CELEX: 31974R2707
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2707/74 of the Commission of 25 October 1974 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

26. 10 . 74                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 289/ 19
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2707/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 25 October 1974
                                fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      for the previous quarter ; whereas the sluice-gate
COMMUNITIES,                                                        prices fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 2518 /74 should
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               accordingly be maintained unchanged until 31
Economic Community ;                                                January 1975 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 123/                         Whereas in fixing the levies to take effect on 1
67/EEC ( 1) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                 November, 1 February and 1 May respectively no
tion of the market in poultrymeat, as last amended by               account is to be taken of the trend of feed grain prices
the Act (2) concerning the conditions of accession and              on the world market unless at the same time a new
the adjustments to the Treaties, and in particular Arti­            sluice-gate price is fixed ;
cles 3 and 7 ( 1 ) thereof ;
                                                                    Whereas, since no new sluice-gate price has been
Whereas the sluice-gate prices and levies for the                   fixed, the levies fixed by Regulation (EEC) No
products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation No              2518/74 should accordingly be maintained until 31
123/67/EEC must be fixed quarterly in advance                       January 1975 ;
according to the methods of calculation indicated in
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1920/74 (3) of 23                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
July 1974 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for              are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
poultrymeat ;                                                       ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for poultry­
meat were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
2518/74 (4) for the period 7 October to 31 October
1974, new sluice-gate prices and levies must be fixed                                          Article 1
for the period 1 November 1974 to 31 January 1975 ;                 1 . The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regula­
whereas such prices and levies should in principle be               tion No 123/67/EEC in respect of the products speci­
calculated by reference to the prices of feed grains                fied in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation and the sluice­
over the period 1 February 1974 to 31 July 1974 ;                   gate prices provided for in Article 7 of that Regulation
Whereas in fixing the sluice-gate prices to take effect             in respect of the like products shall, for the period 1
on 1 November, 1 February and 1 May respectively no                 November 1974 to 31 January 1975, be as shown in
account is to be taken of the trend pf feed grain prices            the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2518/74.
on the world market unless the price of the quantity
of feed grain required varies by an amount in excess                2. Provided that in the case of products falling
of a specified minimum in relation to that used to                  within heading No 02.03 or within subheading 15.01
                                                                    B or 16.02 B I of the Common Customs Tariff in
calculate the sluice-gate price for the preceding
quarter ; whereas by Council Regulation No 146/                     respect of which the rate of duty has been bound
                                                                    within GATT the levies shall not exceed the amounts
67/EEC (5) of 21 June 1967 laying down rules for
calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for poul­            resulting from that binding.
trymeat, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                                               Article 2
1717/74 (6), this minimum was set at 3 % ;
Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
required does not vary by 3 % or more from that used                 1974 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels , 25 October 1974.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                  The President
                                                                             Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ  No  117, 19 . 6. 1967, p . 2301 /67 .
(2) OJ  No  L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(3) OJ  No  L 202, 24. 7 . 1974, p. 23 .
(4) OJ  No  L 270 , 5. 10 . 1974, p. 1 .
(5) OJ  No  125, 26 . 6 . 1967, p. 2470/67 .
(6) OJ  No  L 181 , 4 . 7. 1974, p. 3 .