CELEX: 31981R0150
Language: en
Date: 1981-01-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 150/81 of 20 January 1981 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

21 . 1 . 81                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 18/5
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 150/81
                                                     of 20 January 1981
                                    fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   by Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75, the minimum was
COMMUNITIES,                                                     set at 3 % ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain
Economic Community,                                              required varies by more than 3 % from that used for
                                                                 the preceding quarter ; whereas this variation must
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     accordingly be taken into account in fixing sluice-gate
2771 /75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                prices for the period 1 February to 30 April 1981 ;
zation of the market in eggs ('), as last amended by the         Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1
Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular                November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,
Articles 3 and 7 (1 ) thereof,                                   world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into
                                                                 account only if at the same time a new sluice-gate
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products           price is fixed ;
specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
2771 /75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in accor­            Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
dance with the methods of calculation laid down in               changes in world market prices for feed grain must be
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 of 29 October                taken into account in fixing the levies ;
1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy and the          Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
sluice-gate price for eggs (3), as last amended by Regu­         are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
lation (EEC) No 2300/77 (4);                                     Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Whereas since sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
were, by Regulation (EEC) No 2605/80 (*), last fixed for
the period 1 November 1980 to 31 January 1981 , they
must be fixed anew for the period 1 February to 30                                        Article 1
April 1981 ; whereas such prices and levies should in            The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation
principle be calculated by reference to feed grain               (EEC) No 2771 /75 in respect of the products specified
prices for the period 1 August to 31 December 1980 ;             in Article 1 (1 ) of that Regulation, and the sluice-gate
                                                                 prices provided for in Article 7 thereof in respect of
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from             the like products, shall be as shown in the Annex
1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,                hereto .
changes in world market prices for feed grain are to be
taken into account only if the price of the quantity of                                   Article 2
feed grain required varies by at least a specified
minimum in relation to that used to calculate the                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas,            1981 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 20 January 1981 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                               The President
                                                                              Gaston THORN
(l) OJ   No L 282,  1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49.
O   OJ   No L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979, p. 17.
O   OJ   No L 282,  1 . 11 . 1975, p. 64.
O   OJ   No L 271 , 22. 10. 1977, p. 6.
O   OJ   No L 268,  11 . 10. 1980, p. 11 .
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                                                           ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 20 January 1981 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies
                                                           for eggs
           CCT heading                            Description                        Sluice-gate       Levy
                No                                                                      price
                 1                                    2                                   3              4
                                                                                  ECU/ 100 units ECU/ 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) :
                                       1 . Of turkeys or geese                          43-17           6-84
                                       2. Other                                         1 1-29          2-38
                                                                                    ECU/ 100 kg    ECU/ 100 kg
                                   b) Other                                             90-85          22-88
                            B. Eggs, not in shell ; egg yolks :
                                I. Suitable for human consumption :
                                   a) Eggs not in shell :
                                       1 . Dried                                       367-28         103-42
                                       2. Other                                         97-09          26-54
                                   b) Egg yolks :
                                       1 . Liquid                                      197-54          46-68
                                       2. Frozen                                       210-53          49-88
                                       3 . Dried                                       437-97         107-08
          (a) Only poultry eggs which fulfil the conditions stipulated by the competent authorities of the Euro­
              pean Communities are eligible for entry under this subheading.