CELEX: 31994R1979
Language: en
Date: 1994-07-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1979/94 of 29 July 1994 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

30. 7. 94                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 198/ 137
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1979/94
                                                          of 29 July 1994
                                       fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         July 1994, in Regulation (EC) No 1583/94 (*), based on
                                                                     the amounts of the monthly increases which it proposed
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               to the Council for the 1994/95 marketing year ; whereas
 Community,                                                          at the end of July 1994 the Council adopted monthly
                                                                     increases different from those proposed by the Commis­
                                                                     sion ; whereas, as a result, it is necessary to fix once again
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75               the levy applicable from 1 August 1994 ;
 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
 market in eggs ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 1 574/93 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 7 (1 )           Whereas the price within the Community for that quan­
 thereof,                                                            tity of feed grain must be determined in accordance with
                                                                     Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 ; whereas the
                                                                     price for the like quantity on the world market must be
 Whereas a levy fixed quarterly in advance must be                   determined in accordance with Article 3 thereof ;
 charged on imports into the Community for the products
 specified in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No
 2771 /75 ;                                                         Whereas the said Article 3 provides that the prices for
                                                                     each type of feed grain on the world market shall be
                                                                     equal to the average of the cif prices determined for that
 Whereas sluice-gate prices for the products specified in           cereal for the period of five months ending one month
Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75 must be              before the quarter in respect of which the said component
 fixed in advance for each quarter ;                                 is calculated ; whereas that period is 1 January to 31 May
                                                                     1994 ;
 Whereas, as the levies and sluice-gate prices for eggs were
 fixed latterly in Commission Regulation (EC) No                    Whereas the second component must be equal to 7 % of
 709/94 (3) for the period 1 April to 30 June 1994, new             the average of the sluice-gate prices applicable for the
 levies and sluice-gate prices must be fixed for the period 1       four quarters to 1 April in each year ;
July to 30 September 1994,
Whereas the levy on eggs in shell is made up of two                 Whereas the levy on eggs for hatching must be calculated
 components ;
                                                                    in the same way as the levy on eggs in shell ; whereas,
                                                                    however, the quantity of feed grain used in the calculation
                                                                    must be that shown in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas the first component must be equal to the diffe­             2773/75 ; whereas the second component must be equal
 rence between prices within the Community and on the               to 7 % of the average of the sluice-gate prices applicable
world market for the quantity of feed grain specified in            to eggs for hatching ;
Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 of 29
October 1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy
and the sluice-gate price for eggs (4), as last amended by          Whereas the levy on the products specified in Article 1
Regulation (EEC) No 41 55/87 Q ;                                    (1 ) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75 must be derived
                                                                    from the levy on eggs in shell on the basis of the coeffi­
                                                                    cients set out in the Annex to Commission Regulation
Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 (1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC)         No 164/67/EEC of 26 June 1967 fixing the factors for
No 2771 /75, for calculating the import levies in the               calculating levies and sluice-gate prices for derived egg
poultrymeat sector, the prices for feed grain within the            products I7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
Community are determined once a year for a period of 1 2            3501 /93 (8);
months beginning on 1 July, on the basis of the
threshold prices and the monthly increases therein ;
whereas, in spite of all the Commission's efforts, the              Whereas the sluice-gate price for eggs in shell is made up
Council has not fixed the monthly increases for feed                of two components ;
grain before 1 July 1994 ; whereas, in order to ensure the
continued operation of the levy mechanism in question,
the Commission had to fix the levy applicable from 1                Whereas the first component must be equal to the price
                                                                    on the world market for the quantity of feed grain speci­
                                                                    fied in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 ;
(') OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49.
O   OJ  No  L 152, 24. 6. 1993, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No  L 85, 30. 5. 1994, p. 32.                               («) OJ No L 166, 1 . 7. 1994, p. 123.
(4) OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 64.                            0 OJ No 129, 28. 6. 1967, p. 2578/67.
(j OJ No L 392, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 29.                               (8) OJ No L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 25.
