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29 . 1 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 23 / 13

REGULATION (EEC) No 204/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 25 January 1973 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN 145 /67/EEC (B ) of 21 June 1967 laying down rules COMMUNITIES, for calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for eggs ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain pean Economic Community ; differs by more than 3 fl/o from that used in the preceding quarter ; whereas this must be considered Having regard to Council Regulation No 122/67/ when the sluice-gate price is fixed for the period EEC H of 13 June 1967 on the common organi­ from 1 February 1973 to 30 April 1973 ; zation of the market in eggs, as last amended by the Act (2 ) annexed to the Treaty (3) concerning Whereas in fixing the levy operative from 1 No­ the accession of new Member States to the Euro­ vember, 1 February and 1 May account is to be pean Economic Community and the European taken of trends in world feed grain prices only if Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels on new sluice-gate prices are fixed at the same time ; 22 January 1972, and in particular Articles 3 and Whereas new sluice-gate prices are being fixed ; 7 ( 1 ) thereof ; whereas the levies must therefore be fixed in the light of feed grain price trends ; Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the pro­ ducts listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 122/ Whereas the measures provided for in this Regu­ 67/EEC must be fixed quarterly in advance using the methods of calculation determined in Commis­ lation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs ; sion Regulation (EEC ) No 1538/72 ( 4) of 18 July 1972 fixing the sluice-gate prices and the levies on eggs ; HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Whereas Regulation (EEC ) No 2235 /72 ( 5 ) fixed the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs for the period from 1 November 1972 to 31 January 1973 , they Article 1 must be fixed again for the period from 1 February 1973 to 30 April 1973 ; whereas they must in principle The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation be based on those for feed grain for the period from No 122/67/EEC and the sluice-gate prices provided 1 May 1972 to 31 October 1972 ; for in Article 7 of that Regulation for the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation shall be as Whereas in fixing the sluice-gate prices operative shown in the Annex . from 1 November, 1 February and 1 May account is to be taken of trends in world feed grain prices only if the price of the quantity of feed grain differs Article 2 but slightly from that used in fixing the sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas the differ­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February ence was fixed at 3 °/o by Council Regulation No 1973 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels , 25 January 1973 . For the Commission The President François-Xavier ORTOLI

(!) OJ No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2293 /67. («) OJ No 125 , 26 . 6 . 1967, p . 2467/67. (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14 . (3) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 5 . ( 4) OJ No L 164, 20. 7. 1972, p. 5 . (5 ) OJ No L 239, 21 . 10. 1972, p. 11 .

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ANNEX

Sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs from 1 February 1973 to 30 April 1973

CCT heading Sluice-gate Rate of No Description of goods levies price

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) 6.58 1.58

in u.a. /100 kg in u.a. /100 kg

b ) Other 48.43 17.90

B. Eggs, not in shell ; egg yolks : I. Suitable for human consump­ tion : a ) Eggs, not in shell : 1 . Dried 20903 75.90 2 . Other 5809 20.76 b) Egg yolks : 1 . Liquid 112.96 36.52 2 . Frozen 120.32 39.02 3 . Dried 233.83 76.97

( a) Only poultry eggs which fulfil the conditions stipulated by the competent authorities of the European Commu­ nities are eligible for entry under this subheading.