CELEX: 31978R0090
Language: en
Date: 1978-01-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 90/78 of 16 January 1978 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

No L 15/ 12                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                 19 . 1 . 78
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 90/78
                                                     of 18 January 1978
                                     fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain
COMMUNITIES,                                                      required varies by more than 3 % from that used for
                                                                  the preceding quarter ; whereas this variation must
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             accordingly be taken into account in fixing sluice-gate
Economic Community,                                               prices for the period 1 February to 30 April 1978 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Whereas, when the             levies applicable from 1
2771 /75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
                                                                  November, 1 February         and 1 May are being fixed,
tion of the market in eggs ( ! ), as amended by Regula­
                                                                  world market prices for     feed grain are to be taken into
tion (EEC) No 368/76 (2), and in particular Articles 3
                                                                  account only if at the       same time a new sluice-gate
and 7 ( 1 ) thereof,
                                                                  price is fixed ;
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products
specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No               Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
2771 /75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in accor­             changes in world market prices for feed grain must be
dance with the methods of calculation laid down in                taken into account in fixing the levies ;
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 of 29 October                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy and               are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
the sluice-gate price for eggs (3), as last amended by            ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Regulation (EEC) No 2300/77 (4) ;
Whereas since sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
were, by Regulation (EEC) No 2275/77 (5), last fixed              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
for the period 1 November 1977 to 31 January 1978 ,
they must be fixed anew for the period 1 February to                                         Article 1
30 April 1978 ; whereas such prices and levies should
in principle be calculated by reference to feed-grain             The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation
prices for the period 1 August to 31 December 1977 ;              (EEC) No 2771 /75 in respect of the products specified
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from               in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation , and the sluice-gate
 1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,                 prices provided for in Article 7 thereof in respect of
changes in world market prices for feed grain are to               the like products, shall be as shown in the Annex
                                                                   hereto .
be taken into account only if the price of the quantity
 of feed grain required varies by at least a specified
 minimum in relation to that used to calculate the                                           Article 2
 sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas,
 by Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75, the minimum was                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
 set at 3 % :                                                      1978 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 18 January 1978 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                 Vice-President
 (») OJ No   L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49 .
 (2) OJ No   L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 2.
 (3) OJ No   L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 64.
 (4) OJ No   L 271 , 22. 10 . 1977, p. 6.
  5) OJ No   L 262, 15. 10 . 1977, p. 36.
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                                                                     ANNEX
                       Sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs for the period 1 February to 30 April 1978
              CCT heading                                                                      Sluice-gate
                   No                                       Description                            price            Levy
                    1                                           2                                     3               4
                                                                                              u.a. /100 units u.a. / 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                            33.40              5.33
                                               2 . Other                                             8.38            2-59
                                                                                               u.a. / 100 kg   u.a. / 100 kg
                                           b ) Other                                              64.34           25.50
                                  B. Eggs, not in shell ; egg yolks :
                                       I. Suitable for human consumption :
                                           a) Eggs, not in shell :
                                               1 . Dried                                        264.72          115.26
                                               2 . Other                                          70.28           29-58
                                           b ) Egg yolks :
                                               1 . Liquid                                       142.90            52.02
                                               2 . Frozen                                       152-23            55.59
                                               3 . Dried                                        315.23          119-34
            (a) Only poultry eggs which fulfil the conditions stipulated by the competent authorities of the European Com­
                munities are eligible for entry under this subheading.