# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1358/2005

of 18 August 2005

fixing the weighting coefficients to be used in calculating the Community market price for pig carcases for the 2005/06 marketing year

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat [^1] , and in particular Article 4(6) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** The Community market price for pig carcases, as referred to in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, should be established by weighting the prices recorded in each Member State by coefficients expressing the relative size of the pig population of each Member State.

**(2)** These coefficients should be determined on the basis of the number of pigs counted at the beginning of December each year in accordance with Council Directive 93/23/EEC of 1 June 1993 on the statistical surveys to be carried out on pig production [^2] .

**(3)** In view of the results of the census of December 2004, new weighting coefficients should be set for the 2005/06 marketing year and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1900/2004 [^3] should be repealed.

**(4)** Since the marketing year 2005/06 starts on 1 July 2005, this Regulation should apply from that date.

**(5)** The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Pigmeat,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

The weighting coefficients referred to in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 shall be as specified in the Annex to this Regulation.

## **Article 2**

Regulation (EC) No 1900/2004 is hereby repealed.

## **Article 3**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

It shall apply from 1 July 2005.

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 August 2005. *For the Commission* Mariann FISCHER BOEL *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1975_282_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1365/2000 ( [OJ L 156, 29.6.2000, p. 5](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2000_156_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 149, 21.6.1993, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1993_149_R_TOC) . Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( [OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2003_284_R_TOC) ).

[^3] [OJ L 328, 30.10.2004, p. 69](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_328_R_TOC) .

Weighting coefficients to be used in calculating the Community market price for pig carcases for the 2005/06 marketing year

Article 4(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75

| Belgium | 4,2 |
| --- | --- |
| Czech Republic | 1,9 |
| Denmark | 8,8 |
| Germany | 17,3 |
| Estonia | 0,2 |
| Greece | 0,7 |
| Spain | 16,7 |
| France | 10,0 |
| Ireland | 1,2 |
| Italy | 5,9 |
| Cyprus | 0,3 |
| Latvia | 0,3 |
| Lithuania | 0,7 |
| Luxembourg | 0,1 |
| Hungary | 2,7 |
| Malta | 0,1 |
| Netherlands | 7,3 |
| Austria | 2,1 |
| Poland | 11,4 |
| Portugal | 1,5 |
| Slovenia | 0,4 |
| Slovakia | 0,8 |
| Finland | 0,9 |
| Sweden | 1,3 |
| United Kingdom | 3,2 |

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1365/2000 ().
[^2]: . Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council ().
[^3]: .