CELEX: 31986R1253
Language: en
Date: 1986-04-30
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1253/86 of 29 April 1986 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

30 . 4. 86                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 113/27
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1253/86
                                                        of 29 April 1986
                                      fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         into account in fixing sluice-gate prices for the period 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              May to 31 July 1986 ;
Economic Community,                                                Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 November, 1
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                  February and 1 May are being fixed, world market prices
Portugal,                                                          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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75
of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the               Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
market in eggs ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            changes in world market prices for feed grain must be
No 3768/85 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 7 (1 )            taken into account in fixing the levies ;
thereof,
                                                                   Whereas, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 630/86 of 28
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products              February 1986 on the application of import levies on egg
specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75       products from Portugal suspended the application of
must be fixed quarterly in advance in accordance with the          import levies on egg products from Portugal owing to the
methods of calculation laid down in Council Regulation             minimal difference between the prices obtaining in the
(EEC) No 2773/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down rules               Community on the one hand and in Portugal on the
for calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for             other hand ; whereas the situation still pertains ;
eggs (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
2300/77 (4) ;                                                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
                                                                   in accordance with the opinion of the Management
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs were,         Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 176/86 (*), as
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 630/86 (*), last fixed for
the period 1 February to 30 April 1986, they must be                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31 July 1986 ; whereas
such prices and levies should in principle be calculated by                                   Article 1
reference to feed-grain prices for the period 1 November
1985 to 31 March 1986 ;
                                                                    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 thereof in respect of the like
account only if the price of the quantity of feed grain             products, shall be as shown in the Annex hereto.
required varies by at least a specified minimum in rela­
tion to that used to calculate the sluice-gate price for the        2. For imports from Portugal of products specified in
preceding quarter ; whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No                 paragraph 1 , application of the levies specified in the
2773/75, the minimum was set at 3 % ;                              Annex shall be suspended.
Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain required                                      Article 2
varies by more than 3 % from that used for the preceding
quarter ; whereas this variation must accordingly be taken         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1986.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                   Done at Brussels, 29 April 1986
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                   Vice-President
(') OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49.
(2) OJ  No  L 362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 .
(3) OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 64.
(4) OJ  No  L 271 , 22. 10. 1977, p. 6.
0   OJ  No  L 22, 29. 1 . 1986 ; p. 13.
 6  OJ   No L 60, 1 . 3. 1986, p. 10.
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                                                             ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 29 April 1986 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for
                                                              eggs
                  CCT
                 heading                          Description                        Sluice-gate        Levy
                   No                                                                   price
                    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                          42,20           10,61
                                       2. Other                                         10,89             3,94
                                                                                    ECU/ 100 kg     ECU/ 100 kg
                                   b) Other                                             86,31           39,40
                            B. Eggs, not in shell ; egg yolks :
                                I. Suitable for human consumption :
                                   a) Eggs not in shell :
                                       1 . Dried                                       350,87          178,09
                                       2 . Other                                        92,88           45,70
                                   b) Egg yolks :
                                       1 . Liquid                                      188,93           80,38
                                       2. Frozen                                       201,33           85,89
                                       3 . Dried                                       418,22          184,39
            (a) Only poultry eggs which fulfil the conditions stipulated by the competent authorities of the Euro­
                pean Communities are eligible for entry under this subheading.