CELEX: 31977R2275
Language: en
Date: 1977-10-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2275/77 of 14 October 1977 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

No L 262/36                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             15. 10 . 77
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2275/77
                                                      of 14 October 1977
                                     fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    by Regulation (EEC) No 371 /76 (5), 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 organiza­               prices for the period 1 November 1977 to 31 January
tion of the market in eggs ('), as amended by Regula­              1978 ;
tion (EEC) No 368/76 (2), and in particular Articles 3
and 7 ( 1 ) thereof,                                              Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1
                                                                  November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products            world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into
specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No               account only if at the same time a new sluice-gate
2771 /75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in accor­             price is fixed ;
dance with the methods of calculation laid down in
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1605/77 of 19 July                 Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
 1977 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for                changes in world market prices for feed grain must be
eggs (3) ;                                                        taken into account in fixing the levies ;
Whereas since sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
were, by Regulation (EEC) No 1605/77, last fixed for              are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
the period 1 August 1977 to 31 October 1977, they                 ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
must be fixed anew for the period 1 November 1977
to 31 January 1978 ; whereas such prices and levies                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
should in principle be calculated by reference to feed­
grain prices for the period 1 May 1977 to 30                                                Article 1
September 1977 ;
                                                                  The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from              (EEC) No 2771 /75 in respect of the products specified
 1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,                in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation, and the sluice-gate
changes in world market prices for feed grain are to              prices provided for in Article 7 thereof in respect of
be taken into account only if the price of the quantity           the like products, shall be as shown in the Annex
of feed grain required varies by at least a specified             hereto.
minimum in relation to that used to calculate the
sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas,                                      Article 2
by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 of 29
October 1975 laying down rules for calculating the                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
levy and the sluice-gate price for eggs (4), as amended            1977 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
              Done at Brussels, 14 October 1977.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                Vice-President
(') OJ No   L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49 .
(2) OJ No   L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 2.
(3) OJ No   L 179, 19. 7. 1977, p. 18 .
(4) OJ No   L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 64.                          (5) OJ No L 45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 5 .
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                                                                     ANNEX
             Sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs for the period 1 November 1977 to 31 January 1978
               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)                                  8.46            2.51
                                                                                                u.a. / 100 kg    u.a. /100 kg
                                            b) Other                                                 65.23            24.67
                                    B. Eggs, not in shell ; egg yolks :
                                         I. Suitable for human consumption :
                                            a) Eggs, not in shell :
                                                1 . Dried                                         267.93            111.51
                                                2 . Other                                             71.10           28.62
                                            b) Egg yolks :
                                                1 . Liquid                                         144.57             50.33
                                                2 . Frozen                                         154.02             53.78
                                                3 . Dried                                          319.07           115.46
              (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.