CELEX: 31979R2260
Language: en
Date: 1979-10-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2260/79 of 15 October 1979 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

No L 261 / 10                           Official Journal of the European Communities                             17. 10 . 79
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2260/19
                                                        of 15 October 1979
                                      fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        required varies by more than 3 % from that used for
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               the preceding quarter ; whereas this variation must
 Economic Community,                                                 accordingly be taken into account in fixing sluice-gate
                                                                     prices for the period 1 November 1979 to 31 January
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        1980 ;
 2771 /75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
 tion of the market in eggs (J), as amended by Regula­              Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1
 tion (EEC) No 368/76 (2), and in particular Articles 3              November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,
 and 7 ( 1 ) thereof,                                               world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into
                                                                    account only if at the same time a new sluice-gate
 Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products             price is fixed ;
 specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No
 2771 /75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in accor­              Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
 dance with the methods of calculation laid down in                 changes in world market prices for feed grain must be
 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 of 29 October                  taken into account in fixing the levies ;
 1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy and
 the sluice-gate for eggs (3), as last amended by Regula­           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 tion (EEC) No 2300/77 («) ;                                        are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                    ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
 Whereas since sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
 were, by Regulation (EEC) No 1591 /79 (5), last fixed
 for the period 1 August to 31 October 1979, they                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 must be fixed anew for the period 1 November 1979
to 31 January 1980 ; whereas such prices and levies                                          Article 1
should in principle be calculated by reference to feed
grain prices for the period 1 May to 30 September                   The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation
 1979 ;                                                             (EEC) No 2771 /75 in respect of the products specified
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from                in Article 1 (1 ) of that Regulation, and the sluice-gate
 1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,                  prices provided for in Article 7 thereof in respect of
changes in world market prices for feed grain are to                the like products, shall be as shown in the Annex
                                                                    hereto.
be taken into account only if the price of the quantity
of feed grain required varies by at least a specified
minimum in relation to that used to calculate the                                            Article 2
sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas,
by Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75, the minimum was                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
set at 3 % ;                                                        1979 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
                Done at Brussels, 15 October 1979 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                  Vice-President
(•) OJ  No  L  282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49.
(2) OJ  No  L  45, 21 . 2. 1976, p. 2.
P)  OJ  No  L  282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 64.
(<) OJ  No   L 271 , 22. 10. 1977, p. 6.
(5) OJ No L 189, 27. 7. 1979, p. 35 .
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                                                                   ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 15 October 1979 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies
                                                                   for eggs
             CCT heading                                                                     Sluice-gate
                 No                                       Description                            price           Levy
                   1                                           2                                   3               4
                                                                                            ECU/ 100 units   ECU/ 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) :
                                             1 . Of turkeys or geese                             41.59             7.73'
                                             2. Other                                            10.63             2*75
                                                                                             ECU/ 100 kg      ECU/ 100 kg
                                          b) Other                                               83.46           26.76
                                 B. Eggs, not in shell ; egg yolks :
                                      I. Suitable for human consumption :
                                          a) Eggs, not in shell :
                                             1 . Dried                                         340.57           120.96
                                             2. Other                                            90.23           31.04
                                          b) Egg yolks :
                                             1 . Liquid                                        183.50            54.59
                                             2 . Frozen                                        195.53            58.34
                                             3 . Dried                                         405.77           125.24
           (A) Only poultry eggs which fulfil the conditions stipulated by the competent authorities of the European Com­
               munities are eligible for entry under this subheading.