Commission Regulation (EC) No 1499/2004 of 24 August 2004 on certain exceptional market support measures for eggs in Belgium
Date: 2004-08-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, animal disease, egg, market support, poultry

L 275/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.8.2004

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1499/2004

of 24 August 2004

on certain exceptional market support measures for eggs in Belgium

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of 29
October 1975 on the common organisation of the market in
eggs (1), and in particular Article 14 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

applying

to that Member

Because of an outbreak of avian influenza in certain
production regions in Belgium, veterinary and trade
restrictions
State were
adopted by Commission Decision 2003/289/EC of 25
April 2003 concerning protection measures in relation
to avian influenza in Belgium (2). As a result, transport
and marketing of hatching eggs were temporarily banned
within Belgium.

The restrictions on the free movement of hatching eggs
resulting from the application of the veterinary measures
threatened severe disruption of the market in hatching
eggs in Belgium. The Belgian authorities adopted market
support measures, restricted to hatching eggs,
for the
period for which this was absolutely necessary. These
allowed hatching eggs for which incubation was no
longer possible to be used to produce egg products.

within the meaning of Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No
2771/75 and the granting of aid to compensate for part
of the financial loss resulting from processing hatching
eggs into egg products.

(4)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1.
The use for processing of hatching eggs falling within CN
code 0407 00 19 between l6 April and 5 May 2003, decided
on by the Belgian authorities following the application of
Decision 2003/289/EC, is hereby deemed to be an exceptional
market support measure within the meaning of Article 14 of
Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75.

Under the measure referred to in paragraph 1, compen-

2.
sation of:

— EUR 0,097 per hatching egg from broiler strains shall be

granted for a maximum of 5 372 000 eggs,

— EUR 0,081 per hatching egg from laying strains shall be

granted for a maximum of 314 000 eggs,

— EUR 0,265 per hatching egg from multiplication strains shall

be granted for a maximum of 99 000 eggs.

Article 2

(3)

Those measures had a positive impact on the market for
hatching eggs and eggs in general. This justifies their
being treated as exceptional market support measures

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

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

Done at Brussels, 24 August 2004.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 49. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003,
p. 1).

(2) OJ L 105, 26.4.2003, p. 24.