CELEX: 31978R2408
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2408/78 of 17 October 1978 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

18 . 10. 78                          Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 292/5
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2408/78
                                                   of 17 October 1978
                                  fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain
COMMUNITIES,                                                    required varies by more than 3 % from that used for
                                                                the preceding quarter ; whereas this variation must
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           accordingly be taken into account in fixing sluice-gate
Economic Community,                                             prices for the period 1 November 1978 to 31 January
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    1979 ;
2771 /75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in eggs (1), as amended by Regula­           Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1
tion (EEC) No 368/76 (2), and in particular Articles 3          November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,
and 7 ( 1 ) thereof,                                            world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into
                                                                account only if at the same time a new sluice-gate
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products          price is fixed ;
specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
2771 /75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in accor­           Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
dance with the methods of calculation laid down in              changes in world market prices for feed grain must be
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 of 29 October               taken into account in fixing the levies ;
1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy and
the sluice-gate price for eggs (3), as last amended by          Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Regulation (EEC) No 2300/77 (4) ;                               are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Whereas since sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
were, by Regulation (EEC) No 1 669/78 (5), last fixed
for the period 1 August to 31 October 1978, they                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
must be fixed anew for the period 1 November 1978
to 31 January 1979 ; whereas such prices and levies                                       Article 1
should in principle be calculated by reference to feed
grain prices for the period 1 May to 30 September               The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation
1978 ;                                                          (EEC) No 2771 /75 in respect of the products specified
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from            in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation, and the sluice-gate
1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,               prices provided for in Article 7 thereof in respect of
changes in world market prices for feed grain are to            the like products, shall be as shown in the Annex
be taken into account only if the price of the quantity         hereto.
of feed grain required varies by at least a specified
minimum in relation to that used to calculate the slui­                                   Article 2
ce-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas, by
Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75, the minimum was set                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
at 3 % :                                                         1978 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 17 October 1978 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                              Vice-President
(>) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49.
I2) OJ No L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 2.
(3) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 64.
(4) OJ No L 271 , 22. 10. 1977, p. 6.
(5) OJ No L 192, 15. 7. 1978, p. 55.
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                                                                   ANNEX
           Sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs for the period 1 November 1978 to 31 January 1979
             CCT heading                                                                      Sluice-gate
                 No                                       Description                             price             Levy
                   1                                           2                                     3                4
                                                                                             u.a. /100 units  u.a. /100 units
           04.05                 Birds' eggs and egg yolks, fresh, dried or
                                 otherwise preserved, sweetened or not :
                                 A. Eggs in shell, fresh or preserved :
                                      I. Poultry eggs :
                                          a) Eggs for hatching (a) :
                                             1 . Of turkeys or geese                             33.58              5-68
                                             2. Other                                               8.45            2-54
                                                                                              u.a. / 100 kg    u.a. / 100 kg
                                         b) Other                                                65.14            24-92
                                 B. Eggs, not in shell ; egg yolks :
                                      I. Suitable for human consumption :
                                          a) Eggs, not in shell :
                                             1 . Dried                                         267.61           112-64
                                             2. Other                                            71.02            28.91
                                          b) Egg yolks :
                                             1 . Liquid                                        144-41             50-84
                                             2 . Frozen                                        153-85             54-33
                                             3 . Dried                                         318.70           116-63
           (a) Only poultry -eggs which fulfil the conditions stipulated by the competent authorities of the European Com­
               munities are eligible for entry under this subheading.