CELEX: 31976R2546
Language: en
Date: 1976-10-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2546/76 of 20 October 1976 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

21 . 10 . 76                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 290/ 11
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2546/76
                                                      of 20 October 1976
                                     fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain
COMMUNITIES,                                                      required varies by more than 3 % from that used for
                                                                  the preceding quarter ; whereas this variation must
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             accordingly be taken into account in fixing sluice-gate
Economic Community,
                                                                  prices for the period 1 November 1976 to 31 January
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       1977 ;
2771 /75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
tion of the market in eggs ( 1 ), as amended by Regula­           Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1
tion (EEC) No 368/76 (2), and in particular Articles 3             November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,
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
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1757/76 of 22 July                 taken into account in fixing the levies ;
1976 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for
eggs (3) ;                                                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                  are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs              ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
were by Regulation (EEC) No 1757/76 last fixed for
the period 1 August 1976 to 31 October 1976, they
must be fixed anew for the period 1 November 1976
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
to 31 January 1977 ; whereas such prices and levies
should in principle be calculated by reference to feed
grain prices for the period 1 May to 30 September                                            Article /
 1976 ;
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from              The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation
1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,                 (EEC) No 2771 /75 in respect of the products specified
changes in world-market prices for feed grain are to               in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation, and the sluice-gate
be taken into account only if the price of the quantity            prices provided for in Article 7 thereof in respect of
of feed grain required varies by at least a specified              the like products, shall be as shown in the Annex
                                                                   hereto.
minimum in relation to that used to calculate the
sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas,
by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 of 29                                                 Article 2
October 1975 laying down rules for calculating the
levy and the sluice-gate price for eggs (4), this                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
minimum was set at 3 % ;                                           1976.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entire! and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
                Done at Brussels, 20 October 1976.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               P. J. LARDINOIS
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(!) OJ  No   L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49.
(2) OJ  No   L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 2.
(}) OJ  No   L 197, 23 . 7. 1976, p. 12.
(4) OJ  No   L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 64.
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                                                                   ANNEX
                 Sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs for the period 1 November 1976 to 31 January 1977
              CCT heading                                                                     Sluice-gate
                   No                                 Description of goods                        price            Levy
                    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)                                9.30              1.50
                                                                                              u.a./100 kg      u.a. /100 kg
                                          b) Other                                               74 -76           14.14
                                  B. Eggs, not in shell ; egg yolks :
                                       I. Suitable for human consumption :
                                           a) Eggs, not in shell :
                                              1 . Dried                                        302.41             63.91
                                              2. Other                                           79.96            16.40
                                          b) Egg yolks :
                                              1. Liquid                                        162.66             28.85
                                              2. Frozen                                        173.36             30.83
                                              3 . Dried                                        360.58             66.18
            (>) Only poultry eggs which fulfil the conditions stipulated by the competent authorities of the European Com­
                munities are eligible for entry under this subheading.