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( 1 ) OJ NO L 282 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO C 90 , 21 . 4 . 1981 , P . 101 .

( 3 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 25 AND 26 MARCH 1981 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ).

( 4 ) OJ NO L 282 , 1 . 11 . 1975 , P . 10 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1197/81

OF 28 APRIL 1981

FIXING , FOR THE PERIOD 1 NOVEMBER 1981 TO 31 OCTOBER 1982 , THE BASIC PRICE AND THE STANDARD QUALITY FOR SLAUGHTERED PIGS

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 43 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2759/75 OF 29 OCTOBER 1975 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN PIGMEAT ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY THE 1979 ACT OF ACCESSION , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 4 ( 4 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 2 ),

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ( 3 ),

WHEREAS , WHEN THE BASIC PRICE FOR SLAUGHTERED PIGS IS FIXED , ACCOUNT SHOULD BE TAKEN OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY AND OF THE CONTRIBUTION WHICH THE COMMUNITY DESIRES TO MAKE TO THE HARMONIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF WORLD TRADE ; WHEREAS THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY ARE IN PARTICULAR TO ENSURE A FAIR STANDARD OF LIVING FOR THE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY , TO ENSURE THAT SUPPLIES ARE AVAILABLE AND THAT THEY REACH CONSUMERS AT REASONABLE PRICES ;

WHEREAS THE BASIC PRICE MUST BE FIXED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CRITERIA LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 4 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2759/75 FOR A STANDARD QUALITY DEFINED ACCORDING TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2760/75 OF 29 OCTOBER 1975 DETERMINING THE COMMUNITY SCALE FOR GRADING PIG CARCASES ( 4 );

WHEREAS THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE CLASS AND CATEGORIES OF WEIGHT IN COMMUNITY PRODUCTION SHOULD BE TAKEN AS THE STANDARD QUALITY ;

WHEREAS THE APPLICATION OF THOSE CRITERIA RESULTS IN THE BASIC PRICE BEING FIXED AT A LEVEL HIGHER THAN THAT ADOPTED FOR THE PREVIOUS PERIOD ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FOR THE PERIOD 1 NOVEMBER 1981 TO 31 OCTOBER 1982 THE BASIC PRICE FOR SLAUGHTERED PIGS OF THE STANDARD QUALITY SHALL BE 1761.80 ECU PER 1 000 KILOGRAMS .

ARTICLE 2

THE STANDARD QUALITY SHALL BE THE QUALITY FOR PIG CARCASES OF CLASS II OF THE COMMUNITY SCALE FOR GRADING PIG CARCASES LAID DOWN BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2760/75 , EXCLUDING THOSE CARCASES WITH A WEIGHT OF LESS THAN 70 KILOGRAMS AND THOSE WITH A WEIGHT EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN 160 KILOGRAMS .

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 NOVEMBER 1981 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT LUXEMBOURG , 28 APRIL 1981 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

J . DE KONING