Article 11.The common organization of the market in pigmeat shall comprise a price and trading system and cover the following products:

	CN code	Description of goods
(a)	ex0103	Live swine, of domestic species, other than pure-bred breeding animals
(b)	ex0203	Meat of domestic swine, fresh, chilled, or frozen
	ex0206	Edible offal of domestic swine, other than for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products, fresh, chilled or frozen
	ex020900	Pig fat free of lean meat (not rendered), fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked
	ex0210	Meat and edible meat offal of domestic swine, salted, in brine, dried or smoked;
	1501001115010019	Lard and other pig fat, rendered, whether or not pressed or solvent-extracted
(c)	160100	Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products
	16021000	Homogenized preparations of meat, meat offal or blood
	16022090	Preparations or preserves of liver of any animal, other than goose or duck
	160241101602421016024911 to16024950	Other preparations and preserves containing meat or offal of domestic swine
	16029010	Preparations of blood of any animal
	16029051	Other preparations or preserves containing meat or meat offal of domestic swine
	19022030	Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared, containing more than 20 % by weight of sausages and the like, of meat and meat offal of any kind, including fats of any kind or origin

TITLE IPrices

Article 2In order to encourage action by trade and joint trade organizations to facilitate the adjustment of supply to market requirements, the following Community measures may be taken in respect of the products listed in Article 1 (1):measures to promote better organization of production, processing and marketing,measures to improve quality,measures to permit the establishment of short- and long-term forecasts on the basis of the means of production used,measures to facilitate the recording of market price trends.General rules concerning these measures shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty.

Article 3The following intervention measures may be taken to prevent or mitigate a substantial fall in prices:aid for private storage,buying in by intervention agencies.Private storage aid may be granted for products to be determined in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 5.Intervention agencies shall buy in carcases or half-carcases, fresh or chilled, of subheading 02031110 of the combined nomenclature; they may buy in bellies (streaky), fresh or chilled, of subheading ex02031915, and unrendered pig fat, fresh or chilled, of subheading ex02090011.

Article 41.The basic price for meat of domestic swine, in carcases or half carcases, hereinafter referred to as " slaughtered pigs", of the standard quality shall be EUR 1509,39/t from 1 July 2000.The standard quality shall be defined in terms of the weight and lean-meat content of pig carcases, determined in accordance with Article 2(2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 as follows:carcases weighing from 60 to less than 120 kg: grade E,carcases weighing from 120 to 180 kg: grade R.2.Intervention measures may be taken when the Community market price for pig carcases, as established by reference to the prices recorded in each Member State on the representative markets of the Community and weighted by means of coefficients reflecting the relative size of the pig herd in each Member State, is, and is likely to remain, at less than 103 % of the basic price.3.The intervention agencies designated by the Member States shall take intervention measures under the conditions laid down in Articles 5 to 7.4.The procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty shall apply for the purposes of:fixing the basic price,determining a standard quality for pig carcases.5.The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, shall lay down the Community sale for grading pig carcases.6.The procedure laid down in Article 24 shall apply for the purposes of:deciding to take intervention measures and the date on which they shall cease to apply,adopting the list of representative markets,adopting detailed rules for the application of this Article.

Article 51.The buying-in price for pig carcases of standard quality may not be more than 92 % or less than 78 % of the basic price.(2)For products of standard quality other than pig carcases, buying-in prices shall be derived from the buying-in price for pig carcases on the basis of the ratio existing between the commercial value of these products to the commercial value of pig carcases.3.For products other than those of standard quality, buying-in prices shall be derived from those in force for the relevant standard qualities, by reference to differences in quality in relation to the standard quality. These prices shall apply to defined qualities.4.The procedure laid down in Article 24 shall apply for the purposes of:(a)determining the products to which intervention measures are to apply and specifying the qualities which may be bought in; moreover, as regards certain regions of the Community, some weight categories may be excluded from intervention where they are not representative of pigmeat production in that region;(b)fixing the buying-in prices and the amount of private storage aid;(c)adopting detailed rules for the application of this Article, in particular the conditions governing the buying-in and storage of products in respect of which the intervention measures provided for in Article 3 are applied.(d)fixing the coefficient expressing the ratio referred to in paragraph 2.

Article 61.Disposal of products bought in by the intervention agencies in accordance with Articles 3, 4 and 5 shall take place in such a way as to avoid any disturbance of the market and to ensure equal access to goods and equal treatment of purchasers.2.Detailed rules for the application of this Article, in particular as regards selling prices, conditions for release from storage and, where appropriate, the processing of products bought in by the intervention agencies, shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24.

Article 71.The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, shall adopt general rules for granting private storage aid.2.Detailed rules of application shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24.

