CELEX: 31994R1583
Language: en
Date: 1994-07-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1583/94 of 30 June 1994 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

1 . 7. 94                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 166/ 123
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1583/94
                                                           of 30 June 1994
                                         fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          for the 1994/95 marketing year should be taken as the
                                                                      basis ; whereas, however, this fixing is without prejudice to
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                measures to be adopted as a result of decisions which the
  Community,                                                           Council may adopt at a later date as regards monthly
                                                                       increases for feed grain for the 1994/95 marketing year ;
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75
                                                                      Whereas the price within the Community for that quan­
  of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the                 tity of feed grain must be determined in accordance with
  market in eggs ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 ; whereas the
  No 1574/93 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 7 (1 )
  thereof,                                                            price for the like quantity on the world market must be
                                                                      determined in accordance with Article 3 thereof ;
 Whereas a levy fixed quarterly in advance must be                    Whereas the said Article 3 provides that the prices for
 charged on imports into the Community for the products               each type of feed grain on the world market shall be
 specified in Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                   equal to the average of the cif prices determined for that
 2771 /75 ;
                                                                      cereal for the period of five months ending one month
                                                                      before the quarter in respect of which the said component
 Whereas sluice-gate prices for the products specified in             is calculated ; whereas that period is 1 January to 31 May
 Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75 must be               1994 ;
 fixed in advance for each quarter ;
                                                                      Whereas the second component must be equal to 7 % of
 Whereas, as the levies and sluice-gate prices for eggs were          the average of the sluice-gate prices applicable for the
 fixed latterly in Commission Regulation (EC) No                      four quarters to 1 April in each year ;
 709/94 (3) for the period 1 April to 30 June 1994, new
 levies and sluice-gate prices must be fixed for the period 1        Whereas the levy on eggs for hatching must be calculated
 July to 30 September 1994,                                           in the same way as the levy on eggs in shell ; whereas,
                                                                      however, the quantity of feed grain used in the calculation
 Whereas the levy on eggs in shell is made up of two                  must be that shown in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No
 components ;                                                         2773/75 ; whereas the second component must be equal
                                                                      to 7 % of the average of the sluice-gate prices applicable
                                                                      to eggs for hatching ;
Whereas the first component must be equal to the diffe­
 rence between prices within the Community and on the
world market for the quantity of feed grain specified in             Whereas the levy on the products specified in Article 1
Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 of 29                 (1 ) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75 must be derived
October 1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy              from the levy on eggs in shell on the basis of the coeffi­
and the sluice-gate price for eggs (4), as last amended by           cients set out in the Annex to Commission Regulation
Regulation (EEC) No 4155/87 0 ;                                      No 164/67/EEC of 26 June 1967 fixing the factors for
                                                                     calculating levies and sluice-gate prices for derived egg
                                                                     products (*), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC)         3501 /93 0 ;
No 2771 /75, for calculating the import levies in the
poultrymeat sector, the prices for feed grain within the
                                                                     Whereas the sluice-gate price for eggs in shell is made up
Community are determined once a year for a period of 12
                                                                     of two components ;
months beginning on 1 July, on the basis of the
threshold prices and the monthly increases therein ;
whereas, in spite of all the Commission's efforts, the               Whereas the first component must be equal to the price
Council has not yet fixed the monthly increases for feed             on the world market for the quantity of feed grain speci­
grain ; whereas, in order to ensure the continued opera­             fied in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 ;
tion of the levy mechanism in question, the amounts of
the monthly increases likely to be adopted by the Council            Whereas the price for that quantity of grain must be
                                                                     determined in accordance with Article 4 (2) and (3) of
(')   OJ  No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49.                            Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 ;
(2)   OJ  No L 152, 24. 6. 1993, p. 1 .
0     OJ  No L 85, 30. 5. 1994, p. 32.
0     OJ  No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 64.                            0 OJ No 129, 28. 6. 1967, p. 2578/67.
0     OJ  No L 392, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 29.                            0 OJ No L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 25.
