Commission Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 of 28 June 1995 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of additional import duties and fixing additional import duties in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin, and repealing Regulation No 163/67/EEC
Modified by
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 2916/95of 18 December 1995amending certain Regulations concerning the common organization of the markets in poultrymeat and eggs and the common system of trade for ovalbumin and lactalbumin, 395R2916, December 19, 1995
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 1505/96of 29 July 1996amending Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of additional import duties and fixing additional import duties in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin, 396R1505, July 30, 1996
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 1103/97of 17 June 1997on certain provisions relating to the introduction of the euro, 397R1103, June 19, 1997
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 493/1999of 5 March 1999amending Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of additional import duties and fixing additional import duties in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin, and repealing Regulation No 163/67/EEC, 399R0493, March 6, 1999
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 684/1999of 29 March 1999amending Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of additional import duties and fixing representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin, and repealing Regulation No 163/67/EEC, 399R0684, March 30, 1999
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 424/2009of 20 May 2009fixing representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1484/95, 309R0424, May 21, 2009
  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 816/2009of 7 September 2009amending Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of additional import duties and fixing additional import duties in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin, 309R0816, September 8, 2009
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1484/95of 28 June 1995laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of additional import duties and fixing representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin, and repealing Regulation No 163/67/EEC THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in eggsOJ No L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 49., as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and by Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/94OJ No L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 105., and in particular Articles 5 (4) and 15 thereof,Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in poultrymeatOJ No L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 77., as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94, and in particular Articles 5 (4) and 15 thereof,Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2783/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common system of trade for ovalbumin and lactalbuminOJ No L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 104., as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94, and in particular Article 3 (4) and 10 thereof,Whereas Regulations (EEC) No 2771/75, (EEC) No 2777/75 and (EEC) No 2783/75 provide that from 1 July 1995 imports of one or more of the products falling under these Regulations at the rate of duty of the Common Customs Tariff shall be subject to the payment of an additional import duty if certain conditions set out in the Agreement on Agriculture concluded 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; whereas these additional import duties may be imposed in particular if the import prices fall below the trigger prices;Whereas, therefore, specific implementing rules should be laid down for the poultrymeat and egg sectors as well as for egg albumin and the trigger prices should be published;Whereas the import prices to be taken into consideration for imposing an additional import duty should be checked against the representative prices on the world market or on the Community import market for the products in question; whereas it is necessary that Member States communicate the prices at various stages of marketing at regular intervals in order to be able to determine the representative prices and the corresponding additional duties;Whereas the importer may choose that the additional duty is calculated on a basis which is different from the representative price; whereas, however, in that case there should be provision for the lodging of a security equal to the amount of additional duty which he would have paid if the additional duty had been determined on the basis of the representative price; whereas the security will be reimbursed if, within a certain time limit, proof is provided that the conditions for the disposal of the consignment have been met; whereas, as part of a posteriori checks, additional duty due will be recovered pursuant to Article 220 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92OJ No L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1. establishing the Community customs code; whereas it is only fair that, within the framework of such checks, interest will be added to the duty due;Whereas the provisions of Commission Regulation No 163/67/EEC of 26 June 1967 on fixing the additional amount for imports of poultry-farming products from third countriesOJ No 129, 28.6.1967, p. 2577/67., as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3821/92OJ No L 387, 31.12.1992, p. 24., are replaced by the provisions of this Regulation; whereas the aforementioned Regulation should, therefore, be replaced as from the date of entry into force of the Agreement on Agriculture of the Uruguay Round;Whereas it results from regular monitoring of the information providing the basis for the verification of the import prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors as well as for egg albumin that additional duties should be imposed on the import of certain products, taking into account variation of prices according to origin; whereas, therefore, representative prices and corresponding additional duties should be published for those products;Whereas additional duties may not be imposed in particular on products imported within tariff quotas agreed upon in the framework of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations;Whereas the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by the chairman,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1The additional import duties referred to in Article 5 (1) of Regulations (EEC) No 2771/75 and (EEC) No 2777/75 and in Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2783/75, hereinafter referred to as "additional duties", are applied to the products listed in Annex I and originating in the countries indicated therein.The corresponding trigger prices referred to in Article 5 (2) of Regulations (EEC) No 2771/75 and (EEC) No 2777/75 and in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2783/75 are shown in Annex II.
Article 21.The representative prices referred to in Article 141(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1. and in the second subparagraph of Article 3(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2783/75 shall be determined at regular intervals on the basis of data collected under the Community surveillance system governed by Article 308d of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1..2.The representative prices are shown in Annex I.
Article 31.The additional duty shall be established on the basis of the cif import price of the consignment in question in accordance with the provisions of Article 4.2.When the cif import price per 100 kg of a consignment is higher than the applicable representative price referred to in Article 2(1), the importer shall present to the competent authorities of the importing Member States at least the following proofs:the purchasing contract, or any other equivalent document,the insurance contract,the invoice,the certificate of origin (where applicable),the transport contract,and, in the case of sea transport, the bill of lading.3.In the case referred to in paragraph 2, the importer must lodge the security referred to in Article 248(1) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1., equal to the amount of additional duty which he would have paid if the calculation of the additional duty had been made on the basis of the representative price applicable to the product in question, as shown in Annex I.4.The importer shall have one month from the sale of the products in question, subject to a limit of six months from the date of acceptance of the declaration of release for free circulation, to prove that the consignment was disposed of under conditions confirming the correctness of the prices referred to in paragraph 2. Failure to meet one or other of these deadlines shall entail the loss of the security lodged. However, the time limit of six months may be extended by the competent authorities by a maximum of three months at the request of the importer, which must be duly substantiated.The security lodged shall be released to the extent that proof of the conditions of disposal is provided to the satisfaction of the customs authorities.Otherwise, the security shall be forfeit by way of payment of the additional duties.5.If on verification the competent authorities establish that the requirements of this Article have not been met, they shall recover the duty due in accordance with Article 220 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92. The amount of the duty to be recovered or remaining to be recovered shall include interest from the date the goods were released for free circulation up to the date of recovery. The interest rate applied shall be that in force for recovery operations under national law.
