CELEX: 31994R0709
Language: en
Date: 1994-03-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 709/94 of 29 March 1994 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

No L 85/32                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  30 . 3. 94
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 709/94
                                                       of 29 March 1994
                                     fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price has been fixed,
                                                                    changes in world market prices for feed grain must be
                                                                    taken into account in fixing the levies ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,
                                                                    Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75               91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
                                                                    overseas countries and territories with the European
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in eggs ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             Economic Community (6), no levies shall apply on
No 1574/93 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 7 (1 )             imports of products originating in the overseas countries
thereof,                                                            and territories ;
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products              Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3491 /93 Q and
specified in Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75         (EC) No 3492/93 (8), on certain procedures for applying
must be fixed quarterly in advance in accordance with the           the Europe Agreement establishing an association
methods of calculation laid down in Council Regulation               between the European Communities and their Member
(EEC) No 2773/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down rules                States, of the one part, and the Republics of Hungary and
for calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for               Poland, of the other part, and Council Regulation (EEC)
eggs (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                     No 520/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain rules for
41 55/87 (4);                                                        applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade­
                                                                     related matters between the European Economic Commu­
                                                                     nity and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the
 Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs were,         one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of
 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 3587/93 Q, last fixed              the other part (9), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 for the period 1 January to 31 March 1994, they must be             2235/93 (10), and in particular Article 1 thereof, introduce
 fixed anew for the period 1 April to 30 June 1994 ;                 arrangements for reducing import levies on certain
 whereas such prices and levies should in principle be               products ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 calculated by reference to feed-grain prices for the period         2699/93 ("), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
 1 October 1993 to 28 February 1994 ;                                3549/93 (12), lays down detailed rules for applying the
                                                                     arrangements provided for in these agreements as regards
                                                                     eggs ;
 Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from 1
 October, 1 January and 1 April are being fixed, changes
 in world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into
 account only if the price of the quantity of feed grain             Whereas the Interim Agreement on trade and trade­
 required varies by at least a specified minimum in rela­            related matters between the Community and the Republic
 tion to that used to calculate the sluice-gate price for the        of Bulgaria (13), signed in Brussels on 8 March 1993,
 preceding quarter ; whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No                 entered into force on 31 December 1993 ; whereas the
 2773/75, the minimum was set at 3 % ;                               Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters
                                                                     between the Community and Romania (14), signed in
                                                                     Brussels on 1 February 1993, entered into force on 1 May
 Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain required            1 993 ; whereas the said Agreements provide for a reduc­
 varies by more than 3 % from that used for the preceding            tion in the import levy for certain products in the eggs
 quarter ; whereas this variation must accordingly be taken          and poultrymeat sectors within certain quantity limits ;
 into account in fixing sluice-gate prices for the period 1          whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 374/94 (1S) lays
 April to 30 June 1994 ;                                             down detailed rules for applying the arrangements
                                                                     provided for in these agreements as regards eggs and
                                                                     poultrymeat ;
 Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 October, 1
 January and 1 April are being fixed, world market prices             é) OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
  for feed grain are to be taken into account only if at the          ^ OJ No L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 1 .
 same time a new sluice-gate price is fixed ;                         8) OJ No L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 4.
                                                                      ') OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
                                                                      10) OJ No L 200, 10. 8. 1993, p. 5.
  (') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49.                              ") OJ No L 245, 1 . 10. 1993, p. 88.
  O   OJ No L 152, 24. 6. 1993, p. 29.                                12) OJ No L 324, 24. 12. 1993, p. 8.
  O   OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 64.                              ,3) OJ No L 323, 23. 12. 1993, p. 2.
  (4) OJ No L 392, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 29.                              14) OJ No L 81 , 2. 4. 1993, p. 2.
 O    OJ No L 326, 28 . 12. 1993, p. 47.                              ,s) OJ No L 48, 19. 2. 1994, p. 21 .
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            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion
            of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                             Article 1
            The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75, in respect of the
            products specified in Article 1 (1 ) thereof and the sluice-gate prices provided for in Article
            7 thereof shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
                                                             Article 2
            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1994.
            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
             Done at Brussels, 29 March 1994.
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                      Rene STEICHEN
                                                                              Member of the Commission
                                                              ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 29 March 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                    51,93                   11,01 (')
                                     0407 00 19                    11,07                    3,30 (')
                                                             ECU/ 100 kg              ECU/ 100 kg
                                     0407  00 30                   84,29                   28,19 (')
                                     0408   11 80                409,42                  131 ,93 (')
                                     0408   19 81                 185,10                   57,51 (')
                                     0408   19 89                 197,23                   61,45 (')
                                     0408  91 80                  343,59                 1 27,42 (') (2)
                                     0408  99 80                   91,01                   32,70 (') (2)
                             (') Products falling within this code, imported from Poland, Hungary and
                                  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 the Czech Republic,
                                  the Slovak Republic, Romania and Bulgaria under the Interim Agree­
                                  ments concluded between those countries and the Community, and in
                                  respect of which EUR.l certificates issued in accordance with Regula­
                                  tion (EC) No 374/94 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
                                  Cn of Decision 91 /482/ F.EC .