# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 846/2007

of 18 July 2007

fixing the weighting coefficients to be used in calculating the Community market price for pig carcasses for the 2007/08 marketing year

## Preamble

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 carcasses, 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 2006, new weighting coefficients should be set for the 2007/08 marketing year and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1201/2006 [^3] should be repealed.

**(4)** Since the 2007/08 marketing year begins on 1 July 2007, 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 hereto.

## **Article 2**

Regulation (EC) No 1201/2006 is hereby repealed.

## **Article 3**

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

It shall apply from 1 July 2007.

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 18 July 2007. *For the Commission* Mariann FISCHER BOEL *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 as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 ( [OJ L 307, 25.11.2005, p. 2](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2005_307_R_TOC) ).

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

[^3] [OJ L 218, 9.8.2006, p. 10](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2006_218_R_TOC) . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1977/2006 ( [OJ L 368, 23.12.2006, p. 87](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2006_368_R_TOC) ).

| Article 4(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2759/75 |  |
| --- | --- |
| Belgium | 3,9 % |
| Bulgaria | 0,6 % |
| Czech Republic | 1,7 % |
| Denmark | 8,4 % |
| Germany | 16,5 % |
| Estonia | 0,2 % |
| Greece | 0,6 % |
| Spain | 16,1 % |
| France | 9,3 % |
| Ireland | 1,1 % |
| Italy | 5,7 % |
| Cyprus | 0,3 % |
| Latvia | 0,3 % |
| Lithuania | 0,7 % |
| Luxembourg | 0,1 % |
| Hungary | 2,5 % |
| Malta | 0,1 % |
| Netherlands | 6,9 % |
| Austria | 1,9 % |
| Poland | 11,6 % |
| Portugal | 1,4 % |
| Romania | 4,2 % |
| Slovenia | 0,4 % |
| Slovakia | 0,7 % |
| Finland | 0,9 % |
| Sweden | 1,0 % |
| United Kingdom | 2,9 % |

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1913/2005 ().
[^2]: . Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council ().
[^3]: . Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1977/2006 ().