3. 4. 89 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 82/49 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No ... 
of... 
amending Regulations (EEC) No 2771/75 on the common organization of the market in eggs 
and (EEC) No 2777/75 on the common organization of the market in poultrymeat 
(89/C 82/40) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 1. Point (e) in Article 1(2) is deleted. 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, 2. Article 4(1) shall read: 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social 
Committee, 
Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 2771/75 (!), as 
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3207/88 (2) and 
(EEC) No 2777/75 (3), as last amended by Regulation 
(EEC) No 3907/87 (4), provide for quarterly fixing of the 
sluice-gate prices and levies on the basis primarily of feed 
grain prices; whereas given this close relationship and the 
fact that the cereals marketing year begins on 1 July the 
dates for application of the sluice-gate prices and levies 
should be brought forward by one month; whereas this will 
make the quarters coincide with the calendar quarters; 
Whereas Articles 5 and 7 of Regulations (EEC) No 2771/75 
and 2777/75 provide for re-examination at least once a year 
of the basis for setting the coefficients of derivation and the 
standard amounts; whereas in the light of experience of 
management of the market in eggs and in poultrymeat and 
of practical considerations these provisions are seen to be 
no longer appropriate; whereas they should therefore be 
deleted, '1. The levy on eggs in shell shall be made up of two 
components: 
(a) a component equal to the difference between the 
price in the Community and on the world market of 
the quantity of feed grain required to produce a 
kilogram of eggs in shell in the Community. 
Feed grain prices in the Community shall be 
determined once a year for a 12-month period 
beginning on 1 July on the basis of the threshold 
prices and their monthly increases. They shall be 
used for fixing the levy from 1 July of each year. 
World market feed grain prices shall be determined 
quarterly on the basis of prices recorded for the five-
month period ending one month before the begin­
ning of the quarter for which the component is to be 
calculated. 
However when the levy applicable from 1 October, 
1 January and 1 April is set no account shall be taken 
of world feed grain prices unless a new sluice-gate 
price is fixed to apply from that date; 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: (b) a component equal to 7 % of the average of the 
sluice-gate prices applicable for the four quarters 
preceding 1 April of each year. 
Article 1 This component shall be determined once a year for 
a 12-month period beginning on 1 July.' 
Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 is amended as follows: 
3. Article 5(2) shall read: 
(1) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 49. 
(2) OJ No L 286, 20. 10. 1988, p. 2. 
(3) OJ No L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 77. 
(4) OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1987, p. 14. '2. The coefficients expressing the quantities and the 
relationship mentioned in paragraph 1 shall be fixed 
using the procedure specified in Article 17.' 
No C 82/50 Official Journal of the European Communities 3. 4. 89 
4. The last subparagraph of Article 7(2) shall read: 
'However when the sluice-gate price applicable from 
1 October, 1 January and 1 April is set no-account shall 
be taken of changes in world feed grain prices unless the 
price of that quantity has varied by a minimum amount 
from that used for calculation of the sluice-gate price for 
the previous quarter.' 
Article 2 
Regulation (EEC) No 2111 IIS is amended as follows: 
1. Point (e) in Article 1(2) is deleted. 
2. Article 4(1) shall read: 
'1. The levy on slaughtered poultry shall consist of 
two components: 
(a) a component equal to the difference between the 
price in the Community and on the world market of 
the quantity of feed grain required to produce a 
kilogram of slaughtered poultry in the Community; 
this component shall be differentiated by species. 
Feed grain prices in the Community shall be 
determined once a year for a 12-month period 
beginning on 1 July on the basis of the threshold 
prices and their monthly increases. They shall be 
used for fixing the levy from 1 July of each year. 
World market feed grain prices shall be determined 
quarterly on the basis of prices recorded for the five-
month period ending one month before the begin­
ning of the quarter for which the component is to be 
calculated. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety 
Done at... However when the levy applicable from 1 October, 
1 January and 1 April is set no account shall be taken 
of changes in world feed grain prices unless a new 
sluice-gate price is fixed to apply from that date; 
(b) a component equal to 7 % of the average of the 
sluice-gate prices applicable for the four quarters 
preceding 1 April of each year. 
This component shall be determined once a year for 
a 12-month period beginning on 1 July.' 
3. Article 5(3) shall read: 
'3. The coefficients expressing the relationships 
mentioned in paragraph 1 shall be fixed using the 
procedure specified in Article 17.' 
4. The last subparagraph of Article 7(2) shall read: 
'However when the sluice-gate price applicable from 
1 October, 1 January and 1 April is set no account shall 
be taken of changes in world feed grain prices unless the 
price of that quantity has varied by a minimum amount 
from that used for calculation of the sluice-gate price for 
the previous quarter.' 
Article 3 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
It shall apply from 1 July 1989. 
d directly applicable in all Member States. 
For the Council