Commission proposal on the prices for agricultural products - Volume III - Legal instruments - Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION amending Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat
C 86 E/14 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 3. 2000 2000/0050(CNS) Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No. of. amending Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat (2000/C 86 E/07) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, for Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures implementing powers conferred on the Commission (5), they should be adopted by use of the management procedure provided for in Article 4 of that Decision, the exercise of HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Having regard to the opinion of Committee, the Economic and Social Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 is amended as follows: 1. Article 4(1) is replaced by the following: Whereas: (1) Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94 (2), provides for a basic price to be fixed annually for certain presen- tations of meat of domestic swine. In accordance with the approach followed for the reform of the common organi- sation of the markets in connection with Agenda 2000 and longer-term in order to enable producers to work out production plans, the basic price should be fixed without any limit in time, without prejudice to any revisions that may be called for in the future. (2) The basic price must be set at a level that helps to stabilise formation of market prices without leading to the structural surpluses within the Community. (3) The basic price must be fixed for a standard quality defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 of 13 November 1984 determining the Community scale for grading pig carcases (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3513/93 (4). (4) Furthermore, in compliance with the provisions adopted by the corre- the Council on the subject of comitology, sponding provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 should be amended. Since the measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation are management measures within the meaning of Article 2 of Council (1) OJ L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. (2) OJ L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 105. (3) OJ L 301, 20. 11. 1984, p. 1. (4) OJ L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 5. in The basic price for meat of domestic swine, to as shall be 1. carcases ôslaughtered pigsö, of EUR 1 509,39/t from 1 July 2000. or half-carcases, hereinafter standard quality referred the The standard quality shall be defined in terms of the weight and lean-meat content of pig carcases, determined in accordance with Article 2(2) and (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3220/84 as follows: - carcases weighing from 60 to less than 120 kg: grade E, - carcases weighing from 120 to 180 kg: grade R. í 2. Article 4(4) is deleted. 3. Article 23 is deleted. 4. Article 24 is replaced by the following: Article 24 1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee, the Management Committee for Pigmeat, composed of represen- tatives of the Member States and chaired by the represen- tative of the Commission. 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, the management procedure laid down in Article 4 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, in compliance with Article 7(3) thereof. (5) OJ L 184, 17. 7. 1999, p. 23. 24. 3. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 86 E/15 The period provided for in Article 4(3) of Decision 3. 1999/468/EC shall be one month. í Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third 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. Done at Brussels,. For the Council The President