31974R1180

11 . 5 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 129 / 19

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1180/ 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 10 May 1974 on limiting monetary compensatory amounts in eggs and poultrymeat

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas this would lead to the consequence that COMMUNITIES, imports from such third countries, even though they respect the sluice-gate price, would be subject to the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European same actual import charge as all other third countries ; Economic Community ; Whereas such an application would make a mean­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No ingful management of the import provisions in rela­ 974/71 ( ! ) of 12 May on certain measures of conjunc­ tion to third countries impossible, and might lead to tural policy to be taken in agriculture following the distortions either of trade with third countries or of temporary widening of the margins of fluctuation for intracommunity trade and to other disturbances of the the currencies of certain Member States, as last market -; amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3450/73 (2), and in particular Article 6 ( 1 ) thereof ; Whereas it is therefore appropriate to understand by 'import charge' in the terms of the provision Whereas it is provided for in Article 4a (2) of Regula­ mentioned only the amount of the levy, and therefore tion (EEC) No 974/71 that the compensatory amounts to limit for eggs and poultrymeat the compensatory applicable due to the decrease in value of a currency amount applied because of the decrease in the value may not be higher than the import charge on of a currency ; products from third countries ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Whereas Article 8 of Council Regulation No 122/ are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ 67/ EEC (3) and Article 8 of Council Regulation No ment Committee for Eggs and Poultrymeat, 123/67/ EEC (4) both of 13 June 1967, on the common organization of the market in eggs and on HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : the common organization of the market in poultry­ meat respectively, both as last amended by the Act (5), Article 1 provide the possibility of introducing supplementary amounts ; The compensatory amount applied because of the decrease in the value of a currency may not exceed Whereas inclusion of these supplementary amounts in the amount of levy fixed according to the provisions the 'import charge', would nullify the effect of these of Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation Nos 122/67/ EEC amounts ; whereas , furthermore , different import and 123 / 67/ EEC . charges would have to be charged because, depending on the country of origin , supplementary amounts may Article 2 be fixed at different levels, or need not be charged at all if the products come from a third country which This Regulation shall come into force the day after its has adopted the guarantee to respect the sluice-gate publication in the Official Journal of the European price ; Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 10 May 1974 .

For the Commission

The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(') O ) No L 106, 12 . 5 . 1971 , p . 1 . (2 ) OJ No L 353 , 22 . 12 . 1973 , p. 25 . (3 ) OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2293 / 67 . (4 ) OJ No 117, 19 . 6 . 1967, p . 2301 /67 . (5 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p. 14 .