31978R0090

No L 15 / 12 19 . 1 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 90 / 78 of 18 January 1978 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain COMMUNITIES, required varies by more than 3 % from that used for the preceding quarter ; whereas this variation must Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European accordingly be taken into account in fixing sluice-gate Economic Community, prices for the period 1 February to 30 April 1978 ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 2771 /75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­ November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed, tion of the market in eggs ( ! ), as amended by Regula­ world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into tion (EEC) No 368/76 (2), and in particular Articles 3 account only if at the same time a new sluice-gate and 7 ( 1 ) thereof, price is fixed ; Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed, specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No changes in world market prices for feed grain must be 2771 /75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in accor­ dance with the methods of calculation laid down in taken into account in fixing the levies ; Council Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 of 29 October Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation 1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy and are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ the sluice-gate price for eggs (3), as last amended by ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, Regulation (EEC) No 2300/77 (4) ; Whereas since sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : were, by Regulation (EEC) No 2275/77 (5), last fixed for the period 1 November 1977 to 31 January 1978 , they must be fixed anew for the period 1 February to Article 1 30 April 1978 ; whereas such prices and levies should in principle be calculated by reference to feed-grain The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation prices for the period 1 August to 31 December 1977 ; (EEC) No 2771 /75 in respect of the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation , and the sluice-gate Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from prices provided for in Article 7 thereof in respect of 1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed, the like products, shall be as shown in the Annex changes in world market prices for feed grain are to hereto . be taken into account only if the price of the quantity of feed grain required varies by at least a specified minimum in relation to that used to calculate the Article 2 sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas, by Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75, the minimum was This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February set at 3 % : 1978 .

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

Done at Brussels, 18 January 1978 . 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 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 64. (4) OJ No L 271 , 22. 10 . 1977, p. 6. 5) OJ No L 262, 15. 10 . 1977, p. 36.

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ANNEX

Sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs for the period 1 February to 30 April 1978

CCT heading Sluice-gate No Description Levy price

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 : a) Eggs for hatching ( a ) : 33.40 5.33 1 . Of turkeys or geese 2 . Other 8.38 2-59

u.a. / 100 kg u.a. / 100 kg 64.34 25.50 b ) Other

B. Eggs , not in shell ; egg yolks :

I. Suitable for human consumption : a ) Eggs , not in shell : 1 . Dried 264.72 115.26 2 . Other 70.28 29-58 b ) Egg yolks : 1 . Liquid 142.90 52.02 2 . Frozen 152-23 55.59 3 . Dried 315.23 119-34

(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.