# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1900/2004

of 29 October 2004

fixing the weighting coefficients to be used in calculating the Community market price for pig carcases for the 2004/2005 marketing year

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2759/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in pigmeat [^1] ,

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 2003, new weighting coefficients should be set for the 2004/2005 marketing year and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1075/2003 [^3] should be repealed.

**(4)** 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 hereto.

## **Article 2**

Regulation (EC) No 1075/2003 is hereby repealed.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 2004.

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 29 October 2004. *For the Commission* Franz FISCHLER *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1975_282_R_TOC) . Regulation last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 258/2004 ( [OJ L 44, 14.2.2004, p. 14](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_044_R_TOC) ).

[^2] [OJ L 149, 21.6.1993, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_1993_149_R_TOC) . Directive last amended by Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EC) No 1882/2003 ( [OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2003_284_R_TOC) ).

[^3] [OJ L 155, 24.6.2003, p. 9](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2003_155_R_TOC) . Regulation amended, not yet published.

Weighting coefficients to be used in calculating the Community market price for pig carcases for the 2004/2005 marketing year

(Article 4(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75)

| Belgium | 4,2 |
| --- | --- |
| Czech Republic | 2,2 |
| Denmark | 8,5 |
| Germany | 17,4 |
| Estonia | 0,2 |
| Greece | 0,6 |
| Spain | 15,7 |
| France | 10,0 |
| Ireland | 1,1 |
| Italy | 6,0 |
| Cyprus | 0,3 |
| Latvia | 0,3 |
| Lithuania | 0,7 |
| Luxembourg | 0,1 |
| Hungary | 3,1 |
| Malta | 0,1 |
| Netherlands | 7,1 |
| Austria | 2,1 |
| Poland | 12,1 |
| Portugal | 1,5 |
| Slovenia | 0,4 |
| Slovakia | 0,9 |
| Finland | 0,9 |
| Sweden | 1,3 |
| United Kingdom | 3,2 |

[^1]: . Regulation last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 258/2004 ().
[^2]: . Directive last amended by Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EC) No 1882/2003 ().
[^3]: . Regulation amended, not yet published.