CELEX: 31988R1068
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1068/88 of 22 April 1988 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

23. 4. 88                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 104/25
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1068/88
                                                      of 22 April 1988
                                    fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      for feed grain are to be taken into account only if at the
                                                                 same time a new sluice-gate price is fixed ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                              Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price has been fixed,
                                                                 changes in world market prices for feed grain must be
                                                                 taken into account in fixing the levies ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,                                                        Whereas, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 630/86 (*) on
                                                                 the application of import levies on egg products from
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75            Portugal suspended the application of import levies on
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the             egg products from Portugal owing to the minimal diffe­
market in eggs ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           rence between the prices obtaining in the Community on
No 4000/87 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 7 (1 )           the one hand and in Portugal on the other hand ; whereas
thereof,                                                          the situation still pertains ;
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products           Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 Q, as last
specified in Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75       amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1058/88 (8), introduced,
must be fixed quarterly in advance in accordance with the        with effect from 1 January 1988, a new 'combined
methods of calculation laid down in Council Regulation            nomenclature', which meets the requirements of both the
                                                                  Common Customs Tariff and the Community's statistics
(EEC) No 2773/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down rules
for calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for            on foreign trade and which replaces the previous nomen­
                                                                  clature ;
eggs (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
4155/87 (4) ;
                                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                  in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs were,       Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 185/88 (*), last fixed
for the period 1 February to 30 April 1988, they must be
fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31 July 1988 ; whereas
such prices and levies should in principle be calculated by
reference to feed-grain prices for the period 1 November          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
1987 to 31 March 1988 ;
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from 1                                      Article 1
November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed, changes
in world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into
account only if the price of the (quantity of feed grain          1 . The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation
required varies by at least a specified minimum in rela­          (EEC) No 2771 /75 in respect of the products specified in
tion to that used to calculate the sluice-gate price for the      Article 1 (1 ) of that Regulation and the sluice-gate prices
preceding quarter ; whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No               provided for in Article 7 of that Regulation in respect of
2773/75, the minimum was set at 3 % ;                             the like products shall be shown in the Annex.
Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain required
varies by more than 3 % from that used for the preceding          2. For imports from Portugal of products specified in
quarter ; whereas this variation must accordingly be taken        paragraph 1 , application of the levies that are specified in
into account in fixing sluice-gate prices for the period 1        the Annex is suspended.
May to 31 July 1988 ;
Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 November, 1                                       Article 2
February and 1 May are being fixed, world market prices
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1988 .
(') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49.
0 OJ No L 377, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 41 .
0 OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 64.                              (*) OJ No L 60, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 10.
(4) OJ No L 392, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 29.                            0 OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 .
^ OI No L 19. 23 . 1 . 1988, p. 20 .                              (8) See page 1 of this Official Journal.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            .States .
             Done at Brussels, 22 April 1988 .
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                         Vice-President
                                                    ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 22 April 1988 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for
                                                       eggs
                                    CN
                                    code         Sluice-gate price        Levy
                                      1                  2                  3
                            \                     ECU/ 100 units      ECU/ 100 units
                                0407 00 1 1            50,81               15,30
                                0407 00 19              10,69               4,94
                            1                      ECU/ 1 00 kg        ECU/ 100 kg
                                0407 00 30             80,86              42,69
                                0408 11 10            394,48             199,79
                                0408 19 11            178,58              87,09
                                0408 19 19            190,27              93,06
                                0408 91 10            331,17             192,96
                                0408 99 10             87,82              49,52