31973R2880

No L 297/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 25 . 10 . 73

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2880/73 OF THE COUNCIL of 22 October 1973 amending Regulations (EEC) Nos 237/73 and 235/73 fixing the amounts appli­ cable as compensatory amounts for eggs and poultymeat

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ' If Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 229/73 is COMMUNITIES, applied during one or more days in the course of the first seventy-five days of any quarter up to 1 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European August, 1 November, 1 February or 1 May, the Economic Community ; amount applicable in the following quarter as the Having regard to the Treaty (') concerning the Acces­ compensatory amount for the products referred to sion of new Member States to the European Economic in Articles 1 and 2 shall be determined every Community and to the European Atomic Energy quarter by reference to the average of the amounts Community, signed on 22 January 1972, and in parti­ determined during the first seventy-five days of cular Article 62 ( 1 ) of the Act annexed thereto ; the previous quarter for the cereals included in the quantity of feed grain referred to in Article 1 of Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; Regulation No 145/67/EEC. Whereas Article 4 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No However, if the amount varies by less than 5 % 237/73 (2) of 31 January 1973 laying down general from the amount determined for the previous rules for the system of compensatory amounts for eggs quarter, the latter amount shall remain unchan­ and Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regulation (EEC) No ged.' 235/73 (3) of 31 January 1973 laying down general rules for the system of compensatory amounts for Article 2 poultrymeat provide that lower amounts applicable as The text of Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 235/73 compensatory amounts shall be fixed wherever such is replaced by the following : amounts are applied for feed grain , when its levy is ' If Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 229/73 is lower than the compensatory amount ; applied during one or more days in the course of Whereas the possibility of changing these amounts at the first seventy-five days of any quarter up to 1 the end of each month have led to uncertainty on the ' August, 1 November, 1 February or 1 May, the market in eggs and poultrymeat which disturbs the amount applicable in the following quarter as the flow of trade ; compensatory amount for the products referred to in Articles 1 and 2 shall be determined every Whereas the application of these amounts in the first quarter by reference to the average of the amounts months since the Accession has shown that it is not determined during the first seventy-five days of necessary to maintain the monthly fixing ; whereas for the previous quarter for the cereals included in the the purpose of a uniform application of the system quantity of feed grain referred to in Article 1 of the amounts applicable as compensatory - amounts Regulation No 146/67/ EEC. should therefore be fixed every quarter on the same However, if the amount varies by less than 5 % date as the sluice-gate prices and the levies ; from the amount determined for the previous quarter, the latter amount shall remain unchan­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ged .'

Article1¶

The text of Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 237/73 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 November 1973 . is replaced by the following :

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

Done at Luxembourg, 22 October 1973 .

For the Council

The President

Ib FREDERIKSEN

(') OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 5 . (-') OJ No L 29, I. 2. 1 973 , p . 9 . (3 ) OJ No L 29, I. 2 . 1973, p. 4.