CELEX: 31993R2706
Language: en
Date: 1993-10-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2706/93 of 30 September 1993 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

1 . 10 . 93                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 245/ 117
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2706/93
                                                   of 30 September 1993
                                    fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      accordingly be maintained unchanged until 31 December
                                                                 1993 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                              Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
                                                                 91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75            overseas countries and territories with the European
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the             Economic Community (6), no levies shall apply on
market in eggs ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)          imports of products originating in the overseas countries
                                                                 and territories ;
No 3207/88 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 7 (1 )
thereof,
                                                                 Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 518/92 f), as
                                                                 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2233/93 (8), (EEC) No
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products           519/92 (9), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2234/
specified in Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75      93 (10), and (EEC) No 520/92 (n), as amended by Regula­
must be fixed quarterly in advance in accordance with the        tion (EEC) No 2235/93 (12), of 27 February 1992 on
methods of calculation laid down in Council Regulation           certain procedures for applying the Interim Agreements
(EEC) No 2773/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down rules            on trade and trade-related matters between the European
for calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for           Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel
eggs (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                 Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland,
41 55/87 (4);                                                    the Republic of Hungary and the Czech and Slovak
                                                                 Federal Republic respectively, of the other part, introduce
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs were,      arrangements for reducing import levies on certain
by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 648/93 0, last               products ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No
fixed for the period 1 July to 30 September 1993, they           2699/93 (B) lays down detailed rules for applying the
must be fixed anew for the period 1 October to 31                arrangements provided for in these agreements as regards
December 1993 ; whereas such prices and levies should in         eggs ;
principle be calculated by reference to feed-grain prices
for the period 1 April to 31 August 1993 ;
                                                                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from 1           in accordance with the opinion of the Management
October, 1 January and 1 April are being fixed, changes          Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
in world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into
account only if the price of the quantity of feed grain
required varies by at least a specified minimum in rela­
tion to that used to calculate the sluice-gate price for the     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
preceding quarter ; whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No
2773/75,       minimum was set at 3 % ;
                                                                                           Article 1
Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain required
does not vary by 3 % or more from that used for the              The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)
preceding quarter ; whereas the sluice-gate prices fixed by      No 2771 /75, in respect of the products specified in
Regulation (EEC) No 1648/93 should accordingly be                Article 1 (1 ) thereof and the sluice-gate prices provided
maintained unchanged until 31 December 1993                      for in Article 7 thereof, in respect of the like products
                                                                 shall be as fixed in the Annex.
Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 October, 1
January and 1 April are being fixed, world market prices
for feed grain are to be taken into account only if at the                                 Article 2
same time a new sluice-gate price is fixed ;
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1993.
Whereas, since no new sluice-gate prices have been fixed,
the levies fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 1648/93 should           (*) OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
                                                                 o OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 3.
                                                                 (8) OJ No L 200, 10. 8. 1993, p. 3.
(') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49.                           0 OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6.
(2) OJ No L 286, 20. 10. 1988, p. 2.                             (10) OJ No L 200, 10. 8. 1993, p. 4.
(3) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 64.                           (") OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
Ó OJ No L 392, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 29.                             (12) OJ No L 200, 10. 8. 1993, p. 4.
0 OJ No L 157, 29. 6. 1993, p. 33.                               (13) See page 88 of this Official Journal.
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              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
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              Done at Brussels, 30 September 1993,
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                       Rene STEICHEN
                                                                 Member of the Commission
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                                                            ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 30 September 1993 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies
                                                           for eggs (2)
                                        CN
                                       code
                                                         Sluice-gate price               Levy
                                                          ECU/ 100 units          ECU/ 100 units
                                   0407 00 11                  51,52                     11,39 (')
                                   0407 00 19                  10,93                      3,43 (')
                                                           ECU/ 100 kg             ECU/ 100 kg
                                    0407 00  30                83,04                     29,34 (»)
                                    0408 11   10              403,95                   137,31 (')
                                    0408 19   11              182,71                     59,85 (')
                                    0408 19   19              194,68                     63,96 (')
                                    0408 91   10              339,07                   1 32,62 (')
                                    0408 99   10                89,85                    34,03 (')
                           (') Products falling within this code, imported from Poland, Czechoslo­
                               vakia or Hungary under the Interim Agreements concluded between
                               those countries and the Community, and in respect of which EUR.l
                               certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2699/93
                               have been presented, are subject to the levies set out in the Annex to
                               that Regulation.
                           (2) No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101
                               (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.