CELEX: 31978R0754
Language: en
Date: 1978-04-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 754/78 of 13 April 1978 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

14 . 4 . 78                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 101 / 25
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 754/78
                                                         of 13 April 1978
                                       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
                                                                    the preceding quarter ; whereas this variation must
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              accordingly be taken into account in fixing sluice-gate
 Economic Community,                                                 prices for the period 1 May to 31 July 1978 ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 2771 /75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­                Whereas, when the            levies applicable from 1
 tion of the market in eggs ('), as amended by Regula­               November, 1 February       and 1 May are being fixed,
 tion (EEC) No 368/76 (2), and in particular Articles 3             world market prices for    feed grain are to be taken into
 and 7 ( 1 ) thereof,                                               account only if at the      same time a new sluice-gate
                                                                    price is fixed ;
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products
 specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No                Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
 2771 /75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in accor­              changes in world market prices for feed grain must be
 dance with the methods of calculation laid down in                 taken into account in fixing the levies ;
 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 of 29 October
 1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy and                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
 the sluice-gate price for eggs (3), as last amended by             are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 Regulation (EEC) No 2300/77 (4) ;                                  ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Whereas since sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
were, by Regulation (EEC) No 90/78 (5), last fixed for              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the period 1 February to 30 April 1978 , they must be
fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31 July 1978 ;
whereas such prices and levies should in principle be                                         Article 1
calculated by reference to feed-grain prices for the
period 1 November 1977 to 31 March 1978 ;                           The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation
                                                                    (EEC) No Til Ml5 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
be taken into account only if the price of the quantity             hereto .
of feed grain required varies by at least a specified
minimum in relation to that used to calculate the
sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas,                                        Article 2
by Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75, the minimum was
set at 3 % ;                                                        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1978 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 13 April 1978 .
                                                                              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 . 19 77, p. 6 .
(5) OJ   No  L 15, 19 . 1 . 1978 , p. 12.
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                                                                     ANNEX
                            Sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs for the period 1 May to 31 July 1978
               CCT heading                                                                     Sluice-gate
                    No                                      Description                            price             Levy
                     1                                           2                                    3               4
                                                                                              u.a. /100 units  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) :
                                               1 . Of turkeys or geese                            33.65              5.08
                                               2. Other                                              8.48            2-48
                                                                                               u.a. / 100 kg    u.a. /100 kg
                                            b) Other                                              65.50            24-42
                                   B. Eggs, not in shell ; egg yolks :
                                        I. Suitable for human consumption :
                                            a) Eggs, not in shell :
                                               1 . Dried                                        268-92           110.38
                                               2 . Other                                          71.36            28-33
                                            b) Egg yolks :
                                                1 . Liquid                                      .145.10            49-82
                                               2 . Frozen                                        154-59            53-24
                                               3 . Dried                                        320-29           114-29
             (•) Only poultry eggs which fulfil the conditions stipulated by the competent authorities of the European Com­
                 munities are eligible for entry under this subheading.