NoL101/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 13.4.89
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No940/89
of12April1989
fixingthesluice-gatepricesandleviesforeggs
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,precedingquarter;whereasthesluice-gatepricesfixedby
Regulation(EEC)No137/89shouldaccordinglybemain­
tainedunchangeduntil31July1989;
Whereas,whentheleviesapplicablefrom1November,1
FebruaryandiMayarebeingfixed,worldmarketprices
forfeedgrainaretobetakenintoaccountonlyifatthe
sametimeanewsluice-gatepriceisfixed;
Whereas,sincenonewsluice-gatepriceshavebeenfixed,
theleviesfixedbyRegulation(EEC)No137/89should
accordinglybemaintainedunchangeduntil31July
1989;
Whereas,CommissionRegulation(EEC)No630/86of28
February1986ontheapplicationofimportleviesonegg
productsfromPortugal(*)suspendedtheapplicationof
importleviesoneggproductsfromPortugalowingtothe
minimaldifferencebetweenthepricesobtaininginthe
CommunityontheonehandandinPortugalonthe
otherhand;whereasthesituationstillpertains;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforPoultrymeatandEggs,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2771/75
of29October1975onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketineggs('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No3207/88(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)No137/890,lastfixed
fortheperiod1Februaryto30April1989,theymustbe
fixedanewfortheperiod1Mayto31July1989;whereas
suchpricesandleviesshouldinprinciplebecalculatedby
referencetofeed-grainpricesfortheperiod1November
1988to31March1989;Article1
1.TheleviesprovidedforinArticle3ofRegulation
(EEC)No2771/75inrespectoftheproductsspecifiedin
Article1(1)ofthatRegulationandthesluice-gateprices
providedforinArticle7ofthatRegulationinrespectof
thelikeproductsshall,fortheperiod1Mayto31July
1989beasfixedbyRegulation(EEC)No137/89.Whereas,whenthesluice-gatepricesapplicablefrom1
November,1Februaryand1Mayarebeingfixed,changes
inworldmarketpricesforfeedgrainaretobetakeninto
accountonlyifthepriceofthequantityoffeedgrain
requiredvariesbyatleastaspecifiedminimuminrela­
tiontothatusedtocalculatethesluice-gatepriceforthe
precedingquarter;whereas,byRegulation(EEC)No
2773/75,theminimumwassetat3%:2.ForimportsfromPortugalofproductsspecifiedin
paragraph1,applicationoftheleviesshallbesuspended.
Whereasthepriceofthequantityoffeedgrainrequired
doesnotvaryby3%ormorefromthatusedfortheArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1May1989.(')OJNoL282,1.11.1975,p.49.0OJNoL286,20.10.1988,p.2.
3OJNoL282,1.11.1975,p.64.0OJNoL392,31.12.1987,p.29.0OJNoL17,21.1.1989,p.13. OOJNoL60,1.3.1986,p.10.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,12April1989.
FortheCommission
RayMAGSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission