CELEX: 31994R2333
Language: en
Date: 1994-09-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2333/94 of 29 September 1994 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

30. 9 . 94                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 254/9
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2333/94
                                                       of 29 September 1994
                                        fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         for feed grain are to be taken into account only if at the
                                                                     same time a new sluice-gate price is fixed ;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Community,
                                                                     Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price has been fixed,
                                                                     changes in world market prices for feed grain must be
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75               taken into account in fixing the levies ;
 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, pursuant to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Council Decision
 thereof,                                                            91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
                                                                     overseas countries and territories with the European
                                                                     Economic Community f), no levies shall apply on
 Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products              imports of products originating in the overseas countries
 specified in Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75         and territories :
 must be fixed quarterly in advance in accordance with the
 methods of calculation laid down in Council Regulation
 (EEC) No 2773/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down rules
 for calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for              Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3491 /93 (8) and
 eggs (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                    (EC) No 3492/93 (9), on certain procedures for applying
 4155/87 0 ;                                                         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, since sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs were,         Poland, of the other part, and Council Regulation (EEC)
 by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1979/94 (*), as                    No 520/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain rules for
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 2324/94 (6), last fixed for           applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade­
 the period 1 August to 30 September 1994, they must be              related matters between the European Economic Commu­
 fixed anew for the period 1 October to 31 December                  nity and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the
 1 994 ; whereas such prices and levies should in principle          one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of
 be calculated by reference to feed-grain prices for the             the other part (10), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 period 1 April to 31 August 1994 ;                                  2235/93 ("), and in particular Article 1 thereof, introduce
                                                                     arrangements for reducing import levies on certain
                                                                     products ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from 1              2699/93 (u), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
 October, 1 January and 1 April are being fixed, changes             3549/93 (13), lays down detailed rules for applying the
 in world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into          arrangements provided for in these agreements as regards
 account only if the price of the quantity of feed grain             eggs ;
 required varies by at least a specified minimum in rela­
 tion to that used to calculate the sluice-gate price for the
 preceding quarter ; whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No                 Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3641 /93 (14) and
 2773/75, the minimum was set at 3 % ;
                                                                     (EC) No 3642/93 (15) lay down certain rules for applying
                                                                     the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters
Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain required             between the European Economic Community and the
varies by more than 3 % from that used for the preceding             European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part,
quarter ; whereas this variation must accordingly be taken           and the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, of the other
into account in fixing sluice-gate prices for the period 1           part ; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1559/
October to 3 1 December 1 994 ;                                      94 (l6) lays down detailed rules for applying the arrange­
                                                                     ments provided for in these Agreements as regards eggs ;
Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 October, 1                 0 OJ   No  L 263, 19. 9 . 1991 , p. 1 .
January and 1 April are being fixed, world market prices              8) OJ  No  L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 1 .
                                                                      9) OJ  No  L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 4.
                                                                      10) OJ  No  L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p . 9.
(') OJ   No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49.                             ") OJ   No  L 200 , 10. 8 . 1993, p . 5.
(2) OJ   No  L 152, 24. 6. 1993, p. 1 .                               12) OJ  No  L 245, 1 . 10. 1993, p. 88.
(3) OJ   No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 64.                             u) OJ   No  L 324, 24. 12. 1993, p. 8.
(4) OJ   No  L 392, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 29.                             ,4) OJ  No  L 333, 31 . 12. 1993, p. 16.
0   OJ   No  L 198, 30. 7. 1994, p. 137.                              15) OJ No L 333, 31 . 12. 1993, p. 17.
(Ó OJ No L 253, 29. 9. 1994, p. 16.                                   16) OJ No L 166, 1 . 7. 1994, p. 62.
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              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion
              of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                Article 1
             The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75, in respect of the
              products specified in Article 1 (1 ) thereof and the sluice-gate prices provided for in Article
              7 thereof shall be as set out in the Annex.
                                                                Article 2
             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1994.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 29 September 1994.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                                       Rene STEICHEN
                                                                               Member of the Commission
                                                                ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 29 September 1994 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies
                                                              for eggs (3)
                                          CN
                                          code
                                                            Sluice-gate price              Levy
                                                             ECU/ 100 units          ECU/ 100 units
                                       0407 00 11                 51,49                    10,31 0
                                       0407 00 19                  10,92                    3,05 (')
                                                               ECU/ 100 kg            ECU/ 100 kg
                                       0407 00  30                82,95                    26,04 (')
                                       0408 11  80               403,57                  121,87 (')
                                       0408 19  81               182,55                    53,12 (')
                                       0408 19  89               194,51                    56,77 (')
                                       0408 91  80               338,71                  1 17,70 (>)(*)
                                       0408 99  80                89,76                    30,21 00
                              (') 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.