CELEX: 31974R0204
Language: en
Date: 1974-01-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 204/74 of the Commission of 25 January 1974 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

No L 22/ 16                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              26 . 1 . 74
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 204/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 25 January 1974
                                       fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain differs
COMMUNITIES,                                                         by more than 3 % from that used in the preceding
                                                                     quarter ; whereas this must be considered when the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                sluice-gate price is fixed for the period from 1
Economic Community ;                                                 February 1974 to 30 April 1974 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 122/
67/EEC ( 1) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­                 Whereas in fixing the levy operative from 1
tion of the market in eggs, as last amended by the                   November, 1 February and 1 May, account is to be
Act (2) on the conditions of Accession and Adjust­                   taken of trends in world feed grain prices only if new
ments to the Treaties, and in particular Articles 3 and              sluice-gate prices are fixed at the same time ;
7 ( 1 ) thereof ;
                                                                     Whereas new sluice-gate prices are being fixed ;
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products               whereas the levies must therefore be fixed in the light
listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 122/67/EEC                of feed grain price trends ;
must be fixed quarterly in advance using the methods
of calculation determined in Commission Regulation                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
(EEC) No 2050/73 (3) of 25 July 1973 fixing the                      are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
sluice-gate prices and the levies on eggs ;                          ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2874/73 (4) fixed the
sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs for the period                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
from 1 November 1973 to 31 January 1974, they
must be fixed again for the period from 1 February
1974 to 30 April 1974 ; whereas they must in prin­                                            Article 1
ciple be based on those for feed grain for the period
from 1 May 1973 to 31 October 1973 ;                                 The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation No
                                                                      122/67/EEC and the sluice-gate prices provided for in
Whereas in fixing the sluice-gate prices operative                   Article 7 of that Regulation for the products listed in
from 1 November, 1 February and 1 May, account is                    Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation shall be as shown in
to be taken of trends in world feed grain prices only if             the Annex .
the price of the quantity of feed grain differs but
slightly from that used in fixing the sluice-gate price
for the preceding quarter ; whereas the difference was                                        Article 2
fixed at 3 % by Council Regulation No 145/
67/EEC (5) of 21 June 1967 laying down rules for                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for eggs ;             1974 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 25 January 1974.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                    The President
                                                                              Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(M  OJ   No  117 , 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2293 / 67 .
(2) OJ   No  L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14 .
(3) OJ   No  L 208 , 28 . 7 . 1973, p. 39 .
(4) OJ   No  L 296, 24. 10 . 1973 , p . 13 .
(5) OJ   No  125 , 26 . 6. 1967, p . 2467/ 67 .
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                                                                     ANNEX
                        Sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs from 1 February 1974 to 30 April 1974
              CCT heading                                                                      Sluice-gate            Rate of
                  No                                   Description of goods                        price               levies
                   1                                             2                                    3                     4
                                                                                            in u. a. / 100 units in 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)                                   7-54                0-71
                                                                                              u. a. /100 kg        u. a. / 100 kg
                                          b ) Other                                                61-90                  6-77
                                 B. Eggs, not in shell ; egg yolks :
                                      I. Suitable for human consumption :
                                          a) Eggs, not in shell :
                                               1 . Dried                                        257-53                 28-70
                                               2 . Other                                           71-36                  7-85
                                         b) Egg yolks :
                                              .1 . Liquid                                        138-52                13-81
                                              2 . Frozen                                         147-63                14-76
                                              3 . Dried                                          287-71                29-11
           (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.