rate of duty has been bound within GATT, the on the basis of the coefficients fixed for these products in levy shall not exceed the amount resulting from that accordance with Article 5 (3) of that Regulation ; binding. 3. For imports of products specified in paragraph 1 Whereas, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 631 /86 of 28 from Portugal, application of the levies specified in the February 1986 on the applicaton of import levies on Annex shall be suspended. products from Portugal and amending Regulation (EEC) No 177/86 ('), suspended the application of import levies Article 2 on poultrymeat products from Portugal owing to the minimal difference between the prices obtaining in the This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1987.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 July 1987. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

(>) OJ No L 60, 1 . 3 . 1986, p. 11 .

No L 206/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 28 . 7 . 87

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 27 July 1987 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

CCT Sluice-gate heading Description Levy No price

1 2 3 4

ECU/ 100 units ECU/ 100 units I

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 97,73 23,50 II . Other 21,89 7,53

ECU/ 100 kg ECU/ 100 kg I

B. Other : I. Fowls 75,63 31,23 II . Ducks 84,60 ' 48,77 III . Geese 110,50 48,06 IV. Turkeys 100,86 35,70 V. Guinea-fowls 116,32 50,35

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' 95,02 39,24 (b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, but with hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 % chickens' 108,04 44,61 (c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '65 % chickens' 117,72 48,61 II . Ducks : (a) Plucked, bled, not drawn or gutted, with heads and feet, known as '85 % ducks' 99,53 57,38 (b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '70 % ducks' 120,86 69,67 (c) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, without hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '63 % ducks' 134,28 77,42 III . Geese : (a) Plucked, bled, not drawn, with heads and feet, known as '82 % geese' 157,85 68,65 (b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet, with or without hearts and gizzards, known as '75 % geese' 148,40 73,38 IV. Turkeys (a) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet but with necks, hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '80 % turkeys' 144,09 51,00 (b) Plucked and drawn, without heads and feet and without necks, hearts, livers and gizzards, known as '73 % turkeys' 157,94 55,90 V. Guinea-fowls 166,17 71,93

28 . 7. 87 No L 206/23 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 311,64 154,10 (b) Of turkeys 302,59 107,10 (c) Of other poultry 276,55 130,35

II . Unboned (bone-in) : (a) Halves or quarters : 1 . Of fowls 129,49 53,47 2. Of ducks 147,71 85,16 3 . Of geese 163,24 80,72 4. Of turkeys 173,73 61,49 5. Of guinea-fowls 182,79 79,12 (b) Whole wings, with or without tips 89,38 40,38 (c) Backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and wing tips 61,88 27,95 (d) Breasts and cuts of breasts : 1 . Of geese 222,60 110,07 2. Of turkeys 230,54 81,60 3 . Of other poultry 178,27 73,61 (e) Legs and cuts of legs : 1 . Of geese 215,18 106,40 2. Of turkeys : aa) Drumsticks and cuts of drumsticks 108,07 38,25 bb) Other 194,52 68,85 3 . Of other poultry 167,46 69 , li (f) Goose or duck paletots (') 188,48 100,14 (g) Other 275,02 124,24 C. Offals 61,88 27,95

02.03 Poultry liver, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted or in brine A. Fatty liver of goose or duck 1 578,50 686,50 B. Other 158,14 71,44

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 137,51 62,12

15.01 Lard, other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered or solvent-extracted : B. Poultry fat 165,01 74,54

No L 206/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 28 . 7. 87

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 288,18 102,00 bb) Other 271,74 129,80 2 . Other 302,52 136,66 (b) Containing 25 % or more but less than 57 % by weight of poultry­ meat (2) 165,01 74,54 (c) Other 96,26 43,48

(') 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.