CELEX: 31989R0940
Language: en
Date: 1989-04-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 940/89 of 12 April 1989 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

No L 101 / 10                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                  13. 4. 89
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 940/89
                                                        of 12 April 1989
                                      fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        preceding quarter ; whereas the sluice-gate prices fixed by
                                                                   Regulation (EEC) No 137/89 should accordingly be main­
                                                                   tained unchanged until 31 July 1989 ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 November, 1
                                                                   February and i May are being fixed, world market prices
                                                                   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 Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,
                                                                   Whereas, since no new sluice-gate prices have been fixed,
                                                                   the levies fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 137/89 should
                                                                   accordingly be maintained unchanged until 31 July
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75               1989 ;
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the
market in eggs ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 3207/88 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 7 (1)             Whereas, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 630/86 of 28
thereof,                                                           February 1986 on the application of import levies on egg
                                                                   products from Portugal (*) suspended the application of
                                                                   import levies on egg products from Portugal owing to the
                                                                   minimal difference between the prices obtaining in the
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products             Community on the one hand and in Portugal on the
specified in Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75        other hand ; whereas the situation still pertains ;
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              Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
for calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for             in accordance with the opinion of the Management
eggs (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
4155/87 (4) ;
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs were,         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 137/89 0, last fixed
for the period 1 February to 30 April 1989, they must be
fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31 July 1989 ; whereas
such prices and levies should in principle be calculated by                                   Article 1
reference to feed-grain prices for the period 1 November
1988 to 31 March 1989 ;
                                                                    1 . The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from 1              (EEC) No 2771 /75 in respect of the products specified in
November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed, changes             Article 1 (1 ) of that Regulation and the sluice-gate prices
in world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into          provided for in Article 7 of that Regulation in respect of
account only if the price of the quantity of feed grain             the like products shall, for the period 1 May to 31 July
required varies by at least a specified minimum in rela­            1989 be as fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 137/89.
tion to that used to calculate the sluice-gate price for the
preceding quarter ; whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No
2773/75, the minimum was set at 3 % :
                                                                    2. For imports from Portugal of products specified in
                                                                    paragraph 1 , application of the levies shall be suspended.
Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain required
does not vary by 3 % or more from that used for the
                                                                                              Article 2
(') OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49.
0   OJ  No  L 286, 20. 10. 1988, p. 2.                              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1989.
 3  OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 64.
0   OJ  No  L 392, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 29.
0   OJ  No  L 17, 21 . 1 . 1989, p. 13.                             O OJ No L 60, 1 . 3 . 1986, p. 10.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 12 April 1989.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Ray MAG SHARRY
                                                             Member of the Commission