Date: 2016-10-28Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1894 of 26 October 2016 amending Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 as regards fixing representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin
**Executive Summary:**
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1894 amends Regulation (EC) No 1484/95, updating representative prices for poultrymeat, eggs, and egg albumin, reflecting price variations by origin. This adjustment is based on regular monitoring of relevant data. The regulation entered into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, October 28, 2016.
**Key Points / Main Content:**
* **Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1484/95:**
* Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 is replaced by the text in the Annex of this regulation.
* The updated annex specifies representative prices and security under CN codes for various poultry and egg products, differentiated by origin.
* **Representative Prices:**
* New representative prices are fixed for specific poultry meat and egg products from Argentina (AR), Brazil (BR), Chile (CL) and Thailand (TH).
* Examples of products with revised prices include frozen chicken, boneless chicken cuts, boneless turkey cuts, dried eggs, and preparations of fowls.
* **Entry into Force:**
* The regulation came into effect on October 28, 2016, the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Impact Analysis:**
**Stakeholder: Importers of Poultrymeat, Eggs, and Egg Albumin**
* *Impact:* Importers are affected by the revised representative prices, which influence additional import duties.
* *Action Required:* Importers need to review the updated representative prices in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 and adjust import pricing and duty calculations accordingly.
**Stakeholder: European Commission**
* *Impact:* The Commission is responsible for monitoring data, setting representative prices, and ensuring the regulation is applied across all member states.
* *Action Required:* The Commission must continue to monitor market data and adjust representative prices as needed and ensure member states apply the updated regulation.
**Stakeholder: Member States**
* *Impact:* Member states are obligated to apply the updated regulations and enforce the revised representative prices for imports.
* *Action Required:* Member states must implement the changes to the additional import duties for poultrymeat, eggs, and egg albumin as specified in the updated regulation.
Key Entities Referenced
European Commission: The executive branch of the European Union responsible for implementing regulations.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: A primary treaty of the European Union that defines the scope of EU law.
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products.
Regulation (EU) No 510/2014: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1484/95: Commission Regulation 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.
Brussels: City in Belgium, where the regulation was adopted.
Jerzy PLEWA: Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development.
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1106/2012: Commission Regulation implementing Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries
L 293/28 EN Official Journal of the European Union 28.10.2016
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2016/1894
of 26 October 2016
amending Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 as regards fixing representative prices in the poultrymeat
and egg sectors and for egg albumin
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013
establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC)
No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (1), and in particular Article 183(b) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 510/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 laying
down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products and
repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 1216/2009 and (EC) No 614/2009 (2), and in particular Article 5(6)(a) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 (3) lays down detailed rules for implementing the system of additional
import duties and fixes representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin.
(2) Regular monitoring of the data used to determine representative prices for poultrymeat and egg products and for
egg albumin shows that the representative import prices for certain products should be amended to take account
of variations in price according to origin.
(3) Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4) Given the need to ensure that this measure applies as soon as possible after the updated data have been made
available, this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its publication,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 October 2016.
For the Commission,
On behalf of the President,
Jerzy PLEWA
Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
(1) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671.
(2) OJ L 150, 20.5.2014, p. 1.
(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 of 28 June 1995 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 (EEC)
No 163/67 (OJ L 145, 29.6.1995, p. 47).28.10.2016 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 293/29
ANNEX
‘ANNEX I
Representative Security under
CN code Description of goods price Article 3 Origin(1)
(EUR/100 kg) (EUR/100 kg)
0207 12 10 Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, 108,4 0 AR
not cut in pieces, presented as ‘70 %
chickens’, frozen
0207 12 90 Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, 119,8 0 AR
not cut in pieces, presented as ‘65 % 169,7 0 BR
chickens’, frozen
0207 14 10 Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, 271,7 9 AR
boneless cuts, frozen 177,2 41 BR
273,5 8 CL
226,4 22 TH
0207 27 10 Turkeys, boneless cuts, frozen 353,7 0 BR
345,9 0 CL
0408 91 80 Eggs, not in shell, dried 350,0 0 AR
1602 32 11 Preparations of fowls of the species Gal 197,9 27 BR
lus domesticus, uncooked
(1) Nomenclature of countries laid down by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1106/2012 of 27 November 2012 implementing Regu
lation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade with
non-member countries, as regards the update of the nomenclature of countries and territories (OJ L 328, 28.11.2012, p. 7). The
code ‘ZZ’ represents ‘other origins’.’