27.1.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL18/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No161/76
of26January1976
layingdownspecialdetailedrulesfortheapplicationofthesystemofaccession
compensatory amountsinordertopreventdeflectionsoftradeintheeggsector
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION
HavingregardtotheTreatyofAccession('),
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2776/75of29October1975layingdowngeneral
rulesforthesystemofaccessioncompensatory
amountsforeggs(2),andinparticularArticle9(1)
thereof,Article1
1.Whereduringtheperiod1Februaryto30April
1976theproductssetoutintheAnnexheretoarethe
subjectofcustomsformalitieswithaviewtotheir
exportationtotheUnitedKingdomorIrelandfrom
otherMemberStates,theamountsapplicableasacces­
sioncompensatory amountsshallbethosewhichwere
applicableduringtheperiod1November1975to31
January1976,unlessitisestablishedthattheproducts
inquestionwere:
—producedintheexportingMemberState;or
—previouslyimportedfromacountryotherthan
IrelandortheUnitedKingdom ;or
—enteredforhomeuseintheexportingMember
Stateonorafter1February1976followingtheir
importationfromIrelandortheUnitedKingdom.
2.Whereduringtheperiod1Februaryto30April
1976theproductssetoutintheAnnexheretoarethe
subjectofcustomsformalitieswithaviewtotheir
exportationfromIrelandtotheUnitedKingdomthe
amountsapplicableasaccessioncompensatory
amountsshallbethosewhichwereapplicableduring
theperiod1November1975to31January1976,
unlessitisestablishedthattheproductsinquestionWhereas,inrespectofeggsandeggproducts,the
amountsapplicableasaccessioncompensatory
amountsarecalculatedeveryquarterinaccordance
withtheruleslaiddowninRegulation (EEC)No
2776/75;whereasthemethodofcalculationadopted
mayresultinthefixingofamountswhichdiffer
considerablyfromonequartertothenext;whereas
thesituationthuscreatedislikelytoproduceartificial
tradeflowsbetweentheUnitedKingdom,Irelandand
otherMemberStates,asaresultofoperations
conductedsolelytotakeadvantageofthedifference
betweenthecompensatory amountsfortwoquarters;
Whereastheamountsapplicableasaccessioncompen­
satoryamountsfortheperiod1Februaryto30April
1976areconsiderably .higherthanthoseofthe
precedingquarter;whereas,therefore,topreventspec­
ulationitshouldbeprovidedthat,whenproducts
wereimportedfromIrelandortheUnitedKingdom
intotheotherMemberStatesduringtheprevious
quarterandweresubjecttotheamountsfixedforthat
quarterandarere-exportedtoIrelandortheUnited
Kingdomduringtheperiod1Februaryto30April
1976,theamountsappliedtothemshouldbethose
applicableforthepreviousquarter;whereasthesame
provisionshouldbemadeinrespectofproducts
importedintoIrelandfromtheUnitedKingdomand
re-exportedtotheUnitedKingdomduringtheperiod
1Februaryto30A"1976;—producedinIreland;or
—previouslyimportedfromacountryotherthanthe
UnitedKingdom;or
—enteredforhomeuseinIrelandonorafter1
February1976followingtheirimportationfrom
theUnitedKingdom.
3.TheMemberStatesshalltakethenecessary
measuresfortheapplicationofparagraphs 1and2.
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisRegulation
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManage-, Artich2
mentCommitteeforPoultrymeatandEggs,
(')OJNoL7.J,27.1972,p.5.
(-')OJNoL2X2,I.II.1975,p.74.ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February
1976.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26January1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
.AA/:.Y
CCT
heading
No'Descriptionlitgoods
04.0S Birds'eggsandeggvolks,fresh.driedorotherwisepreserved .sweetenedornot:
B.Eggsshelled;eggvolks:
I.Suitableforhumanconsumption :
a)Eggsshelled:
1.Dried
b)Eggvolks:
VDried
VS.02 Albumins ,albuminates andotheralbuminderivatives :
A.Albumins :
II.Other(thanunfitforhumanconsumption ):
a)Ovalbumin amilactalbumin :
1.Dried(forexampleinsheets,scales,flakes,powders)