CELEX: 51989PC0040(40)
Language: en
Date: 1989-01-31
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 2771/75 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN EGGS AND ( EEC ) NO 2777/75 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN POULTRYMEAT

3. 4. 89                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                           No C 82/49
                                                           Proposal for a
                                             COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No ...
                                                                of...
               amending Regulations (EEC) No 2771/75 on the common organization of the market in eggs
                      and (EEC) No 2777/75 on the common organization of the market in poultrymeat
                                                            (89/C 82/40)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              1. Point (e) in Article 1(2) is deleted.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,             2. Article 4(1) shall read:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                         ' 1 . The levy on eggs in shell shall be made up of two
                                                                         components:
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
                                                                         (a) a component equal to the difference between the
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social                        price in the Community and on the world market of
Committee,                                                                     the quantity of feed grain required to produce a
                                                                               kilogram of eggs in shell in the Community.
Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 2771/75 ( ! ), as
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3207/88 (2) and                            Feed grain prices in the Community shall be
(EEC) No 2777/75 (3), as last amended by Regulation                            determined once a year for a 12-month period
(EEC) No 3907/87 (4), provide for quarterly fixing of the                      beginning on 1 July on the basis of the threshold
sluice-gate prices and levies on the basis primarily of feed                   prices and their monthly increases. They shall be
grain prices; whereas given this close relationship and the                    used for fixing the levy from 1 July of each year.
fact that the cereals marketing year begins on 1 July the
dates for application of the sluice-gate prices and levies
should be brought forward by one month; whereas this will
                                                                               World market feed grain prices shall be determined
make the quarters coincide with the calendar quarters;
                                                                               quarterly on the basis of prices recorded for the five-
                                                                               month period ending one month before the begin-
                                                                               ning of the quarter for which the component is to be
Whereas Articles 5 and 7 of Regulations (EEC) No 2771/75
                                                                               calculated.
and 2777/75 provide for re-examination at least once a year
of the basis for setting the coefficients of derivation and the
standard amounts; whereas in the light of experience of
management of the market in eggs and in poultrymeat and                        However when the levy applicable from 1 October,
of practical considerations these provisions are seen to be                     1 January and 1 April is set no account shall be taken
no longer appropriate; whereas they should therefore be                        of world feed grain prices unless a new sluice-gate
deleted,                                                                       price is fixed to apply from that date;
                                                                          (b) a component equal to 7 % of the average of the
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:                                                   sluice-gate prices applicable for the four quarters
                                                                               preceding 1 April of each year.
                                                                               This component shall be determined once a year for
                            Article 1                                          a 12-month period beginning on 1 July.'
Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 is amended as follows:
                                                                      3. Article 5(2) shall read:
 (1) OJ No L  282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 49.                                    ' 2 . T h e coefficients expressing the quantities a n d the
 (2) OJ No  L 286, 20. 10. 1988, p. 2.
 (3) OJ No  L 282, 1. 11. 1975, p. 77.                                    relationship m e n t i o n e d in p a r a g r a p h 1 shall be fixed
 (4) OJ No L  370, 30. 12. 1987, p. 14.                                   using the p r o c e d u r e specified in Article 17.'
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4. The last subparagraph of Article 7(2) shall read:                         However when the levy applicable from 1 October,
                                                                             1 January and 1 April is set no account shall be taken
    'However when the sluice-gate price applicable from                      of changes in world feed grain prices unless a new
    1 October, 1 January and 1 April is set no-account shall                 sluice-gate price is fixed to apply from that date;
   be taken of changes in world feed grain prices unless the
   price of that quantity has varied by a minimum amount                 (b) a component equal to 7 % of the average of the
   from that used for calculation of the sluice-gate price for               sluice-gate prices applicable for the four quarters
   the previous quarter.'                                                    preceding 1 April of each year.
                                                                             This component shall be determined once a year for
                           Article 2                                         a 12-month period beginning on 1 July.'
Regulation (EEC) No 2111 IIS is amended as follows:
                                                                     3. Article 5(3) shall read:
1. Point (e) in Article 1(2) is deleted.
                                                                        '3. The coefficients expressing the relationships
                                                                        mentioned in paragraph 1 shall be fixed using the
2. Article 4(1) shall read:                                             procedure specified in Article 17.'
   ' 1 . The levy on slaughtered poultry shall consist of
   two components:                                                   4. The last subparagraph of Article 7(2) shall read:
   (a) a component equal to the difference between the                  'However when the sluice-gate price applicable from
        price in the Community and on the world market of               1 October, 1 January and 1 April is set no account shall
        the quantity of feed grain required to produce a                be taken of changes in world feed grain prices unless the
        kilogram of slaughtered poultry in the Community;               price of that quantity has varied by a minimum amount
        this component shall be differentiated by species.              from that used for calculation of the sluice-gate price for
                                                                        the previous quarter.'
        Feed grain prices in the Community shall be
        determined once a year for a 12-month period
        beginning on 1 July on the basis of the threshold
        prices and their monthly increases. They shall be                                       Article 3
        used for fixing the levy from 1 July of each year.
                                                                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
        World market feed grain prices shall be determined
                                                                    following its publication in the Official Journal of the
        quarterly on the basis of prices recorded for the five-
                                                                    European       Communities.
        month period ending one month before the begin-
        ning of the quarter for which the component is to be
        calculated.                                                 It shall apply from 1 July 1989.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety     d directly applicable in all Member States.
               Done at...
                                                                                     For the Council