Article 41.If the difference between the trigger price in question referred to in Article 1(2) and the cif import price of the consignment in question:(a)is less than or equal to 10 % of the trigger price, no additional duty shall be imposed;(b)is greater than 10 % but less than or equal to 40 % of the trigger price, the additional duty shall equal 30 % of the amount by which the difference exceeds 10 %;(c)is greater than 40 % but less than or equal to 60 % of the trigger price, the additional duty shall equal 50 % of the amount by which the difference exceeds 40 %, plus the additional duty allowed under (b);(d)is greater than 60 % but less than or equal to 75 %, the additional duty shall equal 70 % of the amount by which the difference exceeds 60 % of the trigger price, plus the additional duties allowed under (b) and (c);(e)is greater than 75 % of the trigger price, the additional duty shall equal 90 % of the amount by which the difference exceeds 75 %, plus the additional duties allowed under (b), (c) and (d).2.The additional duties corresponding to the representative prices laid down in accordance with Article 2 (1) are shown in Annex I.
Article 5If necessary, the Commission may, at the request of a Member State or on its own initiative, adjust Annex I.However, the Commission may adjust the representative prices only if these prices are at least 5 % different from the determined prices.
Article 6The additional duties referred to in Article 1 shall not apply in the case of imports under Commission Regulations (EC) No 533/2007OJ L 125, 15.5.2007, p. 9., (EC) No 539/2007OJ L 128, 16.5.2007, p. 19., (EC) No 616/2007OJ L 142, 5.6.2007, p. 3., (EC) No 1385/2007OJ L 309, 27.11.2007, p. 47. and (EC) No 536/2007OJ L 128, 16.5.2007, p. 6..
Article 7Regulation No 163/67/EEC is repealed.
Article 8This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1995.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.ANNEX I
Nomenclature of countries laid down by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1833/2006 (OJ L 354, 14.12.2006, p. 19). The code "ZZ" represents "other origins".
CN codeDescription of goodsRepresentative price(EUR/100 kg)Security under Article 3(3)(EUR/100 kg)Origin
02071210Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces, presented as "70 % chickens", frozen105,00BR
96,50AR
02071290Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces, presented as "65 % chickens", frozen105,44BR
103,14AR
02071410Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, boneless cuts, frozen205,328BR
207,128AR
263,511CL
02071450Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, breasts, frozen189,67BR
146,320AR
02071460Fowl of the species Gallus domesticus, legs, frozen104,112BR
99,413AR
02072510Turkeys, not cut in pieces, presented as "80 % turkeys", frozen223,40BR
02072710Turkeys, boneless cuts, frozen222,122BR
237,618CL
04081180Egg yolks368,70AR
04089180Eggs, not in shell, dried334,90AR
16023211Preparations of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, uncooked262,17BR
35021190Egg albumin, dried601,40AR
ANNEX II
CN codeTrigger price ECU/100 kg
010511118588,0
010511198588,0
010511918588,0
010511998588,0
01051200010519203242,3
0105199014525,0
010592000105930055,8
01059910115,1
01059920185,9
01059930147,8
01059950133,3
02071110142,3
02071130100,2
02071190128,5
02072410170,0
02072490250,0
02073211158,8
02073215185,1
02073219173,5
02073251207,1
02073259257,3
02073290173,2
0207121098,8
02071290131,2
02072510177,7
02072590179,8
02073311170,1
02073319167,9
02073351200,0
02073359248,2
02073390204,5
02071310339,8
02071320100,0
02071330180,0
02071350227,1
02071360158,1
02071370310,7
02071399100,0
02072610339,0
02072620342,3
02072650279,9
02072660142,9
02072670177,8
02072680200,0
02072699216,7
02073511435,3
02073515423,2
02073523133,3
02073531100,0
0207354178,3
02073551463,4
02073553331,9
02073561309,7
02073563164,2
02071410333,5
02071420251,1
0207143097,5
0207144080,0
02071450235,7
02071460158,9
02071470316,6
02071499143,4
02072710329,9
02072720337,8
0207274080,8
02072750280,0
02072760111,1
02072770172,7
02072780233,3
02072799131,3
02073611465,3
02073615354,5
02073621100,0
02073623133,3
02073631107,8
0207364181,1
02073651432,4
02073653308,3
02073661309,7
02073663166,0
02073671234,5
02073679500,0
02073690163,2
02090090135,8
1602321116023921318,6
04070011935,9
04070019743,6
0407003052,7
04081180343,3
0408198169,6
04081989111,9
04089180271,4
0408998059,7
35021190521,5
3502199051,7