31987R3226

29 . 10 . 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 307/29

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3226/87 of 28 October 1987 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from 1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed, trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European account only if the price of the quantity of feed grain Economic Community, required varies by at least a specified minimum in rela­ tion to that used to calculate the sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and 2778 /75 , this minimum was set at 3 % ; Portugal,

Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain required Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 does not vary by 3 % or more from that used for the of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the preceding quarter ; whereas the sluice-gate prices fixed by market in poultrymeat ('), as last amended by Regulation Regulation (EEC) No 2234/87 should accordingly be (EEC) No 1475/86 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 7 maintained unchanged until 31 December 1987 for these (1 ) thereof, products ;

Whereas the sluice-gate prices and levies for the products Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 November, 1 specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 February and 1 May are being fixed, changes in world must be fixed quarterly in advance in accordance with market prices for feed grain should be taken into account methods of calculation laid down in Council Regulation only if at the same time a new sluice-gate price is fixed ; (EEC) No 2778/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for poul­ Whereas, since no new sluice-gate prices have been fixed, trymeat (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No the levies fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 2234/87 should 3233/86 (4) ; accordingly be maintained unchanged until 31 December 1987 : Whereas, since the sluice-gate prices and levies for poul­ trymeat were, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No Whereas, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 631 /86 of 28 2234/87 (*), last fixed for the period 1 August to 31 February 1986 on the application of import levies on October 1987, they must be fixed anew ; whereas such products from Portugal suspended the application of prices and levies should in principle be calculated by import levies on poultrymeat products from Portugal (6) reference to feed-grain prices for the period 1 May to 30 owing to the minimal difference between the prices obtai­ September 1987 ; ning in the Community on the one hand and in Portugal on the other hand ; whereas the situation still pertains ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658 /87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are on the Common Customs Tariff (6) introduces, with effect in accordance with the opinion of the Management from 1 January 1988, a new 'combined nomenclature' Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, which meets the requirements of both the Common Customs Tariff and the Community's statistics on foreign trade and which replaces the existing nomenclature ; whereas the entry into force of the combined nomencla­ ture will entail an amendment to Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 2777/75 and, therefore, to the list of products for which sluice-gate prices and levies are set ; whereas in some cases the amounts for January 1988 cannot, therefore, be determined at this stage ; whereas accordingly, this fixing Article 1 should, exceptionally, apply until 31 December 1987 only, the amounts for January 1988 being set at a later stage ; 1 . The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 in respect of the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation and the sluice-gate prices (') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77. (2) OJ No L 133, 21 . 5. 1986, p. 39 . provided for in Article 7 of that Regulation in respect of (3) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 84. the like products shall, for the period 1 November to 31 0 OJ No L 301 , 25. 10 . 1987, p. 3 . 0 OJ No L 206, 28 . 7. 1987, p. 20 . o OJ No L 60, 1 . 3 . 1986, p. 11 . («) OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 .

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December 1987, be as fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 3. For imports of products specified in paragraph 1 2234/87. from Portugal, application of the levies shall be suspended. 2. Provided that, 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 Article 2 which the rate of duty has been bound within GAIT, the levy shall not exceed the amount resulting from that This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November binding. 1987 .

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

Done at Brussels, 28 October 1987.

For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President