CELEX: 31973R2880
Language: en
Date: 1973-10-22 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2880/73 of the Council of 22 October 1973 amending Regulations (EEC) Nos 237/73 and 235/73 fixing the amounts applicable as compensatory amounts for eggs and poultrymeat

No L 297/4                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               25 . 10 . 73
                              REGULATION ( EEC) No 2880/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                      of 22 October 1973
              amending Regulations (EEC) Nos 237/73 and 235/73 fixing the amounts appli­
                            cable as compensatory amounts for eggs and poultymeat
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                             ' If Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 229/73 is
COMMUNITIES,                                                            applied during one or more days in the course of
                                                                        the first seventy-five days of any quarter up to 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                        August, 1 November, 1 February or 1 May, the
Economic Community ;
                                                                        amount applicable in the following quarter as the
Having regard to the Treaty (') concerning the Acces­                   compensatory amount for the products referred to
sion of new Member States to the European Economic                       in Articles 1 and 2 shall be determined every
Community and to the European Atomic Energy                             quarter by reference to the average of the amounts
Community, signed on 22 January 1972, and in parti­                     determined during the first seventy-five days of
cular Article 62 ( 1 ) of the Act annexed thereto ;                      the previous quarter for the cereals included in the
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                      quantity of feed grain referred to in Article 1 of
                                                                         Regulation No 145/67/EEC.
Whereas Article 4 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No                   However, if the amount varies by less than 5 %
237/73 (2) of 31 January 1973 laying down general                        from the amount determined for the previous
rules for the system of compensatory amounts for eggs                    quarter, the latter amount shall remain unchan­
and Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No                      ged.'
235/73 (3) of 31 January 1973 laying down general
rules for the system of compensatory amounts for                                              Article 2
poultrymeat provide that lower amounts applicable as               The text of Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 235/73
compensatory amounts shall be fixed wherever such                  is replaced by the following :
amounts are applied for feed grain , when its levy is                    ' If Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 229/73 is
lower than the compensatory amount ;                                     applied during one or more days in the course of
Whereas the possibility of changing these amounts at                     the first seventy-five days of any quarter up to 1
the end of each month have led to uncertainty on the                  ' August, 1 November, 1 February or 1 May, the
market in eggs and poultrymeat which disturbs the                        amount applicable in the following quarter as the
flow of trade ;                                                          compensatory amount for the products referred to
                                                                          in Articles 1 and 2 shall be determined every
Whereas the application of these amounts in the first
months since the Accession has shown that it is not                      quarter by reference to the average of the amounts
                                                                         determined during the first seventy-five days of
necessary to maintain the monthly fixing ; whereas for
                                                                         the previous quarter for the cereals included in the
the purpose of a uniform application of the system
the amounts applicable as compensatory - amounts
                                                                         quantity of feed grain referred to in Article 1 of
                                                                          Regulation No 146/67/ EEC.
should therefore be fixed every quarter on the same
date as the sluice-gate prices and the levies ;                           However, if the amount varies by less than 5 %
                                                                          from the amount determined for the previous
                                                                          quarter, the latter amount shall remain unchan­
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                         ged .'
                          Article 1                                                           Article 3
The text of Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 237/73                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
is replaced by the following :                                      1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
               Done at Luxembourg, 22 October 1973 .
                                                                                   For the Council
                                                                                    The President
                                                                                  Ib FREDERIKSEN
(') OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 5 .
(-') OJ No L 29, I. 2. 1 973 , p . 9 .
(3 ) OJ No L 29, I. 2 . 1973, p. 4.