TITLE IITrade with third countries

Article 81.Imports into the Community, or exports therefrom, of any of the products listed in Article 1 may be subject to presentation of an import or export licence.Licences shall be issued by the Member States to any applicant, irrespective of his place of establishment in the Community and without prejudice to measures taken for the application of Articles 11 and 13.Import and export licences shall be valid throughout the Community. Such licences shall be issued subject to the lodging of a security guaranteeing that the products are imported or exported during the term of validity of the licence; except in cases of force majeure, the security shall be forfeited in whole or in part if import or export is not carried out, or is carried out only partially, within that period.2.The term of validity of licences and other detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24.

Article 9Unless this Regulation provides otherwise, the rates of duty in the Common Customs Tariff shall apply to the products listed in Article 1 (1).

Article 101.In order to prevent or counteract adverse effects on the market in the Community which may result from imports of certain products listed in Article 1, imports of one or more of such products at the rate of duty laid down in Article 10 shall be subject to payment of an additional import duty if the conditions set out in Article 5 of the Agreement on Agriculture concluded in accordance with Article 228 of the Treaty in the framework of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations have been fulfilled unless the imports are unlikely to disturb the Community market, or where the effects would be disproportionate to the intended objective.2.The trigger prices below which an additional duty may be imposed shall be those which are forwarded by the Community to the World Trade Organization.The trigger volumes to be exceeded in order to have the additional import duty imposed shall be determined particularly on the basis of imports into the Community in the three years preceding the year in which the adverse effects referred to in paragraph 1 arise or are likely to arise.Cif import prices shall be checked to that end, against the representative prices for the product on the world market or on Community import market for that product.3.The import prices to be taken into consideration for imposing an additional import duty shall be determined on the basis of the cif import prices of the consignment under consideration.4.The Commission shall adopt detailed rules for the application of this Article in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 30. Such detailed rules shall specify in particular:(a)the products to which additional import duties shall be applied under the terms of Article 5 of the Agreement on Agriculture;(b)the other criteria necessary to ensure application of paragraph 1 in accordance with Article 5 of that Agreement.

Article 111.Tariff quotas for the products listed in Article 1, resulting from agreements concluded in the framework of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations, shall be opened and administered in accordance with detailed rules adopted under the procedure laid down in Article 24.2.Quotas shall be administered by applying one of the following methods or a combination of them:method based on the chronological order of the lodging of applications ("first come, first served" principle),method of distribution in proportion to the quantities requested when the applications were lodged (using the "simultaneous examination" method),method based on taking traditional trade patterns into account (using the "traditional/new arrivals" method).Other appropriate methods may be adopted.They must avoid any discrimination between the operators concerned.3.The method of administration adopted shall, where appropriate, give due weight to the supply requirements of the Community market and the need to safeguard the equilibrium of that market, whilst at the same time possibly drawing on methods which may have been applied in the past to quotas corresponding to those referred to in paragraph 1, without prejudice to the rights resulting from agreements concluded in the framework of the Uruguay Round negotiations.4.The detailed rules referred to in paragraph 1 shall provide for annual quotas, suitably phased over the year, if necessary and where appropriate for:(a)guarantees covering the nature, provenance and origin of the product;(b)recognition of the document used for verifying the guarantees referred to in (a); and(c)the conditions under which import licences are issued and their term of validity.

Article 121.Where prices on the Community market rise significantly and where that situation is likely to continue, thereby disturbing or threatening to disturb that market, the measure provided for in paragraph 4 may be taken.2.A significant rise in prices within the meaning of paragraph 1 exists when, following a general price rise in all Community regions, the average price of pig carcases on the Community representative markets given in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2123/89 is at a higher level than the average of those prices established for the previous period of three marketing years, from 1 July to 30 June, adjusted if necessary on the basis of cyclical trends in the prices in question, with the addition of the difference between that average and the average of basic prices in force during the period under consideration, taking into account any amendment of the basic price by comparison with the price emerging from the average for the said period.3.The significant rise in prices is likely to continue within the meaning of paragraph 1 when an imbalance between pigmeat supply and demand exists and is likely to continue, particularly in view of:(a)cyclical trends in the number of sows covered and in the prices for piglets;(b)surveys and estimates carried out pursuant to Directive 93/23/EEC of 1 June 1993 on the statistical surveys to be carried out on pig production;(c)foreseeable trends in market prices for pig carcases.4.Where the conditions listed in the previous paragraphs are met, total or partial suspension of import duties may be decided on in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall, if necessary, be adopted in accordance with the same procedure.

