CELEX: 31993R3587
Language: en
Date: 1993-12-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 3587/93 of 27 December 1993 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

28 . 12, 93                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 326/47
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3587/93
                                                      of 27 December 1993
                                       fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        accordingly be maintained unchanged until 31 March
                                                                     1994 ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 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 (*), no levies shall apply on
                                                                    imports of products originating in the overseas countries
 market in eggs ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            and territories ;
 No 1574/93 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 7 ( 1 )
 thereof,
                                                                    Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 518/92 (7), as
                                                                    amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2233 /93 (s), (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 (I0), and (EEC) No 520/92 ("), 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 (J), 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, the Czech Republic and the
                                                                    Slovak Republic, of the other part, introduce arrange­
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs were,         ments for reducing import levies on certain products ;
by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2706/93 (5), last                 whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2699/93 ("), as
fixed for the period 1 October to 31 December 1993, they            amended by Regulation (EC) No 3549/93 (u), lays down
must be fixed anew for the period 1 January to 31 March             detailed rules for applying the arrangements provided for
 1994 ; whereas such prices and levies should in principle          in these agreements as regards eggs ;
be calculated by reference to feed-grain prices for the
period 1 July to 30 November 1 993 ;
                                                                    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
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
tion to that used to calculate the sluice-gate price for the
preceding quarter ; whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No
2773/75, the minimum was set at 3 % ;
                                                                                               Article 1
Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain required            The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)
does not vary by 3 % or more from that used for the                 No 2771 /75, in respect of the products specified in
preceding quarter ; whereas the sluice-gate prices fixed by         Article 1 ( 1 ) thereof and the sluice-gate prices provided
Regulation (EEC) No 2706/93 should accordingly be                   for in Article 7 thereof, in respect of the like products
maintained unchanged until 31 March 1994 ;                          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                                       Article 2
for feed grain are to be taken into account only if at the
same time a new sluice-gate price is fixed ;                        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1994.
Whereas, since no new sluice-gate prices have been fixed,           (6) OJ No L 263, 19. 9 . 1991 , p. 1 .
the levies fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 2706/93 should              (7) OJ No L 56, 29 . 2. 1992, p. 3.
                                                                    (") OJ No L 200, 10. 8 . 1993 , p. 3.
                                                                    0 OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6.
(') OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49.                            H OJ No L 200, 10. 8 . 1993, p . 4.
(2) OJ  No  L 152, 24. 6. 1993, p. 1 .                              (") OJ No L 56, 29 . 2. 1992, p. 9 .
(') OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 64.                            ( I2) OJ No L 200, 10. 8 . 1993, p. 5.
0   OJ  No  L 392, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 29.                            H OJ No L 245, 1 . 10. 1993, p. 88,
0   OJ  No  L 245, 1 . 10. 1993, p. 117.                            ( l4) OJ No L 324, 24. 12. 1993, p. 8 ,
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 27 December 1993.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Rene STEICHEN
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                            ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 27 December 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 1 1                 51,52                 11,39 (')
                                    0407 00 19                   10,93                 3,43 0
                                                           ECU/ 100 kg            ECU/ 100 kg
                                    0407 00 30                  83,04                 29,34 (')
                                    0408 11 80                 403,95               137,31 0
                                    0408 19 81                 182,71                 59,85 0
                                    0408 19 89                 194,68                63,96 (')
                                    0408 91 80               1 017,22               397,85 0
                                    0408 99 80                 269,56               102,10 0
                          (') Products falling within this code, imported from Poland, Hungary and
                              the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic under the Interim Agree­
                              ments concluded between those countries and the Community, and in
                              respect of which EUR.l certificates issued in accordance with Regula­
                              tion (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.