31988R0188
No L 19/24 23 . 1 . 88 Official Journal of the European Communities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 188/88 of 22 January 1988 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, preceding quarter ; whereas the sluice-gate prices fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 4019/87 should accordingly be maintained unchanged until 30 April 1988 for these Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European products ; Economic Community,
Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed, changes in world Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and market prices for feed grain should be taken into account Portugal, only if at the same time a new sluice-gate price is fixed ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 Whereas, since no new sluice-gate prices have been fixed, of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the the levies fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 4019/87 should market in poultrymeat ('), as last amended by Regulation accordingly be maintained unchanged until 30 April (EEC) No 3907/87 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 7 1988 : ( 1 ) thereof,
Whereas, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 631 /86 of 28 Whereas the sluice-gate prices and levies for the products February 1986 on the application of import levies on specified in Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 products from Portugal suspended the application of must be fixed quarterly in advance in accordance with import levies on poultrymeat products from Portugal (6) methods of calculation laid down in Council Regulation owing to the minimal difference between the prices obtai (EEC) No 2778/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down rules ning in the Community on the one hand and in Portugal for calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for on the other hand ; whereas the situation still pertains ; poultrymeat (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3986/87 (4) ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (8) intro duced, with effect from 1 January 1988, a new combined Whereas, since the sluice-gate prices and levies for nomenclature, which meets the requirements of both the poultrymeat were, by Commission Regulations (EEC) No Common Customs Tariff and the Community's statistics 3226/87 (^ and (EEC) No 4019/87 (6), last fixed for the on foreign trade and which replaces the previous nomen clature ; period 1 November 1987 to 31 January 1988 , they must be fixed anew for the period 1 February to 30 April 1988 ; whereas such prices and levies should in principle be calculated by reference to feed-grain prices for the period Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are 1 August to 31 December 1987 ; in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
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 account only if the price of the quantity of feed grain required varies by at least a specified minimum in rela HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : tion to that used to calculate the sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 2778 /75, this minimum was set at 3 % ;
Article 1 Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain required does not vary by 3 % or more from that used for the 1 . The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77. (EEC) No 2777/75 in respect of the products specified in (2) OJ No L 370, 30 . 12. 1987, p. 14. Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation and the sluice-gate prices (3) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 84. («) OJ No L 376, 31 . 12. 1987. 0 OJ No L 307, 29 . 10 . 1987, p. 29 . 0 OJ No L 256, 7. 9 . 1987, p. 1 . (*) OJ No L 378 , 31 . 12. 1987, p. 33 . (8) OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 .
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provided for in Article 7 of that Regulation in respect of 3. For imports of products specified in paragraph 1 the like products shall, for the period 1 February to 30 from Portugal, application of the levies shall be April 1988 , be as fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 4019/87. suspended.
2. However for products falling within codes 0207 31 , 0207 39 90, 0207 50, 0210 90 71 , 0210 90 79, 1501 00 90, 1602 31 , 1602 39 19, 1602 39 30 and 1602 39 90 of the Article 2 combined nomenclature for which the rate of duty has been bound under GATT, the levies shall be limited to the amount resulting from that binding. This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1988 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 22 January 1988 . For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President