No L 129/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 11. 5. 89 COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1249/89 of 3 May 1989 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 on the common organization of the market in pigmeat THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and-in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion. of the European Parliament (2), Having regard to the opmlon of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 (#), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3906/87 (%), stipulates that a basic price for slaughtered pigs valid from 1 November of each year is to be fixed; whereas feed grain costs have a major influence on the cost of production of slaughtered pigs; whereas, because of this close dependence, the basic price should come into effect on the same date as the grain marketing year begins; whereas; in fixing the basic price, account is taken of the sluice-gate price and the levy - applicable in the pigmeat sector and whereas, therefore, the dates- on which -these come into effect must also be - changed; Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 provides for determination of the Community market price of slaughtered pigs from prices recorded on the representative markets; whereas Article 4 (5) of that Regulation states that the list of representative markets is to be adopted by the Council acting by a qualified majority; whereas, given the purely technical nature of this matter and the frequent need for changes, the procedure provided for in Article 24 of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 would be more appropriate; Whereas,. when the combined nomenclature  and the common customs tariff established by Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (¢) were introduced- into ‘Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 by Regulation (EEC) Ne 3906/87, two products bound under GATT that should have been. listed in Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 were omitted; whereas this mistake should be corrected, 1 (1) O] No.C 82, 3. 4. 1989, p. 46. (23) O] NoC 120, 16. 5. 1989. - (3) Opinion dellvered on 31 March 1989 (not yet publnshed in the Official Journal). (4) O] No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 1. (5) OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1987, p. 11. (¢) O] No L 256,7.9.1987,p. 1. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 is hereby amended as follows: 1. Article 1 (2) is deleted. 2. Article 4 (1) is replaced by the following: ‘1. Each year, a basic price valid from-1 Jiily of the same year shall be fixed for meat of domestic swine in carcases or half-carcases, hereinafter called “slaughtered pig”, of a standard quality defined with reference to a Community scale for grading pig carcases. When the basic price is being fixed,. account shall be. taken of: . — the sluice-gate price and the levy applicable during the quarter beginning on 1 July of that year, and — the need to fix this price at a level which contributes towards stabilizing market prices without, however, leading to the formation of structural surpluses within the Community.” . 3. Article 4 (5) and (6) is replaced by the following:_ ‘5. The Council, acting by a qualified majority on-a proposal from the Commission, shall lay down the Community sale for grading pig carcases. 6.  Theprocedure laid down in Article 24 shali apply for the purposes of: — deciding to take intervention measures and the date on which they shall cease to apply, — adopting the list of representative: markets, — adopting detailed rules for the application of this Article.’ 4. Article 9 (1) is replaced by the:following: ‘1. The levy on slaughtered pigs shall be composed of: . (a) one component equal. to the difference between prices within the Community and on the world market for the quantity of feed grain required for the production in the Community of one kilogram of pigmeat. ) The prices for feed grain within the Community shall be determined once a year for a period of