CELEX: 31977R0138
Language: en
Date: 1977-01-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 138/77 of 25 January 1977 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

No L 22/ 12                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              26 . 1 . 77
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION EEC) No 138/77
                                                       of 25 January 1977
                                      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 February to 30 April 1 977 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2771 /75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1
tion of the market in eggs (*), as amended by Regula­              November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,
tion (EEC) No 368 /76 (2), and in particular Articles 3            world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into
and 7 ( 1 ) thereof,                                               account only if at the same time a new sluice-gate
                                                                   price is fixed ;
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products
specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No               Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
2771 /75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in accor­              changes in world market prices for feed grain must be
dance with the methods of calculation laid down in                 taken into account in fixing the levies ;
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1757/76 of 22 July
 1976 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
eggs (3) ;                                                         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 2546/76 (4) last fixed for
the period 1 November 1976 to 31 January 1977, they
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
must be fixed anew for the period 1 February to 30
April 1977 ; whereas such prices and levies should in
principle be calculated by reference to feed-grain                                           Article 1
prices for the period 1 August to 31 December 1976 ;
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from               The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation
 1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,                 (EEC) No 2771 /75 in respect of the products specified
changes in world market prices for feed grain are to               in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation, and the sluice-gate
be taken into account only if the price of the quantity            prices provided for in Article 7 thereof in respect of
of feed grain required varies by at least a specified              the like products, shall be as shown in the Annex
                                                                   hereto .
minimum in relation to that used to calculate the
sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas,
by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 of 29                                                 Article 2
October 1975 laying down rules for calculating the
levy and the sluice-gate price for eggs (5), the                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
minimum was set at 3 % ;                                            1977 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 25 January 1977.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                 Vice-President
(>)  OJ No  L 282, 1.11 . 1975 , p . 49 .
(2)  OJ No  L 45, 21 . 2 . 1976, p. 2 .
(3)  OJ No  L 197, 23 . 7 . 1976, p . 12 .
(4)  OJ No  L 290, 21 . 10 . 1976, p . 11 .
(5 ) OJ No  L 282, 1.11 . 1975, p . 64.
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                                                                  ANNEX
                      Sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs for the period 1 February to 30 April 1977
             CCT heading                                                                      Sluice-gate
                  No                                 Description of goods                          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)                                  9-05              1-76
                                                                                              u. a. /100 kg    u. a. /100 kg
                                          b) Other                                                71-88            16-80
                                 B. Eggs, not in shell ; egg yolks :
                                      I. Suitable for human consumption :
                                          a) Eggs, not in shell :
                                             1 . Dried                                         291-97              75-94
                                             2 . Other                                           77-28             19-49
                                          b) Egg yolks :
                                             1 . Liquid                                         157-20             34-27
                                             2 . Frozen                                         167-51            36-62
                                             3 . Dried                                         348-04              78-62
           (•) Only poultry eggs which fulfil the conditions stipulated by the competent authorities of the European Com­
               munities are eligible for entry under this subheading.