# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 710/2008

of 24 July 2008

setting the weighting coefficients to be used in calculating the Community market price for pig carcases for the 2008/2009 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 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) [^1] , and in particular Article 43 thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** The Community market price for pig carcases, as referred to in Articles 17 and 37 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007, 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 December 2007 census, new weighting coefficients should be set for the 2008/2009 marketing year and Commission Regulation (EC) No 846/2007 [^3] should be repealed.

**(4)** Since the 2008/2009 marketing year begins on 1 July 2008, this Regulation should be applicable as of that date.

**(5)** The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

The weighting coefficients referred to in Articles 17 and 37 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.

## **Article 2**

Regulation (EC) No 846/2007 is hereby repealed.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 2008.

## Final provisions

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 24 July 2008. *For the Commission* Mariann FISCHER BOEL *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2007_299_R_TOC) . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 510/2008 ( [OJ L 149, 7.6.2008, p. 61](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2008_149_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 187, 19.7.2007, p. 3](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2007_187_R_TOC) .

Weighting coefficients to be used in calculating the Community market price for pig carcases for the 2008/2009 marketing year

Articles 17 and 37 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007

| Belgium | 3,9 % |
| --- | --- |
| Bulgaria | 0,6 % |
| Czech Republic | 1,7 % |
| Denmark | 8,2 % |
| Germany | 16,9 % |
| Estonia | 0,2 % |
| Greece | 0,6 % |
| Spain | 16,3 % |
| France | 9,4 % |
| Ireland | 1,0 % |
| Italy | 5,8 % |
| Cyprus | 0,3 % |
| Latvia | 0,3 % |
| Lithuania | 0,6 % |
| Luxembourg | 0,05 % |
| Hungary | 2,4 % |
| Malta | 0,05 % |
| Netherlands | 7,3 % |
| Austria | 2,0 % |
| Poland | 11,0 % |
| Portugal | 1,5 % |
| Romania | 4,1 % |
| Slovenia | 0,3 % |
| Slovakia | 0,6 % |
| Finland | 0,9 % |
| Sweden | 1,1 % |
| United Kingdom | 2,9 % |

[^1]: . Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 510/2008 ().
[^2]: . Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council ().
[^3]: .