CELEX: 31967R0145
Language: en
Date: 1967-06-21 00:00:00
Title: Regulation No 145/67/EEC of the Council of 21 June 1967 laying down rules for calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for eggs

102                                Official Journal of the European Communities
26.6.67                      OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                          2467/67
                               REGULATION No 145 /67/EEC OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 21 June 1967
                     laying down rules for calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for eggs
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC                            of the above-mentioned feed requirement of layers
COMMUNITY,                                                      and the specific production conditions of undertakings
                                                                supplying eggs for hatching;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community ;                                       Whereas the composition of a mixture of cereals
                                                                making up these quantities should be determined;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 122/67/                  Whereas this mixture includes cereals and by-prod­
EEC1 of 13 June 1967 on the common organisation                 ucts which it is advisable to assimilate to one of the
of the market in eggs, and in particular Article 4 (3 )         three cereals mainly used as feed for layers, namely
and Article 7 (5 ) thereof;                                     maize, barley and oats, and whereas in particular fod­
                                                                der wheat should be assimilated to barley ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
                                                                Whereas therefore a cereal mixture made up as fol­
Whereas one of the components of the levy on eggs               lows should be considered as representative :
in shell is equal to the difference' between prices                                  Maize         58%
within the Community and on the world market for
the quantity of feed grain required for the production                               Barley        29%
in the Community of one kilogramme of eggs in shell ;                                Oats           13%
Whereas that quantity should be determined on the               Whereas in view of the composition of these quanti­
basis of a processing coefficient of 1 : 3-00, which re­        ties of feed grain it would appear necessary that their
presents the ratio of one kilogramme of eggs in shell           price within the Community and on the world mar­
to the weight of feed grain required for its pro­               ket should be equal to the average, weighted accord­
duction ; whereas when this ratio is being determined           ing to the composition mentioned, of the prices
account should be taken of the feed requirements of             within the Community and on the world market for
layers to ensure their growth, upkeep and output in             each of the cereals in question ;
terms of the annual laying average; whereas, however,
account should also be taken of the sale of cast hens ;         Whereas in order to calculate the price for each type
                                                                of feed grain it is necessary to take as a basis :
Whereas the levy on eggs for hatching should be cal­            — the average of the threshold prices, plus the
culated in the same way as the levy on eggs in shell ;              monthly increase for the period mentioned in the
whereas, however, the quantity of feed grain to be                   second subparagraph of Article 4 ( 1 ) ( a) of Regu­
used should be that required for the production in                   lation No 122/67/EEC;
the Community of one egg for hatching;
                                                                — the average of the c.i.f. prices determined for the
                                                                    period mentioned in the third subparagraph of
Whereas that quantity should be determined on the                   Article 4 ( 1 ) ( a) of Regulation No 122/67/EEC ;
basis of a processing coefficient of 1 : 0-230, expressing
the ratio of one egg for hatching to the quantity of            Whereas in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation
feed grain required for its production ; whereas when           No 122/67/EEC, the sluice-gate price for eggs in shell
this ratio is being determined account should be taken          consists of two components :
                                                                — the price on the world market for the quantity of
                                                                    feed grain required for the production in third
1 OJ No 117, 19.6.1967, p. 2293/67.                                  countries of one kilogramme of eggs in shell ;
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      a standard amount representing other feeding            has no appreciable effect on feeding costs in respect
      costs and overhead costs of production and mar­         of eggs in shell ; whereas the minimum variation
      keting;                                                 should be fixed at 3% ;
Whereas the sluice-gate price for eggs for hatching
 should be calculated in the same way as the sluice­          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 gate price for eggs in shell; whereas, however, the
 price for the quantity of feed grain on the world mar­
                                                                                        Article 1
 ket should be the price for the quantity required for
 the production in third countries of one egg for
 hatching ;                                                   The quantities and composition of feed grain men­
                                                              tioned in Article 4 ( 1 ) ( a) and (2) of Regulation No
Whereas the quantities of feed grain should be deter­         122/67/EEC are fixed as shown in columns 3 and 4
 mined on the basis of processing coefficients of             of Annex I to this Regulation.
 1 : 3-62 for eggs in shell and 1 : 0-260 for eggs for
hatching; whereas this coefficient should be deter­                                     Article 2
 mined according to the same criteria as those used to
 determine the processing coefficients used in calculat­
 ing the levy; whereas, however, as regards eggs in           1.    The price for the quantity of feed grain in the
 shell, account should not be taken of the sale of cast       Community shall be equal to the average, weighted
hens;                                                         according to the percentages shown in column 4 of
                                                             Annex I, of the prices within the Community per kilo­
Whereas in the light of experience in the Community           gramme for each of the cereals included in this
and on the world market the same composition                  quantity, the average being multiplied by the corres­
should be adopted for the quantity of feed grain on           ponding figure in column 3 of Annex I.
 the world market as that used in the Community for
 calculating the levy;                                       2. The price for each type of feed grain in the
                                                              Community shall be equal to the average of the
                                                              threshold prices, plus their monthly price increase,
Whereas the price for the quantity of feed grain              operative for that cereal for a period of twelve
should be calculated in the same way as the levy ;           months beginning on 1 August.
