NoL77/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.3.90
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No696/90
of22March1990
fixingthesluice-gatepricesandleviesforeggs
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,quarter;whereasthisvariationmustaccordinglybetaken
intoaccountinfixingsluice-gatepricesfortheperiod1
Aprilto30June1990;
Whereas,whentheleviesapplicablefrom1October,1
Januaryand1Aprilarebeingfixed,worldmarketprices
forfeedgrainaretobetakenintoaccountonlyifatthe
sametimeanewsluice-gatepriceisfixed;
Whereas,sinceanewsluice-gatepricehasbeenfixed,
changesinworldmarketpricesforfeedgrainmustbe
takenintoaccountinfixingthelevies;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No630/86of28
February1986ontheapplicationofimportleviesonegg
productsfromPortugalandamendingRegulation(EEC)
No176/86(6)suspendedtheapplicationofimportlevies
oneggproductsfromPortugalowingtotheminimal
differencebetweenthepricesobtainingintheCommu­
nityontheonehandandinPortugalontheother;
whereasthatsituationstillpertains;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforPoultrymeatandEggs,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2771/75
of29October1975onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketineggs('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No1235/89(2),andinparticularArticles3and7(1)
thereof,
Whereassluice-gatepricesandleviesfortheproducts
specifiedinArticle1(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No2771/75
mustbefixedquarterlyinadvanceinaccordancewiththe
methodsofcalculationlaiddowninCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2773/75of29October1975layingdownrules
forcalculatingthelevyandthesluice-gatepricefor
eggs(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
4155/87(4);
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION ;Whereas,sincesluice-gatepricesandleviesforeggswere,
byCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3817/890,last
fixedfortheperiod1Januaryto31March1990,they
mustbefixedanewfortheperiod1Aprilto30June
1990;whereassuchpricesandleviesshouldinprinciple
becalculatedbyreferencetofeed-grainpricesforthe
period1October1989to28February1990;Article1
Whereas,whenthesluice-gatepricesapplicablefrom1
October,1Januaryand1Aprilarebeingfixed,changes
inworldmarketpricesforfeedgrainaretobetakeninto
accountonlyifthepriceofthequantityoffeedgrain
requiredvariesbyatleastaspecifiedminimuminrela­
tiontothatusedtocalculatethesluice-gatepriceforthe
precedingquarter;whereas,byRegulation(EEC)No
2773/75,theminimumwassetat3%;1.TheleviesprovidedforinArticle3ofRegulation
(EEC)No2771/75,inrespectoftheproductsspecifiedin
Article1(1)thereofandthesluice-gatepricesprovided
forinArticle7thereof,inrespectofthelikeproducts,
shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
2.ForimportsfromPortugalofproductsspecifiedin
paragraph 1,applicationoftheleviesspecifiedinthe
Annexshallbesuspended.
Whereasthepriceofthequantityoffeedgrainrequired
variesbymorethan3%fromthatusedfortheprecedingArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April1990.(')OJNoL282,1.11.1975,p.49.
(*)OJNoL128,11.5.1989,p.29.
(3)OJNoL282,1.11.1975,p.64.0OJNoL392,31.12.1987,p.29.
OOJNoL371,20.12.1989,p.32. I6)OJNoL60,1.3.1986,p.10.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22March1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof22March1990fixingthesluice-gatepricesandleviesfor
eggs
CN
codeSluice-gateprice Levy
\ECU/100units ECU/100units
04070011 53,00 12,64
04070019 11,43 3,86
ECU/100kgECU/100kg
04070030 87,56 33,10
04081110 423,65 154,91
04081911 191,30 67,52
04081919 203,86 72,16
04089110 355,39 149,61
04089910 94,04 38,40