NoL20/18 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 24.1.85
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No171/85
of23January1985
fixingthesluice-gatepricesandleviesforpoultrymeat
trendsinworldmarketpricesforfeedgrainaretobe
takenintoaccountonlyifthepriceofthequantityof
feedgrainrequiredvariesbyatleastaspecified
minimuminrelationtothatusedtocalculatethe
sluice-gatepricefortheprecedingquarter;whereas,
byRegulation(EEC)No2778/75,thisminimumwas
setat3%;
Whereasthepriceofthequantityoffeedgrain
requireddoesnotvaryby3%ormorefromthatused
fortheprecedingquarter;whereasthesluice-gate
pricesfixedbyRegulation(EEC)No2929/84should
accordinglybemaintainedunchangeduntil30April
1?85fortheseproducts;
Whereas,whentheleviesapplicablefrom1
November,1Februaryand1Mayarebeingfixed,
changesinworldmarketpricesforfeedgrainshould
betakenintoaccountonlyifatthesametimeanew
sluice-gatepriceisfixed;
Whereas,sincenonewsluice-gatepricehasbeen
fixed,theleviesfixedbyRegulation(EEC)No2929/84
shouldaccordinglybemaintainedunchangeduntil30
April1985;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforPoultrymeatandEggs,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2777/75of29October1975onthecommonorgani­
zationofthemarketinpoultrymeat('),aslast
amendedbytheActofAccessionofGreece,andin
particularArticles3and7(1)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No855/84
of31March1984onthecalculationandthedis­
mantlementofthemonetarycompensatory amounts
applyingtocertainagriculturalproducts(2),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1004/84(3),andin
particularArticle1thereof,
Whereasthesluice-gatepricesandleviesforthe
productsspecifiedinArticle1(1)ofRegulation(EEC)
No2777/75mustbefixedquarterlyinadvancein
accordancewithmethodsofcalculationlaiddownin
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No2778/75(4),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No750/81(s);
Whereas,sincesluice-gatepricesandleviesfor
poultrymeatwere,byRegulation(EEC)No2929/84(6),
lastfixedfortheperiod1November1984to31
January1985theymustbefixedanewfortheperiod1
Februaryto30April1985;whereassuchpricesand
leviesshouldinprinciplebecalculatedbyreferenceto
feedgrainpricesfortheperiod1Augustto31
December1984;
Whereas,pursuanttoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
855/84,thecentralrateusedunderthecommonagri­
culturalpolicyhasbeensubjectedtoacorrectivefactor
of1,033651witheffectfromthe1984/85marketing
year;Whereasthecorrectedcentralratehasledtoa
changeintherelationshipbetweentheCommunity
priceandtheworldmarketprice;whereasaccount
shouldthereforebetakenofthisfactbysubjecting
worldmarketpricestoacorrectivefactorof0,967445
usedforthecalculationofleviesandsluice-gate
prices;
Whereas,whenthesluice-gatepricesapplicablefrom
1November,1Februaryand1Mayarebeingfixed,HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.TheleviesprovidedforinArticle3ofRegulation
(EEC)No2777/75inrespectoftheproductsspecified
inArticle1(1)ofthatRegulationandthesluice-gate
pricesprovidedforinArticle7ofthatRegulationin
respectofthelikeproductsshall,fortheperiod1
Februaryto30April1985,beasfixedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2929/84.
2.InthecaseofproductsfallingwithinheadingNo
02.03andwithinsubheading15.01Bor16.02BIof
theCommonCustomsTariff,inrespectofwhichthe
rateofdutyhasbeenboundwithinGATT,thelevy
shallnotexceedtheamountresultingfromthat.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February
1985.0OJNoL282,1.11.1975,p.77.
4OJNoL90,1.4.1984,p.1.
(3).OJNoL101,13.4.1984,p.2.
(4)OJNoL282,1.11.1975,p.84.0OJNoL80,26.3.1981,p.1.0OJNoL276,19.10.1984,p.17.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23January1985.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
MemberoftheCommission