Whereas the average of the c.i.f. prices should be in­
creased by 0-475 units of account per 100 kilo­                                         Article 3
grammes of cereal in order to take account of cost of
carriage to place of use and cost of processing into          1 . The price for the quantity of feed grain on the
feeding-stuffs ;                                              world market shall be equal to the average, weighted
                                                             according to the percentages shown in column 4 of
Whereas when the quantity of feed grain on the               Annex I, of the prices on the world market per kilo­
world market is being determined other feeding costs         gramme for each of the cereals included in this quan­
and overhead costs of production and marketing are           tity, the average being multiplied by the correspond­
not taken into account; whereas these other feeding          ing figure in column 3 of Annex I.
costs cover supplementary protein foods, mineral
salts, vitamins and prophylactic products ; whereas          2.     The price for each type of feed grain on the
overhead costs of production and marketing include           world market shall be equal to the average of the
veterinary fees, animal boarding costs, labour, insur­       c.i.f. prices determined for that cereal for the period
ance, transport and the trading margin ; whereas these       of six months mentioned in the third subparagraph
costs may be assessed at flat rates of:                      of Article 4 ( 1 ) ( a) of Regulation No 122/67/EEC.
— 0-2650 units of account per kilogramme for eggs                                       Article 4
     in shell;
— 0-0500 units of account for one egg for hatching;          1 . The price for the quantities of feed grain men­
                                                             tioned in Article 7 (2) (a) and (3 ) of Regulation No
Whereas when the sluice-gate price applicable from 1         122/67/EEC shall be equal to the price for the quan­
November, 1 February and 1 May is being fixed,               tities of feed grain shown in column 3 of Annex II,
trends in world market prices for feed grain should         the composition of which appears in column 4 of An­
be taken into account only if the price of the quantity     nex II .
of feed grain shows a minimum variation from that
used in calculating the sluice-gate price for the pre­      2. The price for these quantities of feed grain shall
ceding quarter; whereas a variation of less than 3%         be equal to the average, weighted according to the
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percentages shown in column 4 of Annex II,. of the                and (3 ) of Regulation No 122/67/EEC are fixed as
prices per kilogramme for each of the cereals included            shown in column 5 of Annex II .
in this quantity, the average being multiplied by the
corresponding figure in column 3 of Annex II.
                                                                                            Article 6
3 . The price for each cereal shall be equal to the
average of the c.i.f. prices determined for that cereal           The minimum variation mentioned in the last sub­
for the period of six months mentioned in the second              paragraph of Article 7 (2) of Regulation No 122/67/
subparagraph of Article 7 (2) of Regulation No 122/               EEC is fixed at 3 % .
67/EEC, increased by 0-475 units of account per 100
kilogrammes of cereal.                                                                      Article 7
                          Article 5                               This Regulation shall enter into force on the day fol­
                                                                  lowing its publication in the Official Journal of the
The standard amounts mentioned in Article 7 (2) (b)               European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 21 June 1967.
                                                                                         For the Council
                                                                                           The President
                                                                                       R. VAN'ELSLANDE
                                                             ANNEX I
                     CCT
                                                                           Quantity
                   heading                       Products
                                                                             in kg               Composition
                       No
                        1                           2                          3                      4
                ex 04.05            A. Poultry eggs:
                                         I. Eggs in shell, fresh            3-00               maize      58%
                                            or preserved, other                                barley     29%
                                            than eggs for hatch­                               oats       13%
                                            ing
                                        II. Eggs for hatching               0-230              maize      58%
                                                                                               barley     29%
                                                                                               oats        13%
                                                            ANNEX 11
                   CCT                                                                               Standard
                                                                  Quantity
                 heading                   Products
                                                                    in kg         Composition         amount
                    No                                                                                 in u.a .
                     1                        2                       3                4                  5
                ex 04.05        A. Poultry eggs:
                                    I. Eggs in shell, fresh        3-62         maize    58%          0-2650
                                       or preserved, other                      barley   29%
                                       than eggs for hatch­                     oats     13%
                                       ing
                                   II. Eggs for hatching           0-260 .      maize    58%          0-0500
                                                                                barley   29%
                                                                                oats     13%