CELEX: 31979R0811
Language: en
Date: 1979-04-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 811/79 of 24 April 1979 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

No L 104/ 14                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              26 . 4. 79
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 811 /79
                                                        of 24 April 1979
                                     fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     prices fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 93/79 should
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      accordingly be maintained unchanged until 31 July
                                                                    1979 ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                               Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1
                                                                   November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 2771 /75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­
                                                                   world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into
                                                                   account only if at the same time a new sluice-gate
 tion of the market in eggs ('), as amended by Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 368/76 (2), and in particular Articles 3            price is fixed ;
and 7 ( 1 ) thereof,                                               Whereas, since no new sluice-gate price has been
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products             fixed, the levies fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 93/79
specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                should accordingly be maintained unchanged until 31
                                                                   July 1979 ;
 2771 /75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in accor­
dance with the methods of calculation laid down in                 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29
 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 (3), as last                  March 1 979 (6) laid down the coefficient for
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2300/77 (4) ;                       expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in
                                                                   ECU ;
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
were, by Regulation (EEC) No 93/79 (5), last fixed for             Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
the period 1 February to 30 April 1979, they must be               are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31 July 1979 ;                 ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
whereas such prices and levies should in principle be
calculated by reference to feed grain prices for the
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 period 1 November 1978 to 31 March 1979 ;
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from                                         Article 1
 1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,
changes in world market prices for feed grain are to               The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation
be taken into account only if the price of the quantity            (EEC) No 211 MIS in respect of the products specified
of feed grain required varies by at least a specified              in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation and the sluice-gate
 minimum in relation to that used to calculate the                 prices provided for in Article 7 of that Regulation in
sluice-gate prices for the preceding quarter ; whereas             respect of the like products shall, for the period 1 May
by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75, the                        to 31 July 1979, be as shown in the Annex to Regula­
 minimum was set at 3 % ;                                          tion (EEC) No 93/79 .
Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain                                              Article 2
 required does not vary by 3 % or more from that used
 for the preceding quarter ; whereas the sluice-gate               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1979 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 24 April 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.
(3) OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 64.
(4) OJ  No  L 271 , 22. 10. 1977, p. 6.
 5) OJ  No  L 13, 19 . 1 . 1979, p. 33 .                           (6) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 .