Article 131.To the extent necessary to enable the products listed in Article 1 to be exported on the basis of quotations or prices for those products on the world market and within the limits resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 228 of the Treaty, the difference between those quotations or prices and prices in the Community may be covered by export refunds.2.The method to be adopted for the allocation of the quantities which may be exported with a refund shall be the method which:(a)is most suited to the nature of the product and the situation on the market in question, allowing the most efficient possible use of the resources available, account being taken of the efficiency and structure of Community exports without, however, creating discrimination between large and small operators;(b)is least cumbersome administratively for operators, account being taken of administration requirements;(c)avoids any discrimination between the operators concerned.3.Refunds shall be the same for the whole Community. They may vary according to destination, where the world market situation or the specific requirements of certain markets make this necessary.Refunds shall be fixed in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24. Refunds shall be fixed at regular intervals, without recourse, however, to the tendering procedure.The list of products on which an export refund is granted and the amount of such refund shall be fixed at least once every three months. The amount of the refund may, however, remain at the same level for more than three months and may, where necessary, be adjusted in the intervening period by the Commission at the request of a Member State or on its own initiative.4.The following shall be taken into account when refunds are being fixed:(a)the existing situation and the future trend with regard to:prices and availabilities of pigmeat products on the Community market,prices for pigmeat products on the world market;(b)the need to avoid disturbances likely to cause a prolonged imbalance between supply and demand on the Community market;(c)the economic aspect of the proposed exports;(d)the limits resulting from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 228 of the Treaty.When the refund is being fixed, particular account shall also be taken of the need to establish a balance between the use of Community basic products in the manufacture of processed goods for export to third countries, and the use of third-country products brought in under processing arrangements.When the refund on the products listed in Article 1 is being calculated, account shall be taken of the difference between prices within the Community and prices on the world market for the quantity of feed grain required for the production in the Community of one kilogram of pigmeat, the coefficients referred to in Article 5 (2) also being taken into account in the case of products other than pig carcases.5.The Community price referred to in paragraph 1 shall be established on the following basis:(a)prices obtaining at the various stages of marketing in the Community;(b)prices obtaining for exports.The world market prices referred to in paragraph 1 shall be established on the following basis:(a)prices obtaining on third-country markets;(b)the most favourable prices in third countries of destination for third-country imports;(c)producer prices recorded in exporting third countries, account being taken, where appropriate, of subsidies granted by those countries; and(d)free-at-Community-frontier offer prices.6.Refunds shall only be granted on application and on presentation of the relevant export licence.7.The refund applicable to exports of products listed in Article 1 shall be that applicable on the day of application for the licence and, in the case of a differentiated refund, that applicable on the same day:(a)for the destination indicated on the licence, or, where appropriate;(b)for the actual destination if it differs from the destination indicated on the licence. In that case, the amount applicable may not exceed the amount applicable for the destination indicated on the licence.Appropriate measures may be taken to prevent abuse of the flexibility provided for in this paragraph.8.Paragraphs 6 and 7 may be waived in the case of products listed in Article 1 on which refunds are paid under food-aid operations, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24.9.The refund shall be paid upon proof:that the products have been exported from the Community,that the products are of Community origin, except where paragraph 10 applies, andthat in the case of a differentiated refund the products have reached the destination indicated on the licence or another destination for which the refund was fixed, without prejudice to paragraph 7 (b). Exceptions may be made to this rule in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24, provided conditions are laid down which offer equivalent guarantees.10.No export refund shall be granted on products listed in Article 1 which are imported from third countries and re-exported to third countries, unless the exporter proves:that the product to be exported and the product previously imported are one and the same, andthat all import duties were collected on importation.In such cases the refund on each product shall be equal to the duty collected on importation where that duty is equal to or lower than the refund applicable; the refund shall be equal to the refund applicable where the duty collected on importation is higher than that refund.11.Compliance with the limits on volumes arising from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 228 of the Treaty shall be ensured on the basis of the export certificates issued for the reference periods provided for therein and applicable to the products concerned. With regard to compliance with the obligations arising under the Agreement on Agriculture, the ending of a reference period shall not affect the validity of export licences.12.Detailed rules for the application of this Article, including the arrangements for redistributing unallocated or unused exportable quantities, shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24.

Article 141.To the extent necessary for the proper working of the common organization of the market in pigmeat, the Council, acting in accordance with the voting procedure laid down in Article 43 (2) of the Treaty on a proposal from the Commission, may, in special cases, prohibit in whole or in part the use of inward processing arrangements in respect of products listed in Article 1 which are intended for the manufacture of products listed in that Article.2.In derogation from paragraph 1, if the situation referred to in paragraph 1 arises with exceptional urgency and the Community market is disturbed or is liable to be disturbed by the inward or outward processing arrangements, the Commission shall, at the request of a Member State or on its own initiative, decide upon the necessary measures; the Council and the Member States shall be notified of such measures, which shall be valid for no more than six months and shall be immediately applicable. If the Commission receives a request from a Member State, it shall take a decision thereon within a week following receipt of the request.3.Measures decided on by the Commission may be referred to the Council by any Member State within a week of the day on which they were notified. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may confirm, amend or repeal the Commission decision. If the Council has not acted within three months, the Commission decision shall be deemed to have been repealed.

