CELEX: 31974R2706
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2706/74 of the Commission of 25 October 1974 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

No L 289/ 18                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            26. 10. 74
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 2706/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 25 October 1974
                                     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 does not vary by 3 % or more from that used
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               for the previous quarter ; whereas the sluice-gate
Economic Community ;                                                prices fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 2518 /74 should
                                                                    accordingly be maintained unchanged until 31
Having regard to Council Regulation No 122/                         January 1975 ;
67/EEC ( J ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in eggs, as last amended by the                  Whereas in fixing the levies to take effect on 1
Act (2) concerning the conditions of accession and the              November, 1 February and 1 May respectively, no
adjustments to the Treaties, and in particular Articles             account is to be taken of the trend of feed grain prices
3 and 7(1 ) thereof ;                                               on the world market unless at the same time a new
                                                                    sluice-gate price is fixed ;
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products
specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 122/                  Whereas, since no new sluice-gate price has been
67/ EEC must be fixed quarterly in advance according                fixed, the levies fixed by Regulation (EEC) No
to the methods of calculation indicated in Commis­                  2518/74 should accordingly be maintained unchanged
sion Regulation (EEC) No 1918 /74 (3) of 23 July 1974               until 31 January 1975 ;
fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs ;
                                                                    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 last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 2518 /74 (4) for             ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
the period 7 October to 31 October 1974, new sluice­
gate prices and levies must be fixed for the period 1
November 1974 to 31 January 1975 ; whereas such                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
prices and levies should in principle be calculated by
reference to the prices of feed grains over the period 1
                                                                                             Article 1
February 1974 to 31 July 1974 ;
Whereas in fixing the sluice-gate prices to take effect             The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation No
on 1 November, 1 February and 1 May respectively,                    122/67/EEC in respect of the products specified in
no account is to be taken of the trend of feed grain                Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation and the sluice-gate
prices on the world market unless the price of the                  prices provided for in Article 7 of that Regulation in
quantity of feed grain required varies by an amount in              respect of the like products shall, for the period 1
excess of a specified minimum in relation to that used              November 1974 to 31 January 1975, be as shown in
to calculate the sluice-gate price for the preceding                the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2518 /74.
quarter ; whereas by Council Regulation No 145/
67/EEC (5) of 21 June 1967 laying down rules for                                             Article 2
calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for eggs,
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1716/74 (6), this                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
minimum was set at 3 % ;                                             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. 2293/ 67.
(2) OJ  No  L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14 .
(3) OJ  No  L 202, 24. 7 . 1974, p. 18 .
(4) OJ  No  L 270, 5 . 10 . 1974, p. 1 .
(5) OJ  No  125, 26 . 6 . 1967, p. 2467/67 .
(b) OJ  No  L 181 , 4 . 7 . 1974, p. 1 .