CELEX: 31977R0855
Language: en
Date: 1977-04-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 855/77 of 27 April 1977 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

28.4.77                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 104/ 21
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 855/77
                                                       of 27 April 1977
                                    fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    levy and the sluice-gate price for eggs (5), the
COMMUNITIES,                                                      minimum was 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 organiza­               prices for the period 1 May 1977 to 31 July 1977 ;
tion of the market in eggs ('), as amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 368 /76 (2), and in particular Articles 3           Whereas, when the             levies applicable from 1
and 7 ( 1 ) thereof,                                              November, 1 February         and 1 May are being fixed,
                                                                  world market prices for     feed grain are to be taken into
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products            account only if at the       same time a new sluice-gate
specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No               price is fixed ;
2771 /75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in accor­
dance with the methods of calculation laid down in                Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1757/76 of 22 July                 changes in world market prices for feed grain must be
 1976 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for                taken into account in fixing the levies ;
eggs (3 ) ;
                                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs             are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
were, by Regulation (EEC) No 138 /77 (4), last fixed for          ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
the period 1 February 1977 to 30 April 1977, they
must be fixed anew for the period 1 May 1977 to 31
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
July 1977 ; whereas such prices and levies should in
principle be calculated by reference to feed-grain
prices for the period 1 November 1976 to 31 March                                           Article 1
 1977 ;
                                                                  The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from              (EEC) No 277 1 /75 in respect of the products specified
 1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,                in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation , and the sluice-gate
changes in world market prices for feed grain are to              prices provided for in Article 7 thereof in respect of
be taken into account only if the price of the quantity           the like products, shall be as shown in the Annex
of feed grain required varies by at least a specified             hereto .
minimum in relation to that used to calculate the
sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas,                                       Article 2
by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2773 /75 of 29
October 1975 laying down rules for calculating the                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1977.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Brussels, 27 April 1977.
                                                                            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 197, 23.7.1976, p. 12 .
 4)  OJ No  L 22, 26 . 1 . 1977, p. 12.                           (5 ) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 64.
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                                                                   ANNEX
                      Sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs for the period 1 May 1977 to 31 July 1977
              CCT heading                                                                     Sluice-gate
                  No                                  Description of goods                       price             Levy
                   1                                            2                                  3                 4
                                                                                             u.a./100 units   u.a./100 unit*
           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)                                8.91              1.89
                                                                                              u.a./100 kg      u.a./100 kg
                                          b) Other                                               70.32      *     18.24
                                  B. Eggs, not in shell ; egg yolks :
                                      I. Suitable for human consumption :
                                          a) Eggs, not in shell :
                                              1 . Dried                                        286.37             82.44
                                             2. Other                                           75.84             21.16
                                          b) Egg yolks :
                                              1. Liquid                                        154.24            37.21
                                             2. Frozen                                         164.35             39.76
                                             3 . Dried                                         341.25             85.36
           (a) Only poultry eggs which fulfil the conditions stipulated by the competent authorities of the European CCom­
               munities ate eligible for entry under this subheading.