CELEX: 31981R1020
Language: en
Date: 1981-04-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1020/81 of 13 April 1981 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

No L 103/ 18                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             15. 4. 81
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1020/81
                                                        of 13 April 1981
                                     fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     by Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75, the minimum was
COMMUNITIES,                                                       set at 3 % ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain
Economic Community,                                                required varies by more than 3 % from that used for
                                                                   the preceding quarter ; whereas this variation must
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       accordingly be taken into account in fixing sluice-gate
2771 /75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­                  prices for the period 1 May to 31 July 1981 ;
zation of the market in eggs ('), as last amended by the           Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1
Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular                  November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,
Articles 3 and 7 ( 1 ) thereof,                                    world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into
                                                                   account only if at the same time a new sluice-gate
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products             price is fixed ;
specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
2771 /75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in accor­              Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
dance with the methods of calculation laid down in                 changes in world market prices for feed grain must be
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 of 29 October                  taken into account in fixing the levies ;
1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy and the
sluice-gate price for eggs (3), as last amended by Regu­           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
lation (EEC) No 2300/77 (4) ;                                      are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                                   Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Whereas since sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
were, by Regulation (EEC) No 150/81 (*), last fixed for            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the period 1 February to 30 April 1981 , they must be
fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31 July 1981 ;                                           Article 1
whereas such prices and levies should in principle be
calculated by reference to feed grain prices for the               The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation
period 1 November 1980 to 31 March 1981 ;                          (EEC) No 2771 /75 in respect of the products specified
                                                                   in Article 1 (1 ) of that Regulation, and the sluice-gate
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from               prices provided for in Article 7 thereof in respect of
1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,                  the like products, shall be as shown in the Annex
changes in world market prices for feed grain are to be            hereto .
taken into account only if the price of the quantity of
feed grain required varies by at least a specified                                          Article 2
minimum in relation to that used to calculate the
sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas,             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1981 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 13 April 1981 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Poul DALSAGER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49.
0   OJ  No  L 291 , 19. 11 . 1979, p. 17.
0   OJ  No  L 282, 1, 11 . 1975, p. 64.
(<) OJ  No  L 271 , 22. 10. 1977, p. 6.
0   OJ  No  L 18 , 21 . 1 . 1981 , p. 5.
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                                                            ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 13 April 1981 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for
                                                               eggs
             CCT heading                            Description                        Sluice-gate       Levy
                  No                                                                      price
                   1                                    2                                   3              4
                                                                                    ECU/ 100 units ECU/ 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) :
                                         1 . Of turkeys or geese                          44-30           5-71
                                         2. Other                                         11-76           1-91
                                                                                      ECU/ 1 00 kg   ECU/ 1 00 kg
                                     b) Other                                             96-14          17-98
                              B. Eggs, not in shell ; egg yolks :
                                  I. Suitable for human consumption :
                                     a) Eggs not in shell :
                                         1 . Dried                                       386-44          81-27
                                         2. Other                                        10201           20-86
                                     b) Egg yolks :
                                         1 . Liquid                                      207-58          36-68
                                         2. Frozen                                       221-26          39-20
                                         3 . Dried                                       461-00          84-15
            (a) Only poultry eggs which fulfil the conditions stipulated by the competent authorities of the Euro­
                pean Communities are eligible for entry under this subheading.