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 Whereas the said Article 4 provides that the price for            between the European Communities and their Member
  each cereal on the world market shall be equal to the            States, of the one part, and the Republics of Hungary and
  average of the cif prices determined for that cereal for the     Poland, of the other part, and Council Regulation (EEC)
 period of five months ending one month before the                 No 520/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain rules for
 quarter in respect of which the said component is calcu­          applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade­
 lated ; whereas that period is 1 January to 31 May 1994 ;         related matters between the European Economic Commu­
                                                                   nity and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the
 Whereas the second amount, which represents other                 one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of
 feeding costs and overhead costs of production and                the other part (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 marketing, is fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No            2235/93 (*), and in particular Article 1 thereof introduce
 2773/75 ;                                                         arrangements for reducing import levies on certain
                                                                   products ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   2699/93 (6), as amended by Regulation (EC) No
 Whereas the sluice-gate price for eggs for hatching must          3549/93 Q, lays down detailed rules for applying the
 be calculated in the same way as the sluice-gate price for        import arrangements provided for in these agreements as
 eggs in shell ; whereas, however, the quantity of feed grain      regards poultrymeat ;
 used in the calculation must be that specified in Annex II
 to Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 ; whereas the standard            Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3641 /93 (8) and
 amount must be that fixed in the same Annex ;                    (EC) No 3642/93 (9) on certain rules for applying the
                                                                   Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters
 Whereas the sluice-gate prices for the products specified        between the European Economic Community and the
 in Article 1 (1 ) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75 must        European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part,
be derived from the sluice-gate prices for eggs in shell,         and the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, of the other
 taking into account the value of the basic product, the           part ; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1 559/
 coefficients for those products fixed in accordance with         94 (10) lays down detailed rules for applying the arrange­
Article 5 (2) of that Regulation and the standard amount          ments provided for in these agreements as regards eggs ;
 fixed in the Annex to Regulation No 164/67/EEC ;
                                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                  in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Whereas as regards the lower value to be allowed for in            Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
the calculation of the sluice-gate prices for whole
products, account must be taken of the absence of certain
marketing costs specific to eggs in shell, and of a percen­
tage reflecting the lower prices generally obtained for eggs      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
intended for processing ; whereas these marketing costs
— to be deducted from the sluice-gate price for eggs in
shell — may be assessed at 0,0967 ECU per kilogram ;                                            Article 1
whereas the percentage to be deducted from that reduced
sluice-gate price may be assessed at 20 % ;                       The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                  No 2771 /75 and the sluice-gate prices provided for in
Whereas as regards the lower value to be allowed for in           Article 7 thereof, in respect of the products specified in
the calculation of the sluice-gate prices for separated           Article 1 (1 ) thereof, shall be as set out in the Annex
                                                                  hereto.
products, the same reduction in marketing costs as for
whole products should be allowed for ; whereas, however,
the percentage to be deducted should be lower than that
                                                                                                Article 2
taken for whole products, as the production of separated
products requires the use of fresh eggs ; whereas this
percentage may be assessed at 7 % ;                               The levies fixed in this Regulation shall apply without
                                                                  prejudice to measures to be taken as a result of decisions
                                                                  which may be adopted by the Council at a later date,
                                                                  possibly with effect from 1 July 1994, as regards the
Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Council Decision        monthly increases applicable to feed grain.
91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
overseas countries and territories with the European
Economic Community ('), no levies shall apply on                                                Article 3
imports of products originating in the overseas countries
and territories ;
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1994.
Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3491 /93 (2) and
(EC) No 3492/93 (3), on certain procedures for applying           (4) OJ No L    56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
the Europe Agreement establishing an association                  O OJ No L      200, 10. 8 . 1993, p. 5.
                                                                  («) OJ No L    245, 1 . 10 . 1993, p. 88 .
                                                                  0 OJ No L      324, 24. 12. 1993, p. 8 .
(') OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .                             (8) OJ No L    333, 31 . 12. 1993, p. 16.
I1) OJ No L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 1 .                            0 OJ No L      333, 31 . 12. 1993, p. 17.
0 OJ No L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 4.                               (10) See page  62 of this Official Journal.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 30 June 1994.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                   Rene STEICHEN
                                                             Member of the Commission
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                                                              ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 1994 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for
                                                               eggs (3)
                                         CN
                                        code
                                                           Sluice-gate price             Levy
                                                            ECU/ 100 units         ECU/ 100 units
                                     0407 00 11                  51,88                     9,93 (')
                                     0407 00 19                  11,05                     y4f)
                                                             ECU/ 100 kg            ECU/ 100 kg
                                     0407 0030                   84,12                   24,94 (')
                                     0408 11 80                 408,67                 116,72 (')
                                     0408 19 81                 184,77                   50,88 (>)
                                     0408 19 89                 196,88                   54,37 (')
                                     0408 91 80                 342,96                 1 1 2,73 (') (2)
                                     0408 99 80                  90,85                   28,93 (') (2)
                            (') Products falling within this code, imported from Poland, Hungary, the
                                Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic under the Agreements
                                concluded between those countries and the Community, and in respect
                                of which EUR.l certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EEC)
                                No 2699/93 have been presented, are subject to the levies set out in the
                                Annex to that Regulation.
                            (2) Products falling within this code, imported from Romania and Bulgaria
                                under the Interim Agreements concluded between those countries and
                                the Community, and in respect of which EUR.l certificates issued in
                                accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1 559/94 have been presented, are
                                subject to the levies set out in the Annex to that Regulation.
                            (3) No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101
                                (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.