CELEX: 31985R2959
Language: en
Date: 1985-10-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2959/85 of 23 October 1985 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

No L 285/ 16                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             25 . 10 . 85
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2959/85
                                                     of 23 October 1985
                                    fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    by Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75, the minimum was
COMMUNITIES,                                                      set at 3 % ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain
Economic Community,                                               required varies by more than 3 % from that used for
                                                                  the preceding quarter ; whereas this variation must
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      accordingly be taken into account in fixing sluice-gate
2771 /75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                 prices for the period 1 November 1985 to 31 January
zation of the market in eggs ('), as last amended by              1986 ;
Regulation (EEC) No 3643/81 (2), and in particular                Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1
Articles 3 and 7 ( 1 ) thereof,                                   November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,
                                                                  world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products            account only if at the same time a new sluice-gate
specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No               price is fixed ;
2771 /75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in accor­
dance with the methods of calculation laid down in                Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 of 29 October                 changes in world market prices for feed grain must be
1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy and the           taken into account in fixing the levies ;
sluice-gate price for eggs (3), as last amended by Regu­          Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
lation (EEC) No 2300/77 (4) ;                                     are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                  Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
were, by Regulation (EEC) No 2129/85 (^, last fixed for           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the period 1 August to 31 October 1985, they must be
fixed anew for the period 1 November 1985 to 31                                             Article 1
January 1986 ; whereas such prices and levies should
in principle be calculated by reference to feed-grain             The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation
prices for the period 1 May to 30 September 1985 ;                (EEC) No 2771 /75 in respect of the products specified
                                                                  in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation, and the sluice-gate
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from              prices provided for in Article 7 thereof in respect of
1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,                 the like products, shall be as shown in the Annex
                                                                  hereto .
changes in world market prices for feed grain are to be
taken into account only if the price of the quantity of                                     Article 2
feed grain required varies by at least a specified
minimum in relation to that used to calculate the                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas,            1984 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 23 October 1985.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                               Vice-President
(') OJ No   L 282,  1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49 .
(2) OJ No   L 364,  19 . 12. 1981 , p. 1 .
(3) OJ No   L 282,  1 . 11 . 1975, p. 64.
(4) OJ No   L 271 , 22. 10 . 1977, p . 6 .
0   OJ No   L 198 , 30 . 7. 1985, p . 44.
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                                                              ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 23 October 1985 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies
                                                              for eggs
                   CCT
                  heading                          Description                        Sluice-gate
                                                                                         price           Levy
                    No
                     1                                 2                                   3               4
                                                                                    ECU/ 100 units  ECU/ 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                          44,34             8,48
                                        2 . Other                                        11,77             3,05
                                                                                     ECU/ 100 kg     ECU/ 100 kg
                                    b) Other                                             96,33           30,13
                             B. Eggs, not in shell ; egg yolks :                   I
                                 I. Suitable for human consumption :
                                    a) Eggs not in shell :
                                        1 . Dried                                      387,12           136,19
                                        2. Other                                        102,16           34,95
                                    b) Egg yolks :
                                        1 . Liquid                                     207,92            61,47
                                        2 . Frozen                                     221,63            65,68
                                        3 . Dried                                      461,79           141,01
             (a) Only poultry eggs which fulfil the conditions stipulated by the competent authorities of the Euro­
                 pean Communities are eligible for entry under this subheading.