31977R0855

28.4.77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 104 / 21

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 855 / 77 of 27 April 1977 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN levy and the sluice-gate price for eggs (5), the COMMUNITIES, minimum was set at 3 % ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain Economic Community, required varies by more than 3 % from that used for the preceding quarter ; whereas this variation must Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No accordingly be taken into account in fixing sluice-gate 2771 /75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­ prices for the period 1 May 1977 to 31 July 1977 ; tion of the market in eggs ('), as amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 368 /76 (2), and in particular Articles 3 Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 and 7 ( 1 ) thereof, November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed, world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products account only if at the same time a new sluice-gate specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No price is fixed ; 2771 /75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in accor­ dance with the methods of calculation laid down in Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed, Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1757/76 of 22 July changes in world market prices for feed grain must be 1976 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for taken into account in fixing the levies ; eggs (3 ) ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ were, by Regulation (EEC) No 138 /77 (4), last fixed for ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, the period 1 February 1977 to 30 April 1977, they must be fixed anew for the period 1 May 1977 to 31 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : July 1977 ; whereas such prices and levies should in principle be calculated by reference to feed-grain prices for the period 1 November 1976 to 31 March Article 1 1977 ; The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from (EEC) No 277 1 /75 in respect of the products specified 1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed, in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation , and the sluice-gate changes in world market prices for feed grain are to prices provided for in Article 7 thereof in respect of be taken into account only if the price of the quantity the like products, shall be as shown in the Annex of feed grain required varies by at least a specified hereto . minimum in relation to that used to calculate the sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas, Article 2 by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2773 /75 of 29 October 1975 laying down rules for calculating the This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1977.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 April 1977 . For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH Vice-President

(') OJ No L 282, 1. 11 . 1975, p. 49 . (2 ) OJ No L 45, 21 . 2 . 1976, p. 2. (3) OJ No L 197, 23.7.1976, p. 12 . 4 ) OJ No L 22, 26 . 1 . 1977, p. 12. (5 ) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 64.

No L 104/22 28.4.77 Official Journal of the European Communities

ANNEX

Sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs for the period 1 May 1977 to 31 July 1977

CCT heading Sluice-gate No Description of goods price Levy

1 2 3 4 u.a./100 units u.a./100 unit* 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 :

8.91 1.89 a) Eggs for hatching (a)

u.a./100 kg u.a./100 kg 70.32 * 18.24 b) Other

B. Eggs, not in shell ; egg yolks :

I. Suitable for human consumption : a) Eggs, not in shell : 1 . Dried 286.37 82.44 2. Other 75.84 21.16 b) Egg yolks : 1 . Liquid 154.24 37.21 2. Frozen 164.35 39.76 3 . Dried 341.25 85.36

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