CELEX: 31973R0204
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-25 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 204/73 of the Commission of 25 January 1973 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

29 . 1 . 73                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 23 / 13
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 204/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 25 January 1973
                                          fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         145 /67/EEC (B ) of 21 June 1967 laying down rules
COMMUNITIES,                                                           for calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for
                                                                       eggs ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                     Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain
pean Economic Community ;                                              differs by more than 3 fl/o from that used in the
                                                                       preceding quarter ; whereas this must be considered
Having regard to Council Regulation No 122/67/                         when the sluice-gate price is fixed for the period
EEC H of 13 June 1967 on the common organi­                            from 1 February 1973 to 30 April 1973 ;
zation of the market in eggs, as last amended by
the Act (2 ) annexed to the Treaty (3) concerning                      Whereas in fixing the levy operative from 1 No­
the accession of new Member States to the Euro­                        vember, 1 February and 1 May account is to be
 pean Economic Community and the European                              taken of trends in world feed grain prices only if
Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels on                         new sluice-gate prices are fixed at the same time ;
22 January 1972, and in particular Articles 3 and
7 ( 1 ) thereof;                                                       Whereas new sluice-gate prices are being fixed ;
                                                                       whereas the levies must therefore be fixed in the
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the pro­                     light of feed grain price trends ;
ducts listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 122/
67/EEC must be fixed quarterly in advance using                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regu­
the methods of calculation determined in Commis­                       lation are in accordance with the Opinion of the
sion Regulation (EEC ) No 1538/72 ( 4) of 18 July                      Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs ;
1972 fixing the sluice-gate prices and the levies on
eggs ;
                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas Regulation (EEC ) No 2235 /72 ( 5 ) fixed the
sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs for the period
from 1 November 1972 to 31 January 1973 , they                                                    Article 1
 must be fixed again for the period from 1 February
 1973 to 30 April 1973 ; whereas they must in principle                The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation
 be based on those for feed grain for the period from                  No 122/67/EEC and the sluice-gate prices provided
 1 May 1972 to 31 October 1972 ;                                       for in Article 7 of that Regulation for the products
                                                                       listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation shall be as
Whereas in fixing the sluice-gate prices operative                     shown in the Annex .
from 1 November, 1 February and 1 May account
is to be taken of trends in world feed grain prices
only if the price of the quantity of feed grain differs                                           Article 2
but slightly from that used in fixing the sluice-gate
 price for the preceding quarter ; whereas the differ­                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
 ence was fixed at 3 °/o by Council Regulation No                       1973 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 25 January 1973 .
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                            The President
                                                                                      François-Xavier ORTOLI
 (!)  OJ  No  117, 19. 6. 1967, p. 2293/67.                             («) OJ No 125 , 26 . 6 . 1967, p . 2467/67.
 (2)  OJ   No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14 .
 (3)  OJ   No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 5 .
 ( 4) OJ   No L 164, 20. 7. 1972, p. 5 .
 (5 ) OJ No L      239, 21 . 10. 1972, p. 11 .
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                                                                      ANNEX
                          Sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs from 1 February 1973 to 30 April 1973
                  CCT heading                                                               Sluice-gate             Rate of
                       No                             Description of goods                     price                 levies
                        1                                      2                                 3                      4
                                                                                        in u.a. /100 units     in 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)                           6.58                  1.58
                                                                                          in u.a. /100 kg       in u.a. /100 kg
                                                b ) Other                                       48.43                  17.90
                                        B. Eggs, not in shell ; egg yolks :
                                             I. Suitable for human consump­
                                                tion :
                                                a) Eggs, not in shell :
                                                     1 . Dried                                20903                   75.90
                                                     2 . Other                                  5809                  20.76
                                                b) Egg yolks :
                                                     1 . Liquid                               112.96                  36.52
                                                     2.  Frozen                               120.32                  39.02
                                                     3 . Dried                                233.83                  76.97
             (a) Only poultry eggs which fulfil the conditions stipulated by the competent authorities of the European Commu­
                nities are eligible for entry under this subheading.