Commission Regulation (EC) No 546/2003 of 27 March 2003 on certain notifications regarding the application of Council Regulations (EEC) No 2771/75, (EEC) No 2777/75 and (EEC) No 2783/75 in the eggs and poultrymeat sectors
Date: 2003-03-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: average price, data transmission, disclosure of information, egg, packaging, poultrymeat, representative price, selling price, slaughter of animals, wholesale price

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 546/2003

of 27 March 2003

on certain notifications regarding the application of Council Regulations (EEC) No 2771/75, (EEC)
No 2777/75 and (EEC) No 2783/75 in the eggs and poultrymeat sectors

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

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 Commission Regulation (EC) No
493/2002 (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 Regulation (EC) No 493/
2002, 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 (4), as last amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 2916/95 (5), and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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 (6)
introduced a system whereby the
Member States and the Commission notify each other of
the prices on the eggs and poultrymeat markets, with a
view to their sound management.

Experience indicates a need to make some improvements
to the system. Regulation (EC) No 572/1999 must there-
fore be replaced.

The weekly prices should be notified to the Commission
by an electronic data transmission system acceptable to
it and the prices should be available for consultation by
electronic means.

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

(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 49.
(2) OJ L 77, 20.3.2002, p. 7.
(3) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 77.
(4) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 104.
(5) OJ L 305, 19.12.1995, p. 49.
(6) OJ L 70, 17.3.1999, p. 16.

Article 1

No later than 12.00 each Thursday, each Member State

1.
shall electronically notify the Commission of:

(a) the selling price in packing stations for eggs in class A from

caged hens, being the average of categories L and M;

(b) the selling price in slaughter plants or the wholesale prices
recorded on the representative markets for whole class A
chickens known as ‘65 % chickens’, or for another whole
chicken presentation if it is more representative.

2.
The prices referred to in paragraph 1 shall be the average
prices in the week preceding the week of notification. They
shall exclude VAT and be expressed in national currency per
100 kg.

3. Member States shall adopt no later than 1 May 2003 an
electronic data transmission system acceptable to the Commis-
sion.

Article 2

At least once a month at Management Committee meetings,
the Commission shall provide a summary of the prices notified
under Article 1 and shall make them available to the Member
States on its website.

Article 3

Regulation (EC) No 572/1999 is hereby repealed.

Article 4

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

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

Done at Brussels, 27 March 2003.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission