21.1.89 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL17/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No137/89
of20January1989
fixingthesluice-gatepricesandleviesforeggs
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,quarter;whereasthisvariationmustaccordinglybetaken
intoaccountinfixingsluice-gatepricesfortheperiod1
Februaryto30April1989;
Whereas,whentheleviesapplicablefrom1November,1
Februaryand1Mayarebeingfixed,worldmarketprices
forfeedgrainaretobetakenintoaccountonlyifatthe
sametimeanewsluice-gatepriceisfixed;
Whereas,sinceanewsluice-gatepricehasbeenfixed,
changesinworldmarketpricesforfeedgrainmustbe
takenintoaccountinfixingthelevies;
Whereas,CommissionRegulation(EEC)No630/86(6)on
theapplicationofimportleviesoneggproductsfrom
Portugalsuspendedtheapplicationofimportlevieson
eggproductsfromPortugalowingtotheminimaldiffe­
rencebetweenthepricesobtainingintheCommunityon
theonehandandinPortugalontheotherhand;whereas
thesituationstillpertains;
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
4155/870;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION : Whereas,sincesluice-gatepricesandleviesforeggswere,
byCommissionRegulation(EEC)No3306/88(*),last
fixedfortheperiod1November1988to31January
1989,theymustbefixedanewfortheperiod1February
to30April1989;whereassuchpricesandleviesshould
inprinciplebecalculatedbyreferencetofeed-grainprices
fortheperiod1Augustto31December1988;Article1
1.TheleviesprovidedforinArticle3ofRegulation
(EEC)No2771/75inrespectoftheproductsspecifiedin
Article1(1)ofthatRegulationandthesluice-gateprices
providedforinArticle7ofthatRegulationinrespectof
thelikeproductsshallbeshownintheAnnex.Whereas,whenthesluice-gatepricesapplicablefrom1
November,1Februaryand1Mayarebeingfixed,changes
inworldmarketpricesforfeedgrainaretobetakeninto
accountonlyifthepriceofthequantityoffeedgrain
requiredvariesbyatleastaspecifiedminimuminrela­
tiontothatusedtocalculatethesluice-gatepriceforthe
precedingquarter;whereas,byRegulation(EEC)No
2773/75,theminimumwassetat3%;2.ForimportsfromPortugalofproductsspecifiedin
paragraph 1,applicationoftheleviesthatarespecifiedin
theAnnexissuspended.
Whereasthepriceofthequantityoffeedgrainrequired
variesbymorethan3%fromthatusedfortheprecedingArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February1989.(')OJNoL282,1.11.1975,p.49.
(2)OJNoL286,20.10.1988,p.2.
(J)OJNoL282,1.11.1975,p.64.
(4)OJNoL392,31.12.1987,p.29.0OJNoL293,27.10.1988,p.39. (*)OJNoL60,1.3.1986,p.10.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20January1989.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof20January1989fixingthesluice-gatepricesandlevies
foreggs
CN
codeSluice-gateprice Levy
1 2 3
\ECU/100units ECU/100units
04070011
0407001954,06
11,7912,19
3,70
ECU/100kgECU/100kg
04070030
04081110
04081911
04081919
04089110
0408991090,83
437,88
197,50
210,49
367,23
97,08,31,73
148,50
64,73
69;i7
143,42
36,81