Article 151.The general rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature and the special rules for its application shall apply to the classification of products covered by this Regulation; the tariff nomenclature resulting from the application of this Regulation shall be incorporated in the Common Customs Tariff.2.Save as otherwise provided for in this Regulation or pursuant to a provision thereof, the following shall be prohibited in trade with third countries:the levying of any charge having equivalent effect to a customs duty,the application of any quantitative restriction or measure having equivalent effect.

Article 161.If, by reason of imports or exports, the Community market in one or more of the products listed in Article 1 is affected by, or is threatened with, serious disturbance likely to jeopardize the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 39 of the Treaty, appropriate measures may be applied in trade with third countries until such disturbance or threat of disturbance has ceased.The Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission in accordance with the voting procedure laid down in Arrticle 43 (2) of the Treaty, shall adopt the general rules for the application of this paragraph and define the cases in which and the limits within which Member States may take protective measures.2.If the situation referred to in paragraph 1 arises, the Commission shall, at the request of a Member State or on its own initiative, decide upon the necessary measures; the Member States shall be notified of such measures, which shall be immediately applicable. If the Commission receives a request from a Member State, it shall take a decision thereon within three working days following receipt of the request.3.Measures decided upon by the Commission may be referred to the Council by any Member State within three working days of the day on which they were notified. The Council shall meet without delay. It may, acting by a qualified majority, amend or annul the measure in question.4.This Article shall be applied having regard to the obligations arising from agreements concluded in accordance with Article 228 (2) of the Treaty.

TITLE IIIGeneral provisions

Article 19Products as specified in Article 1 (1), which are manufactured or obtained from products not coming within Articles 9 (2) and 10 (1) of the Treaty, shall not be admitted to free circulation within the Community.

Article 201.In order to take account of the restrictions on intra-Community and third-country trade which may result from the application of measures for combating the spread of diseases in animals, exceptional measures of support for the market affected by those restrictions may be taken in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24. These measures shall be taken at the request of the Member State(s) concerned. They may be taken only if the Member State(s) concerned has (have) taken health and veterinary measures quickly to stamp out the disease, and only to the extent and for the duration strictly necessary to support the market concerned.2.For exceptional measures as referred to in paragraph 1 which relate directly to health and veterinary measures, the Community shall provide part-financing equivalent to 50 % of the expenditure borne by Member States and 60 % of such expenditure when combating foot-and-mouth disease.3.Member States shall ensure that, where producers contribute to the expenditure borne by Member States, this does not result in distortion of competition between producers in different Member States.4.Articles 87, 88 and 89 of the Treaty shall not apply to Member States’ financial contributions towards the exceptional measures referred to in paragraph 1.

Article 21Save as otherwise provided in this Regulation, Articles 92 to 94 of the Treaty shall apply to the production of and trade in the products specified in Article 1 (1).

Article 22Member States and the Commission shall communicate to each other the information necessary for implementing this Regulation.Rules for the communication and distribution of such information shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24.

Article 231.There is hereby set up a Management Committee for Pigmeat, (hereinafter called "the Committee"), consisting of representatives of Member States with a representative of the Commission as Chairman.2.Within the Committee the votes of Member States shall be weighted in accordance with Article 148 (2) of the Treaty. The Chairman shall not vote.

Article 241.The Commission shall be assisted by the Management Committee for Pigmeat, hereinafter referred to as "the Committee".2.Where reference is made to this paragraph Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.The period referred to in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at one month.3.The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.

Article 25The Committee may consider any other question referred to it by its Chairman either on his own initiative or at the request of the representative of a Member State.

Article 26This Regulation shall be so applied that appropriate account is taken, in appropriate manner and at the same time, of the objectives set out in Articles 39 and 110 of the Treaty.

Article 27Should Italy have recourse to the provisions of Article 23 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75OJ No L 281, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in cereals, the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, shall take the necessary measures to avoid distortion of competition.

Article 281.Council Regulation No 121/67/EECOJ No 117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2283/67. of 13 June 1967 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1861/74OJ No L 197, 19. 7. 1974, p. 3. is hereby repealed.2.References to the Regulation repealed by paragraph 1 shall be construed as references to this Regulation.References to Articles of that Regulation are to be read in accordance with the correlation given in the Annex.

Article 29This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 1975.

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

Regulation No 121/67/EEC	This Regulation
Article 27	Article 26
Article 29	Article 27

Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of the Council of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat

Modified by

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1423/78 of 20 June 1978 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat