CELEX: 31974R0966
Language: en
Date: 1974-04-24 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 966/74 of the Commission of 23 April 1974 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

24. 4. 74                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 110/ 13
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 966/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                       of 23 April 1974
                                    fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     67/EEC (5) of 21 June 1967 laying down rules for
COMMUNITIES,                                                       calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for eggs ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain differs
Economic Community ;                                              by more than 3 % from that used in the preceding
                                                                  quarter ; whereas this must be considered when the
Having regard to Council Regulation No 122/                       sluice-gate price is fixed for the period from 1 May
67/EEC (J ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                1974 to 31 July 1974 ;
tion of the market in eggs, as last amended by the
Act (2) on the Conditions of Accession and the Adjust­            Whereas in fixing the levy operative from 1
ments to the Treaties, and in particular Articles 3 and            November, 1 February and 1 May, account is to be
7 ( 1 ) thereof ;                                                  taken of trends in world feed grain prices only if new
                                                                  sluice-gate prices are fixed at the same time ;
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products
listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 122/67/EEC             Whereas new sluice-gate prices are being fixed ;
must be fixed quarterly in advance using the methods              whereas the levies must therefore be fixed in the light
of calculation determined in Commission Regulation                of feed grain price trends ;
(EEC) No 2050/73 (3) of 25 July 1973 fixing the                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
sluice-gate prices and the levies on eggs ;                        are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 204/74 (4) fixed the                   ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs for the period
from 1 February 1974 to 30 April 1974, they must be                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
fixed again for the period from 1 May 1974 to 31 July
 1974 ; whereas they must in principle be based on                                          Article 1
those for feed grain for the period from 1 August
 1973 to 31 January 1974 ;                                        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                                      Article 2
for the preceding quarter ; whereas the difference was
fixed at 3 % by Council Regulation No 145/                        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1974.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 23 April 1974.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                 The President
                                                                            François-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 208, 28 . 7. 1973, p. 39.
(4) OJ   No  L 22, 26. 1 . 1974, p. 16.                            (5) OJ No 125, 26 . 6 . 1967, p . 2467/67 .
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                                                                    ANNEX
                             Sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs from 1 May 1974 to 31 July 1974
               CCT heading                                                                      Sluice-gate        Rate of
                   No                                 Description of goods                          price            levies
                     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)                                   7.82            0.47
                                                                                                u.a. / 100 kg    u.a. / 100 kg
                                           b) Other                                                  65.73             3.59
                                   B. Eggs, not in shell ; egg yolks :
                                        I. Suitable for human consumption :
                                           a) Eggs, not in shell :
                                               1 . Dried                                          271.36             15.22
                                               2 . Other                                             75.14             4.16
                                           b) Egg yolks :
                                               1 . Liquid                                         145.78               7.32
                                               2 . Frozen                                         155.39              7.83
                                               3 . Dried                                          303.02             15.44
             (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.