31993R3583

28 . 12 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 326/29

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3583/93 of 27 December 1993 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, must be taken into account when fixing sluice-gate prices for the period 1 January to 31 March 1994 ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 October, 1 January and 1 April are being fixed, trends in world market prices for feed grain should be taken into account only if at the same time a new sluice-gate price is being Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 fixed ; of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1249/89 (2), and in particular Articles 8 and 12 ( 1 ) thereof, Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price has been fixed trends in world market prices for feed grain must be taken into account in fixing the levies ; Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, must be fixed in advance for each quarter in accordance with the methods of calculation laid down in Commis­ sion Regulation (EEC) No 1611 /90 of 15 June 1990 Whereas, in the case of pigmeat products, in respect of fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on pigmeat (3) ; which the rate of duty has been bound within GATT, the levies should be limited to the amounts resulting from that binding ;

Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for pigmeat were last fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2705/93 (4), for the period 1 October to 31 December Whereas, by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 of 1993, they must be fixed anew for the period 1 January to 20 December 1990 reducing for 1991 the levies on 31 March 1994 ; whereas such prices and levies should in certain agricultural products originating in developing principle be fixed by reference to feed grain prices for the countries (7), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) period 1 July to 30 November 1993 ; No 1028/93 (8), and Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (9) on the arrangements applicable to agricul­ tural products and certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products originating in the Whereas, when the sluice-gate price applicable from African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP States) as last 1 October, 1 January and 1 April is being fixed, trends in amended by Regulation (EEC) No 444/92 (10), special world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into import arrangements were introduced involving a reduc­ account only if the value of the quantity of feed grain tion to 50 % in levies within the framework of fixed required varies by at least a specified minimum in rela­ amounts or annual quotas, in particular for certain tion to that used in calculating the sluice-gate price for pigmeat products ; the preceding quarter ; whereas this minimum was fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2766/75 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3906/87 (6), at 3 % ;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Council Decision 91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the Whereas the value of the quantity of feed grain varies by overseas countries and territories with the European less than 3 % from that used for the preceding quarter ; Economic Community ("), no levies shall apply on therefore trends in world market prices for feed grain imports of products originating in the overseas countries and territories : (■) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 129, 11 . 5. 1989, p. 12. 0 OJ No L 370, 31 . 12. 1990, p. 121 . (3) OJ No L 152, 16. 6. 1990, p. 18 . (8) OJ No L 108 , 1 . 5. 1993, p . 1 . (4j OJ No L 245, 1 . 10. 1993, p. 113. 0 OJ No L 84, 30. 3 . 1990, p. 85. 0 OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 25 . H OJ No L 52, 27. 2. 1992, p . 7. (6) OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1987, p. 11 . (") OJ No L 263, 19. 9 . 1991 , p. 1 .

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Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 518/92 0, as HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2233/93 (2), (EEC) No 519/92 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) Article 1 No 2234/93 (4), and (EEC) No 520/92 (% as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2235/93 (6), of 27 February 1992 on 1 . For the period 1 January to 31 March 1994 the certain procedures for applying the Interim Agreements sluice-gate prices and the levies provided for in Articles on trade and trade-related matters between the European 1 2 and 8 respectively of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 for Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel the products specified in Article 1 (1 ) of that Regulation Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland, shall be as shown in the Annex. the Republic of Hungary and the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic, of the other part, introduce arrange­ 2. Provided that, in the case of products falling within ments for reducing import levies on certain products ; CN codes 0206 30 21 , 0206 30 31 , 0206 41 91 , whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2698/93 f7), as 0206 49 91 , 1501 00 11 , 1601 00 10, 1602 10 00, amended by Regulation (EC) No 3560/93 (8), lays down 1 602 20 90 or 1 602 90 1 0, in respect of which the rate of detailed rules for applying the arrangements provided for duty has been bound within GATT, the levy shall not in these agreements as regards pigmeat ; exceed the amount resulting from that binding.

