Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3537/89 of 27 November 1989 on the marketing stage to which the average price for pig carcases refers
Modified by
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1572/95 of 30 June 1995, 31995R1572, July 1, 1995
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1128/2006of 24 July 2006on the marketing stage to which the average price for pig carcasses refers(Codified version), 32006R1128, July 25, 2006
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3537/89of 27 November 1989on the marketing stage to which the average price for pig carcases refers THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in pigmeatOJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1., as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1249/89OJ No L 129, 11. 5. 1989, p. 12., and in particular Article 4 (6) thereof,Whereas the representative markets comprise, for each country, all the markets listed in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2123/89OJ No L 203, 15. 7. 1989, p. 23.;Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, the weighted average price for pig carcases on the representative markets of the Community must be determined in order to assess whether the market situation warrants intervention measures;Whereas, in order to determine such an average price for pig carcases, comparable Community prices must be available; whereas, to that end, a single quality of pig carcases corresponding to the standard quality referred to in Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 and a clearly defined marketing stage should be used; whereas, since pig carcases are generally marketed at the slaughterhouse stage, that stage should be the one adopted;Whereas quotations for pig carcases are to be determined henceforth throughout the Community using the Community scale for grading pig carcases as laid down by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84OJ No L 301, 20. 11. 1984, p. 1., as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3530/86OJ No L 326, 21. 11. 1986, p. 8., and the detailed rules for application as laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85OJ No L 285, 25. 10. 1985, p. 39.; whereas the definition of the standard quality in accordance with Article 2 (2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 was simplified by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1250/89 of 3 May 1989 fixing the basic price and the standard quality for slaughtered pigs for the period 1 July 1989 to 30 June 1990OJ No L 129, 11. 5. 1989, p. 14.; whereas, in addition, the list of representative markets for pigmeat in the Community, as laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 43/81OJ No L 3, 1. 1. 1981, p. 15., as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3553/88OJ No L 311, 17. 11. 1988, p. 4., was replaced by that in Regulation (EEC) No 2123/89; whereas, for those reasons, the rules on the marketing stage to which the average price for pig carcases refers should be amended;Whereas for the sake of clarity a new regulation combining all the rules on the marketing stage to which the average price for pig carcases refers should be adopted; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2342/86OJ No L 203, 26. 7. 1986, p. 18., as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2847/87OJ No L 272, 25. 9. 1987, p. 12., should accordingly be repealed;Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 11.The Community market price for pig carcases referred to in Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 shall be determined on the basis of the prices on entry into the slaughterhouse, excluding value added tax, paid to suppliers of live pigs.2.The prices referred to in paragraph 1 shall include the value of the unprocessed offal and animal residues and shall be expressed in respect of 100 kg of cold pig carcases:presented in accordance with the reference presentation laid down in Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84,andweighed and classified on the slaughterhouse hook, the weight recorded being converted into cold carcase weight in accordance with the methods laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85.
Article 21.The market price for pig carcases in a Member State shall be equal to the average of the quotations for pig carcases recorded on the markets or quotation centres of that Member State listed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2123/89.2.The price referred to in paragraph 1 shall be determined using the quotations recorded for carcases weighing:60 to less than 120 kg of grade E,120 to less than 180 kg of grade R.The choice of weight categories and any weighting thereof shall be left to the Member State concerned; the latter shall inform the Commission thereof.
Article 31.Regulation (EEC) No 2342/86 is hereby repealed.2.References to Regulation (EEC) No 2342/86 shall be construed as referring to this Regulation.
Article 4This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.