# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1128/2006

of 24 July 2006

on the marketing stage to which the average price for pig carcasses refers

(Codified version)

## 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)** Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3537/89 of 27 November 1989 on the marketing stage to which the average price for pig carcasses refers [^2] has been substantially amended [^3] . In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Regulation should be codified.

**(2)** The representative markets comprise, for each country, all the markets listed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 908/2006 [^4] .

**(3)** Pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75, the weighted average price for pig carcasses on the representative markets of the Community must be determined in order to assess whether the market situation warrants intervention measures.

**(4)** In order to determine such an average price for pig carcasses, comparable Community prices must be available. To that end, a single quality of pig carcasses 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. Since pig carcasses are generally marketed at the slaughterhouse stage, that stage should be the one adopted.

**(5)** Quotations for pig carcasses are to be determined throughout the Community using the Community scale for grading pig carcasses as laid down by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 [^5] , and the detailed rules for application as laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85 [^6] .

**(6)** A Regulation combining all the rules on the marketing stage to which the average price for pig carcasses refers should be adopted.

**(7)** 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**

**1.** The Community market price for pig carcasses 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 carcasses: — presented in accordance with the reference presentation laid down in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84, and — weighed and classified on the slaughterhouse hook, the weight recorded being converted into cold carcass weight in accordance with the methods laid down in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2967/85.

## **Article 2**

**1.** The market price for pig carcasses in a Member State shall be equal to the average of the quotations for pig carcasses recorded on the markets or quotation centres of that Member State listed in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 908/2006.

**2.** The price referred to in paragraph 1 shall be determined using the quotations recorded for carcasses 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 3**

Regulation (EEC) No 3537/89 is repealed.

References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex II.

## **Article 4**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 24 July 2006. *For the Commission* *The President* José Manuel BARROSO

[^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 1913/2005 ( [OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2005_307_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 347, 28.11.1989, p. 20](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1989_347_R_TOC) . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1572/95 ( [OJ L 150, 1.7.1995, p. 52](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1995_150_R_TOC) ).

[^3] See Annex I.

[^4] [OJ L 168, 21.6.2006, p. 11](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2006_168_R_TOC) .

[^5] [OJ L 301, 20.11.1984, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1984_301_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3513/93 ( [OJ L 320, 22.12.1993, p. 5](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1993_320_R_TOC) ).

[^6] [OJ L 285, 25.10.1985, p. 39](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1985_285_R_TOC) . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3127/94 ( [OJ L 330, 21.12.1994, p. 43](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1994_330_R_TOC) ).

Repealed Regulation with its amendment

| Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3537/89 | ( [OJ L 347, 28.11.1989, p. 20](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1989_347_R_TOC) ) |
| --- | --- |
| Commission Regulation (EC) No 1572/95 | ( [OJ L 150, 1.7.1995, p. 52](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1995_150_R_TOC) ) |

CORRELATION TABLE

| Regulation (EEC) No 3537/89 | This Regulation |
| --- | --- |
| Article 1 | Article 1 |
| Article 2 | Article 2 |
| Article 3 | — |
| — | Article 3 |
| Article 4 | Article 4 |
| — | Annex I |
| — | Annex II |

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 ().
[^2]: . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1572/95 ().
[^3]: See Annex I.
[^4]: .
[^5]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3513/93 ().
[^6]: . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3127/94 ().