31973R0981

12 . 4 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 97/31

REGULATION ( EEC) No 981 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 11 April 1973 fixing the export refunds on eggs for the period beginning 1 May 1973

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN from the official parity, on the effective rate or the COMMUNITIES, central rate of these currencies and, in the case of the US dollar, on the change in parity announced Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ on 13 February 1973 ; pean Economic Community ; Having regard to Council Regulation No 122/67 / Whereas it follows from applying these rules and cri­ EEC (*) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ teria to the present situation on the market in eggs tion of the market in eggs, as last amended by the that the refund should be fixed at an amount which Act (2) annexed to the Treaty ( 3) on the Accession of would permit of Community participation in world trade and would also take account of the nature of new Member States to the European Economic Com­ munity and the European Atomic Energy Commu­ these exports and their importance at the present nity, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and in time ; particular the first sentence of the fifth subpara­ graph of Article 9 (2) thereof ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­ tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Having regard to the Opinion of the Monetary Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs ; Committee ; Whereas Article 9 of Regulation No 122/67/EEC pro­ vides that the difference between prices on the world HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : market for the products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation and prices for those products in the Com­ Article 1 munity may be covered by an export refund ;

Whereas Council Regulation No 175 / 67/EEC of 27 The list of products for which the export refund re­ June 1967 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC ) ferred to in Article 9 of Regulation No 122/67/EEC No 2683/72 ( 5 ), lays down general rules for granting is granted , and the amount of that refund, are export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of hereby fixed as shown in the Annex . such refunds ; Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, Article 2 refunds should be calculated on the basis of an exchange rate which is based , in the case of curr­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May . encies which are floating or whose central rate differs 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 11 April 1973 . For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

( x ) OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2293/67 . (2 ) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 14. (3) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p. 5 . (*) OJ No 130, 28 . 6 . 1967, p . 2610/67. (5 ) OJ No L 289 , 27 . 12 . 1972, p . 33 .

No L 97/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 12 . 4 . 73

ANNEX

CCT heading No Description of goods Refund

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 ) 0-90 u. a /100 kg b ) Other 12-00

B. Eggs, not in shell ; egg yolks : I. Suitable for human consumption : a) Eggs, not in shell : 1 . Dried 52-00 2 . Other 14-00 b ) Egg yolks : 1 . Liquid 25-00 2 . Frozen 27-00 3 . Dried 51-00

(a) Only poultry eggs meeting conditions laid down by the competent authorities of the European Communities are admitted to this subheading .