CELEX: 31983R2953
Language: en
Date: 1983-10-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2953/83 of 20 October 1983 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

22. 10 . 83                          Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 289/9
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2953/83
                                                  of 20 October 1983
                                  fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 by Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75, the minimum was
COMMUNITIES,                                                   set at 3 % ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain
Economic Community,                                            required varies by more than 3 % from that used for
                                                               the preceding quarter ; whereas this variation must
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   accordingly be taken into account in fixing sluice-gate
2771 /75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­              prices for the period 1 November 1983 to 31 January
                                                               1984 ;
zation of the market in eggs ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 3643/81 (2), and in particular             Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1
Articles 3 and 7 ( 1 ) thereof,                                November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,
                                                               world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into
Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products         account only if at the same time a new sluice-gate
specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No            price is fixed ;
2771 /75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in accor­
dance with the methods of calculation laid down in             Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed,
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 of 29 October              changes in world market prices for feed grain must be
1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy and the        taken into account in fixing the levies ;
sluice-gate price for eggs (3), as last amended by Regu­       Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
lation (EEC) No 2300/77 (4) ;                                  are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
                                                               Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,
Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs
were, by Regulation (EEC) No 1975/83 (*), last fixed for       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
the period 1 August to 31 October 1983, they must be
fixed anew for the period 1 November 1983 to 31                                          Article 1
January 1984 ; whereas such prices and levies should
in principle be calculated by reference to feed-grain          The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation
prices for the period 1 May to 30 September 1983 ;             (EEC) No 2771 /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 thereof in respect of
1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed,              the like products, shall be as shown in the Annex
                                                               hereto.
changes in world market prices for feed grain are to be
taken into account only if the price of the quantity of                                  Article 2
feed grain required varies by at least a specified
minimum in relation to that used to calculate the              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November
sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas,         1983 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 20 October 1983 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           Poul DALSAGER
                                                                     Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49.
I1) OJ No L 364, 19. 12. 1981 , p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 64.
(4) OJ No L 271 , 22. 10. 1977, p. 6.
O OJ No L 195, 19. 7. 1983, p. 18 .
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                                                            ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 20 October 1983 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies
                                                            for eggs
                 CCT
                heading                          Description                        Sluice-gate         Levy
                  No                                                                   price
                   1                                 2                                   3               4
                                                                                  ECU/ 100 units  ECU/ 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                          45,17             7,77
                                      2. Other                                         12,12             2,76
                                                                                   ECU/ 100 kg     ECU/ 100 kg
                                  b) Other                                           100,25            27,00
                           B. Eggs, not in shell ; egg yolks :
                               I. Suitable for human consumption :
                                  a) Eggs not in shell :
                                      1 . Dried                                      401,27           122,04
                                      2. Other                                        105,81           31,32
                                  b) Egg yolks :
                                      1 . Liquid                                     215,37            55,08
                                      2. Frozen                                      229,58            58,86
                                      3 . Dried                                      478,87           126,36
           (a) Only poultry eggs which fulfil the conditions stipulated by the competent authorities of the Euro­
               pean Communities are eligible for entry under this subheading.