CELEX: 31992R0743
Language: en
Date: 1992-03-27
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 743/92 of 26 March 1992 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

No L 82/24                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 27. 3. 92
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 743/92
                                                       of 26 March 1992
                                      fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
                                                                   91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              overseas countries and territories with the European
Economic Community,                                                Economic Community (*), no levies shall apply on
                                                                   imports of products originating in the overseas countries
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75              and territories ; whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (4) of the
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the               abovementioned Decision, a special amount shall be
market in eggs ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            charged on imports of certain products originating in the
No 1235/89 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 7 (1 )            overseas countries and territories in order to prevent
thereof,                                                           products originating from these countries and territories
                                                                   from receiving more favourable treatment than similar
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products             products imported from Spain or Portugal into the
                                                                   Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ;
specified in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75
must be fixed quarterly in advance in accordance with the
methods of calculation laid down in Council Regulation             Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 518/92 Q, (EEC)
(EEC) No 2773/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down rules              No 519/92 (8) and (EEC) No 520/92 (9) of 27 February
for calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for              1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim
eggs (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   Agreements on trade and trade-related matters between
41 55/87 (4);                                                      the European Economic Community and the European
                                                                   Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs were,        Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the
by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3622/91 (*), last                Czech and Slovak Federal Republic respectively, of the
fixed for the period 1 January to 31 March 1992, they              other part, introduce arrangements for reducing import
must be fixed anew for the period 1 April to 30 June               levies on certain products ; whereas Commission Regula­
 1992 ; whereas such prices and levies should in principle         tion (EEC) No 579/92 (10) lays down detailed rules for
be calculated by reference to feed-grain prices for the            applying the arrangements provided for in these agree­
period 1 October 1991 to 29 February 1992 ;                        ments as regards eggs ;
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from 1             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
October, 1 January and 1 April are being fixed, changes             in accordance with the opinion of the Management
 in world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into         Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
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
preceding quarter ; whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
2773/75, the minimum was set at 3 % ;
Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain required                                      Article 1
varies by more than 3 % from that used for the preceding
quarter ; whereas this variation must accordingly be taken
into account in fixing sluice-gate prices for the period 1
April to 30 June 1992 ;                                            The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                    No 2771 /75, in respect of the products specified in
Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 October, 1              Article 1 ( 1 ) thereof and the sluice-gate prices provided
                                                                    for in Article 7 thereof shall be as set out in the Annex
January and 1 April are being fixed, world market prices            hereto.
for feed grain are to be taken into account only if at the
same time a new sluice-gate price is fixed ;
Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price has been fixed,                                        Article 2
changes in world market prices for feed grain must be
taken into account in fixing the levies ;                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1 992.
(') OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49.                            («) OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 128, 11 . 5. 1989, p. 29.                             0 OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 3.
 3  OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 64.                            (•) OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6.
(4) OJ  No  L 392, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 29.                            O OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
  Ó OJ No L 344, 14. 12. 1991 , p. 11 .                             (,0) OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 15.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 26 March 1992.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                            Member of the Commission
                                                             ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 26 March 1992 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                   51,68                  13,33 (')
                                   0407 00 19                    10,98                  4,10 (')
                                                            ECU/ 100 kg            ECU/ 100 kg
                                   0407 00 30                   83,53                  35,19
                                   0408 11   10                406,10                 164,69 (')
                                   0408 19   11                183,65                  71,79 (')
                                   0408 19   19                195,68                  76,71 (')
                                   0408 91   10                340,84                 159,06 (')
                                   0408 99   10                 90,30                  40,82 (')
                          (') 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 579/92 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.