CELEX: 31973R2874
Language: en
Date: 1973-10-24 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2874/73 of the Commission of 22 October 1973 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

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24. 10 . 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 296/ 13
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 2874/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 22 October 1973
                                       fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain differs
COMMUNITIES,                                                        by more than 3 % from that used in the preceding
                                                                    quarter ; whereas this must be considered when the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               sluice-gate price is fixed for the period from 1
Economic Community ;                                                 November 1973 to 31 January 1974 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 122/
67/EEC (') of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                  Whereas in fixing the levy operative from 1
tion of the market in eggs, as last amended by the                   November, 1 February and 1 May, account is to be
Act (2) on the conditions of Accession and Adjust­                  taken of trends in world feed grain prices only if new
ments to the Treaties, and in particular Articles 3 and             sluice-gate prices are fixed at the same time ;
7(1 ) thereof ;
                                                                    Whereas new sluice-gate prices are being fixed ;
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products              whereas the levies must therefore be fixed in the light
listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 122/67/ EEC              of feed grain price trends ;
must be fixed quarterly in advance using the methods
of calculation determined in Commission Regulation                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
(EEC) No 2050/73 (3) of 25 July 1973 fixing the                     are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
sluice-gate prices and the levies on eggs ;                          ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2050/73 fixed the
sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs for the period                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
from 1 August 1973 to 31 October 1973, they must be
fixed again for the period from 1 November 1973 to
31 January 1974 ; whereas they must in principle be                                          Article 1
based on those for feed grain for the period from
1 February 1973 to 31 July 1973 ;                                   The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation No
                                                                     122/67/ EEC and the sluice-gate prices provided for in
Whereas in fixing the sluice-gate prices operative                  Article 7 of that Regulation for the products listed in
from 1 November, 1 February and 1 May, account is                   Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation shall be as shown in
to be taken of trends in world feed grain prices only if             the Annex.
the price of the quantity of feed grain differs but
slightly from that used in fixing the sluice-gate price
for the preceding quarter ; whereas the difference was                                       Article 2
fixed at 3 % by Council Regulation No 145/
67/ EEC (4 ) of 21 June 1967 laying down rules for                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for eggs ;            1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
                Done at Brussels, October 1973 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                    The President
                                                                             Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(')  OJ No  1 »-, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2293/67.
(2)  OJ No  L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14.
(3)  OJ No  L 208 , 28 . 7 . 1973 , p . 39 .
(4)  OJ No  125, 26. 6 . 1967, p. 2467/67.
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                                                                     ANNEX
                   Sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs from 1 November 1973 to 31 January 1974
                CCT heading                                                                       Sluice-gate            Rate of
                    No                                 Description of goods                           price                levies
                      1                                          2                                        3                    4
                                                                                               in u. a. / 100 units in u. a. / 100 units
            04.05                   Bird's 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)                                     7-22                1-00
                                                                                                  u. a. / 100 kg       u. a. / 100 kg
                                                                                                       57-35               10-53
                                            b ) Other
                                    B. Eggs, not in shell ; egg yolks :
                                         I. Suitable for human consumption :
                                            a) Eggs, not in shell :
                                                1 . Dried                                            241-17                44-65
                                                2 . Other                                              66-88               12-21
                                            b) Egg yolks :
                                                1 . Liquid                                           129-87                21-48
                                                2 . Frozen                                           138-39                22-96
                                                3 . Dried                                            269-48                45-28
             ( 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.