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are Article 2 in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat, This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1994.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 December 1993 . For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 56, 29 . 2. 1992, p. 3 . (J) OJ No L 200, 10 . 8 . 1993, p. 3. (3) OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6. (4) OJ No L 200, 10. 8 . 1993 , p. 4. (*) OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9. (6) OJ No L 200, 10. 8 . 1993 , p. 5. 0 OJ No L 245, 1 . 10 . 1993, p. 80 . (8) OJ No L 324, 24. 12. 1993, p. 42.

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 27 December 1993 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies on pigmeat

Conventional Sluice-gate price Amount of levies rate of duty CN code (ECU/ 100 kg) (ECU/ 100 kg) (') bound within GATT (%)

0103 91 10 70,82 41,16 0103 92 11 60,23 35,00 0103 92 19 70,82 41,16 0 0203 11 10 92,10 53,52 0 0 0203 12 11 133,55 77,60 0 0 0203 12 19 103,15 59,94 0 0 0203 19 11 103,15 59,94 0 0 0203 19 13 149,20 86,70 0 0 0203 19 15 80,13 46,56 0 0 0203 1 9 55 149,20 86,70 0 0 0203 1 9 59 149,20 86,70 0 0 0203 21 10 92,10 53,52 0 0 0203 22 1 1 133,55 77,60 0 0 0203 22 19 103,15 59,94 0 0 0203 29 1 1 103,15 59,94 0 0 0203 29 13 149,20 86,70OOO 0203 29 1 5 80,13 46,56 0 0 0203 29 55 149,20 86,70 000 0203 29 59 149,20 86,70 0 O 0206 30 21 111,44 64,76 7 020630 31 81,05 47,10 4 0206 41 91 111,44 64,76 7 0206 49 91 81,05 47,10 4 0209 00 1 1 36,84 21,41 0209 00 19 40,52 23.55 0209 00 30 22,10 12,84 0210 1111 133,55 77,60 0 0 0210 11 19 103,15 59,94 0 0210 11 31 259,72 150,92 0 0 0210 11 39 204,46 118,81 0 0210 12 11 80,13 46.56 0 0 0210 12 19 133,55 77,60 0 0 0210 19 10 117,89 68,50 0 0210 19 20 1 28,94 74.93 0 0210 19 30 103,15 59.94 0 0210 19 40 149,20 86,70 0 0 0210 19 51 149,20 86,70 0 0210 19 59 149,20 86,70 0 0210 19 60 204,46 118,81 0 0210 19 70 256,96 149,32 0 0210 19 81 259,72 1 50,92 0 0 0210 19 89 259,72 150,92 0 0210 90 31 111,44 64,76 0210 90 39 81,05 47,10 1501 00 11 29,47 17,13 3 1501 00 19 29,47 17,13 1601 00 10 128,94 112,76 0 24 1601 00 91 216,44 165,19 000

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Conventional CN code Sluice-gate price Amount of levies rate of duty (ECU/ 100 kg) (ECU/ 100 kg)(') bound within GATT ( % )

1601 00 99 147,36 1 10,70 (') (2) (4) 1602 10 00 103,15 64,07 26 1602 20 90 119,73 109,53 25 1602 41 10 225,65 1 77,99 (4) 1602 42 10 188,81 1 42,77 (4) 1602 49 11 225,65 179,53 (4) 1602 49 13 188,81 1 28,64 (4) 1 602 49 1 5 188,81 130,29 (') (4) 1602 49 19 124,34 90,35 C )(4) 1602 49 30 103,15 76,37 (4) 1602 49 50 61,71 56,39 (4) 1602 90 10 119,73 90,84 26 1602 90 51 124,34 88,54 1902 20 30 61,71 48,73

(') The levy on products originating in the developing countries and listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3834/90 is reduced by 50 % within the limits of the fixed amounts referred to in that Annex. (2) The levy on products originating in the ACP and listed in Article 8 of amended Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 reduced by 50 % within the limits of the quotas referred to in that Regulation. (') No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC. (4) Products falling within this code, imported from Poland, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic and Hungary under the Interim Agreements concluded between those countries and the Community, and in respect of which EUR.l certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2698/93 have been presented, are subject to the levies set out in the Annex to that Regulation. (') For products imported from Austria or Finland, the levy applicable is restricted within the conditions provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1 1 56/93 .

NB : The CN codes and the footnotes are defined in amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2658 / 87 .