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Whereas the price for that quantity of grain must be             Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3491 /93 (2) and
determined in accordance with Article 4 (2) and (3) of           (EC) No 3492/93 (3), on certain procedures for applying
Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 ;                                    the Europe Agreement establishing an association
                                                                 between the European Communities and their Member
                                                                 States, of the one part, and the Republics of Hungary and
Whereas the said Article 4 provides that the price for           Poland, of the other part, and Council Regulation (EEC)
each cereal on the world market shall be equal to the            No 520/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain rules for
average of the cif prices determined for that cereal for the     applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade­
period of five months ending one month before the                related matters between the European Economic Commu­
quarter in respect of which the said component is calcu­         nity and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the
lated ; whereas that period is 1 January to 31 May 1994 ;        one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of
                                                                 the other part (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas the second amount, which represents other                2235/93 (*), and in particular Article 1 thereof introduce
feeding costs and overhead costs of production and               arrangements for reducing import levies on certain
marketing, is fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No           products ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No
2773/75 ;                                                        2699/93 (% as amended by Regulation (EC) No
                                                                 3549/93 Q, lays down detailed rules for applying the
                                                                 import arrangements provided for in these agreements as
Whereas the sluice-gate price for eggs for hatching must         regards poultrymeat ;
be calculated in the same way as the sluice-gate price for
eggs in shell ; whereas, however, the quantity of feed grain     Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3641 /93 (8) and
used in the calculation must be that specified in Annex II       (EC) No 3642/93 (9) on certain rules for applying the
to Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 ; whereas the standard             Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters
amount must be that fixed in the same Annex ;                    between the European Economic Community and the
                                                                  European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part,
                                                                 and the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, of the other
Whereas the sluice-gate prices for the products specified         part ; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1559/
in Article 1 (1 ) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75 must       94 (,0) lays down detailed rules for applying the arrange­
be derived from the sluice-gate prices for eggs in shell,         ments provided for in these agreements as regards eggs ;
taking into account the value of the basic product, the
coefficients for those products fixed in accordance with         Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
Article 5 (2) of that Regulation and the standard amount          in accordance with the opinion of the Management
fixed in the Annex to Regulation No 164/67/EEC ;                  Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Whereas as regards the lower value to be allowed for in
the calculation of the sluice-gate prices for whole               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
products, account must be taken of the absence of certain
marketing costs specific to eggs in shell, and of a percen­
tage reflecting the lower prices generally obtained for eggs                                Article 1
intended for processing ; whereas these marketing costs
— to be deducted from the sluice-gate price for eggs in          The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)
shell — may be assessed at 0,0967 ECU per kilogram ;              No 2771 /75 and the sluice-gate prices provided for in
whereas the percentage to be deducted from that reduced           Article 7 thereof, in respect of the products specified in
sluice-gate price may be assessed at 20 % ;                       Article 1 (1 ) thereof, shall be as set out in the Annex
                                                                  hereto.
Whereas as regards the lower value to be allowed for in
the calculation of the sluice-gate prices for separated                                     Article 2
products, the same reduction in marketing costs as for
whole products should be allowed for ; whereas, however,
the percentage to be deducted should be lower than that           Regulation (EC) No 1583/94 is repealed.
taken for whole products, as the production of separated
products requires the use of fresh eggs ; whereas this                                      Article 3
percentage may be assessed at 7 % ;
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1994.
Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the             f) OJ No L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 1 .
overseas countries and territories with the European              O OJ No L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 4.
                                                                  O OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
Economic Community ('), no levies shall apply on                  O OJ No L 200, 10. 8 . 1993, p. 5.
imports of products originating in the overseas countries         O OJ No L 245, 1 . 10. 1993, p. 88.
and territories ;                                                 o OJ No L 324, 24. 12. 1993, p. 8.
                                                                  (*) OJ No L 333, 31 . 12. 1993, p. 16.
                                                                  O OJ No L 333, 31 . 12. 1993, p. 17.
(>) OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .                             H OJ No L 166, 1 . 7. 1994, p. 62.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 29 July 1994.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 Rene STEICHEN
                                                                          Member of the Commission
                                                           ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 29 July 1994 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for
                                                            eggs (3)
                                     code               Sluice-gate price             Levy
                                                         ECU/ 100 units         ECU/ 100 units
                                  0407 00 11                  51,88                    9,95 (')
                                  0407 00 19                  11,05                    2,94 (>)
                                                          ECU/100 kg              ECU/ 100 kg
                                  0407 00 30                  84,12                  24,98 (')
                                  0408 11 80                 408,67                 116,91 (')
                                  0408 19 81                 184,77                  50,96 (')
                                  0408 19 89                 196,88                  54,46 (')
                                  0408 91 80                 342,96                 112,91 (>) (2)
                                  0408 99 80                  90,85                  28,98 (l)(2)
                         (') Products falling within this code, imported from Poland, Hungary, 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 Romania and Bulgaria
                             under the Interim Agreements concluded between those countries and
                             the Community, and in respect of which EUR.l certificates issued in
                             accordance with Regulation (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
                             (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.