23.4.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL104/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1068/88
of22April1988
fixingthesluice-gatepricesandleviesforeggs
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2771/75
of29October1975onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketineggs('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No4000/87(2),andinparticularArticles3and7(1)
thereof,forfeedgrainaretobetakenintoaccountonlyifatthe
sametimeanewsluice-gatepriceisfixed;
Whereas,sinceanewsluice-gatepricehasbeenfixed,
changesinworldmarketpricesforfeedgrainmustbe
takenintoaccountinfixingthelevies;
Whereas,CommissionRegulation(EEC)No630/86(*)on
theapplicationofimportleviesoneggproductsfrom
Portugalsuspendedtheapplicationofimportlevieson
eggproductsfromPortugalowingtotheminimaldiffe­
rencebetweenthepricesobtainingintheCommunityon
theonehandandinPortugalontheotherhand;whereas
thesituationstillpertains;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2658/87Q,aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1058/88(8),introduced,
witheffectfrom1January1988,anew'combined
nomenclature',whichmeetstherequirementsofboththe
CommonCustomsTariffandtheCommunity'sstatistics
onforeigntradeandwhichreplacesthepreviousnomen­
clature;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulationare
inaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforPoultrymeatandEggs,Whereassluice-gatepricesandleviesfortheproducts
specifiedinArticle1(1)ofRegulation(EEC)No2771/75
mustbefixedquarterlyinadvanceinaccordancewiththe
methodsofcalculationlaiddowninCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2773/75of29October1975layingdownrules
forcalculatingthelevyandthesluice-gatepricefor
eggs(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
4155/87(4);
Whereas,sincesluice-gatepricesandleviesforeggswere,
byCommissionRegulation(EEC)No185/88(*),lastfixed
fortheperiod1Februaryto30April1988,theymustbe
fixedanewfortheperiod1Mayto31July1988;whereas
suchpricesandleviesshouldinprinciplebecalculatedby
referencetofeed-grainpricesfortheperiod1November
1987to31March1988;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.TheleviesprovidedforinArticle3ofRegulation
(EEC)No2771/75inrespectoftheproductsspecifiedin
Article1(1)ofthatRegulationandthesluice-gateprices
providedforinArticle7ofthatRegulationinrespectof
thelikeproductsshallbeshownintheAnnex.Whereas,whenthesluice-gatepricesapplicablefrom1
November,1Februaryand1Mayarebeingfixed,changes
inworldmarketpricesforfeedgrainaretobetakeninto
accountonlyifthepriceofthe(quantityoffeedgrain
requiredvariesbyatleastaspecifiedminimuminrela­
tiontothatusedtocalculatethesluice-gatepriceforthe
precedingquarter;whereas,byRegulation (EEC)No
2773/75,theminimumwassetat3%;
Whereasthepriceofthequantityoffeedgrainrequired
variesbymorethan3%fromthatusedforthepreceding
quarter;whereasthisvariationmustaccordinglybetaken
intoaccountinfixingsluice-gatepricesfortheperiod1
Mayto31July1988;2.ForimportsfromPortugalofproductsspecifiedin
paragraph 1,applicationoftheleviesthatarespecifiedin
theAnnexissuspended .
Whereas,whentheleviesapplicablefrom1November,1
Februaryand1Mayarebeingfixed,worldmarketpricesArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1May1988.
(')OJNoL282,1.11.1975,p.49.0OJNoL377,31.12.1987,p.41.0OJNoL282,1.11.1975,p.64.
(4)OJNoL392,31.12.1987,p.29.^OINoL19.23.1.1988,p.20.(*)OJNoL60,1.3.1986,p.10.0OJNoL256,7.9.1987,p.1.
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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
.States.
DoneatBrussels,22April1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof22April1988fixingthesluice-gatepricesandleviesfor
eggs
CN
codeSluice-gateprice Levy
1 2 3
\ECU/100units ECU/100units
04070011 50,81 15,30
04070019 10,69 4,94
1ECU/100kgECU/100kg
04070030 80,86 42,69
04081110 394,48 199,79
04081911 178,58 87,09
04081919 190,27 93,06
04089110 331,17 192,96
04089910 87,82 49,52