CELEX: 31982R0908
Language: en
Date: 1982-04-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 908/82 of 21 April 1982 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat

22. 4. 82                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 108/ 13
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 908/82
                                                       of 21 April 1982
                              fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for poultrymeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    for the preceding quarter ; whereas the sluice-gate
COMMUNITIES,                                                      prices fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 156/82 should
                                                                  accordingly be maintained unchanged until 31 July
                                                                   1982 for these products ;
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,
                                                                  changes in world market prices for feed grain should
                                                                  be taken into account only if at the same time a new
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      sluice-gate price is fixed ;
2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­
zation of the market in poultrymeat ('), as last
amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in                 Whereas, since no new sluice-gate price has been
particular Articles 3 and 7 (1 ) thereof,                         fixed, the levies fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 156/82
                                                                  should accordingly be maintained unchanged until 31
                                                                  July 1982 ;
Whereas the sluice-gate prices and levies for the
products specified in Article 1 (1) of Regulation (EEC)           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
No 2777/75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in                   are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
accordance with methods of calculation laid down in                Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75 (2), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 750/81 (3) ;
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
poultrymeat were, by Regulation (EEC) No 1 56/82 (4),
last fixed for the period 1 February to 30 April 1982,
they must be fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31
July 1982 ; whereas such prices and levies should in
principle be calculated by reference to feed grain                                          Article 1
prices for the period 1 November 1981 to 31 March
1982 ;
                                                                   1 . The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation
                                                                   (EEC) No 2777/75 in respect of the products specified
                                                                   in Article 1 (1 ) of that Regulation and the sluice-gate
Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from               prices provided for in Article 7 of that Regulation in
1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,                  respect of the like products shall, for the period 1 May
trends in world market prices for feed grain are to be             to 31 July 1982, be as shown in the Annex to Regula­
taken into account only if the price of the quantity of            tion (EEC) No 156/82.
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,             2.    In the case of products falling within heading No
by Regulation (EEC) No 2778/75, this minimum was                   02.03 and within subheading 15.01 B or 16.02 B I of
set at 3 % ;                                                       the Common Customs Tariff, in respect of which the
                                                                   rate of duty has been bound within GATT, the levy
                                                                   shall not exceed the amount resulting from that.
Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain
required does not vary by 3 % or more from that used
                                                                                            Article 2
(>) OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 77.
(2) OJ  No  L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 84.
(3) OJ  No  L 80, 26.  3. 1981 , p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No  L 18, 26.  1 . 1982, p. 7.                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1982.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 21 April 1982.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                     Poul DALSAGER
                                                               Member of the Commission