COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1201/2006

9.8.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 218/10 ---|---|---|--- * * * COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1201/2006 of 8 August 2006 fixing the weighting coefficients to be used in calculating the Community market price for pig carcases for the 2006/07 marketing year 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, must 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 2005, new weighting coefficients should be set for the 2006/07 marketing year and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1358/2005 should be repealed (3). ---|--- (4) | Since the 2006/07 marketing year begins on 1 July 2006, this Regulation should be applicable as of this 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 Article 2 Regulation (EC) No 1358/2005 is hereby repealed.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 2006. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 8 August 2006. For the Commission Mariann FISCHER BOEL Member of the Commission * * * (1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 1. Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2). (2) OJ L 149, 21.6.1993, p. 1. Directive last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1). (3) OJ L 214, 19.8.2005, p. 9. * * * ANNEX Weighting coefficients to be used in calculating the Community market price for pig carcasses for the 2006/07 marketing year Article 4(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 Belgium | 4,1 ---|--- Czech Republic | 1,8 Denmark | 8,3 Germany | 17,8 Estonia | 0,2 Greece | 0,7 Spain | 16,4 France | 10,0 Ireland | 1,1 Italy | 6,1 Cyprus | 0,3 Latvia | 0,3 Lithuania | 0,7 Luxembourg | 0,1 Hungary | 2,5 Malta | 0,1 Netherlands | 7,3 Austria | 2,1 Poland | 12,3 Portugal | 1,5 Slovenia | 0,4 Slovakia | 0,7 Finland | 0,9 Sweden | 1,2 United Kingdom | 3,1 * * *