31974R0966

24. 4 . 74 No L 110/ 13 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION (EEC) No 966/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 23 April 1974 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN 67/EEC (5) of 21 June 1967 laying down rules for COMMUNITIES, calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for eggs ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain differs Economic Community ; by more than 3 % from that used in the preceding quarter ; whereas this must be considered when the Having regard to Council Regulation No 122/ sluice-gate price is fixed for the period from 1 May 67/EEC (J ) of 13 June 1967 on the common organiza­ 1974 to 31 July 1974 ; tion of the market in eggs, as last amended by the Act (2) on the Conditions of Accession and the Adjust­ Whereas in fixing the levy operative from 1 ments to the Treaties, and in particular Articles 3 and November, 1 February and 1 May, account is to be 7 ( 1 ) thereof ; taken of trends in world feed grain prices only if new sluice-gate prices are fixed at the same time ; Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation No 122/67/EEC Whereas new sluice-gate prices are being fixed ; must be fixed quarterly in advance using the methods whereas the levies must therefore be fixed in the light of calculation determined in Commission Regulation of feed grain price trends ; (EEC) No 2050/73 (3) of 25 July 1973 fixing the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation sluice-gate prices and the levies on eggs ; are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 204/74 (4) fixed the ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs for the period from 1 February 1974 to 30 April 1974, they must be HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : fixed again for the period from 1 May 1974 to 31 July 1974 ; whereas they must in principle be based on Article 1 those for feed grain for the period from 1 August 1973 to 31 January 1974 ; The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation No 122/67/EEC and the sluice-gate prices provided for in Whereas in fixing the sluice-gate prices operative Article 7 of that Regulation for the products listed in from 1 November, 1 February and 1 May, account is Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation shall be as shown in to be taken of trends in world feed grain prices only if the Annex . the price of the quantity of feed grain differs but slightly from that used in fixing the sluice-gate price Article 2 for the preceding quarter ; whereas the difference was fixed at 3 % by Council Regulation No 145/ This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1974.

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

Done at Brussels, 23 April 1974. For the Commission The President François-Xavier ORTOLI

(>) OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p. 2293/67. (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14. (3) OJ No L 208 , 28 . 7. 1973, p. 39 . (4) OJ No L 22, 26. 1 . 1974, p . 16 . (5) OJ No 125, 26 . 6 . 1967, p . 2467/67 .

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ANNEX

Sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs from 1 May 1974 to 31 July 1974

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

1 2 3 4 u.a. / 100 units 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 : 7.82 0.47 a ) Eggs for hatching ( a )

u.a. / 100 kg u.a. / 100 kg 65.73 3.59 b) Other B. Eggs, not in shell ; egg yolks : I. Suitable for human consumption : a) Eggs, not in shell : 1 . Dried 271.36 15.22 2 . Other 75.14 4.16 b) Egg yolks : 1 . Liquid 145.78 7.32 2 . Frozen 155.39 7.83 3 . Dried 303.02 15.44

( 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.