Commission Regulation (EC) No 572/1999 of 16 March 1999 concerning certain reciprocal communications between the Member States and the Commission relating to eggs and poultrymeat and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1527/73
Date: 1999-03-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: dissemination of information, egg, member country, poultrymeat, representative market price

L 70/16

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Official Journal of the European Communities

17. 3. 1999

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 572/1999

of 16 March 1999

concerning certain reciprocal communications between the Member States and
the Commission relating to eggs and poultrymeat and repealing Regulation
(EEC) No 1527/73

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75
of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the
market in eggs (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1516/96 (2), and in particular Article 15 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75
of 29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the
market in poultrymeat (3), as last amended by Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 2916/95 (4), and in particular
Article 15 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2783/75
of 29 October 1975 on the common system of trade for
ovalbumin and lactalbumin (5), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 2916/95, and in particular Article 10
thereof,

Whereas to ensure sound management of the markets in
eggs and poultrymeat the prices of key products on these
two markets and other prices if available should be noti-
fied each week; whereas the Commission should make a
summary of the prices notified available to the Member
States at regular intervals;

Whereas the notification of prices in the Member States is
provided for by this Regulation and that of prices from
third countries by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1484/
95 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 117/
1999 (7); whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1527/
73 of 28 May 1973 on certain communications between
the Member States and the Commission relating to eggs
and poultrymeat (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 149/80 (9), should therefore be repealed;

(1) OJ L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 49.
(2) OJ L 189, 30. 7. 1996, p. 99.
(3) OJ L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 77.
(4) OJ L 305, 19. 12. 1995, p. 49.
(5) OJ L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 104.
(6) OJ L 145, 29. 6. 1995, p. 47.
(7) OJ L 15, 20. 1. 1999, p. 4.
(8) OJ L 154, 9. 6. 1973, p. 1.
(9) OJ L 19, 25. 1. 1980, p. 37.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
The Member States shall notify the Commission no
later than 12 noon on the Thursday of each week of

— the selling prices in packing stations for eggs in class

A and categories L and M,

— the selling prices in slaughter plants for whole class A

chickens known as ‘65 % chickens'.

2. Where a Member State is unable to notify these
prices to the Commission, it shall provide representative
prices for its markets, specifying the types of products
chosen and stage of marketing.

The Member States shall notify to the Commission

3.
other prices for poultry, where these are available.

Article 2

At least once a month, at Management Committee meet-
ings, the Commission shall provide a summary of the
prices notified under Article 1.

Article 3

Regulation (EEC) No 1527/73 is repealed.

Article 4

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 16 March 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission