Commission Regulation (EC) No 161/2008 of 21 February 2008 fixing representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1484/95
Date: 2008-02-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal protein, carcase, egg product, poultry, poultrymeat, representative price

22.2.2008

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 161/2008

of 21 February 2008

fixing representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin, and amending
Regulation (EC) No 1484/95

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

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 5(4) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of
29 October 1975 on the common organisation of the market
in poultrymeat (2), and in particular Article 5(4) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2783/75 of
29 October 1975 on the common system of
trade for
ovalbumin and lactalbumin (3), and in particular Article 3(4)
thereof,

Whereas:

It results from regular monitoring of the information
providing the basis for the verification of the import
prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg
the representative prices for imports of
albumin that
into
certain products
account
to origin.
Therefore, representative prices should be published.

should be
variations of prices

amended taking
according

(3)

(4)

is necessary to apply this amendment as soon as

It
possible, given the situation on the market.

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

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 is hereby replaced by
the Annex hereto.

(1)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1484/95 (4),
fixes
detailed rules for implementing the system of additional
import duties and fixes representative prices in the poul-
trymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 February 2008.

For the Commission

Jean-Luc DEMARTY
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 49. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 679/2006 (OJ L 119, 4.5.2006, p. 1). Regulation
(EEC) No 2771/75 will be replaced by Regulation (EC) No
1234/2007 (OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1) as from 1 July 2008.
(2) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 77. Regulation as last amended by

Regulation (EC) No 679/2006 (OJ L 119, 4.5.2006, p. 1).

(3) OJ L 282, 1.11.1975, p. 104. Regulation as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2916/95 (OJ L 305, 19.12.1995,
p. 49).

(4) OJ L 145, 29.6.1995, p. 47. Regulation as last amended by

Regulation (EC) No 34/2008 (OJ L 15, 18.1.2008, p. 13).

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to the Commission Regulation of 21 February 2008 fixing representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg
sectors and for egg albumin, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1484/95

ANNEX

‘ANNEX I

CN code

Description

0207 12 10

Chicken carcases 70 % presented, frozen

0207 12 90

Chickens, plucked and drawn, without heads
livers and
and feet and without necks, hearts,
gizzards,
or
otherwise presented, frozen

“65 % chickens”,

known as

Representative
price
(EUR/100 kg)

Security referred
to in Article 3(3)
(EUR/100 kg)

Origin (1)

103,9

100,4

113,1

108,1

0

0

1

3

0207 14 10

Boneless cuts of
domesticus, frozen

fowl of

the species Gallus

232,9

20

0207 14 50

Breasts of chicken, frozen

0207 14 60

Legs and cuts of chicken, frozen

0207 14 70

Other parts of chickens, frozen

274,5

325,1

322,0

283,9

114,8

211,9

0207 25 10

Turkey carcases, known as 80 % turkeys, frozen

181,1

0207 27 10

Boneless cuts of turkey, frozen

0408 11 80

Dried egg yolks

0408 91 80

Dried eggs, not in shell

1602 32 11

Preparations of uncooked fowl of the species
Gallus domesticus

3502 11 90

Dried eggs, albumin

(1) Origin of imports:

01 Brazil
02 Argentina
03 Chile
04 Thailand.’

328,9

398,3

397,7

384,1

231,3

376,2

518,4

8

0

0

0

8

22

0

0

0

0

0

17

0

0

01

02

01

02

01

02

03

01

02

01

01

01

01

03

02

02

01

04

02