31973R1055

No L 105/ 6 Official Journal of the European Communities 20 . 4 . 73

REGULATION (EEC) No 1055 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 18 April 1973 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN fixed at 3 % by Council Regulation No 145/ COMMUNITIES, 67/EEC (6) of 21 June 1967 laying down rules for calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for eggs ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain differs by more than 3 % from that used in the preceding Having regard to Council Regulation No 122/ quarter ; whereas this must be considered when^. the 67/EEC (1) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ sluice-gate price is fixed for the period from 1 May to tion of the market in eggs, as last amended by the 31 July 1973 ; Act (2) annexed to the Treaty (3) concerning the Acces­ sion of new Member States to the European Economic Whereas in fixing the levy operative from 1 Community and the European Atomic Energy November, 1 February and 1 May, account is to be Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, taken of trends in world feed grain prices only if new and in particular Articles 3 and 7(1 ) thereof ; sluice-gate prices are fixed at the same time ;

Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products Whereas new sluice-gate prices are being fixed ; listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 122/67/EEC whereas the levies must therefore be fixed in the light must be fixed quarterly in advance using the methods of feed grain price trends ; of calculation determined in Commission Regulation ' Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation (EEC) No 1 538/72 (4) of 18 July 1972 fixing the are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ sluice-gate prices and the levies on eggs ; ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs ; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 204/73 (5) fixed the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs for the period HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : from 1 February 1973 to 30 April 1973, they must be fixed again for the period from 1 May 1973 to 31 July Article 1 1973 ; whereas they must in principle be based on those for feed grain for the period from 1 August The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation No 1972 to 31 January 1973 ; 122/67/EEC and the sluice-gate prices provided for in Article 7 of that Regulation for the products listed in Whereas in fixing the sluice-gate prices operative Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation shall be as shown in from 1 November, 1 February and 1 May, account is the Annex . to be taken of trends in world feed grain prices only if the price of the quantity of feed grain differs but Article 2 slightly from that used in fixing the sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas the difference was This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 18 April 1973 . For the Commission

The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI

(i) OJ No 117, 19 . 6. 1967, p. 2293,167. 0 OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14. (») OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5. (<) OJ No L 164, 20 . 7. 1972, p. 5. b) OJ No L 23, 29. 1 . 1973, p. 13. (') OJ No 125, 26. 6. 1967, p. 2467/67.

20 . 4 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 105/7

ANNEX

Sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs from 1 May 1973 to 31 July 1973

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

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 : 6-88 1-31 a) Eggs for hatching ( a)

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

b ) Other 52-67 14-39

B. Eggs, not in shell ; egg yolks :

I. Suitable for human consumption : a ) Eggs , not in shell : 1 . Dried 224-29 61-01 2 . Other 62-26 16-69 b ) Egg yolks : 121-00 29-36 1 . Liquid 2 . Frozen 128-91 31-37 3 . Dried 250-77 61-88

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