31978R0940

9 . 5 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 122/ 5

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 940 / 78 of 8 May 1978 fixing the export refunds on eggs for the period beginning 15 May 1978

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the COMMUNITIES , arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European relation to the Community currencies referred to Economic Community, in the previous subparagraph ; Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No Whereas it follows from applying these rules and 2771 /75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organicriteria to the present situation on the market in eggs zation of the market in eggs ( 1 ), as amended by Regulathat the refund should be fixed at an amount which tion ( EEC) No 368 / 76 (2 ), and in particular the first would permit Community participation in world trade sentence of the fifth subparagraph of Article 9 (2) and would also take account of the nature of these thereof, exports and their importance at the present time ; Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manageprovides that the difference between prices on the ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, world market for the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation and prices for those products in the Community may be covered by an export refund ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2774/75 of 29 Article 1 October 1975 (3) lays down general rules for granting export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of The list of products for which the export refund such refunds ; referred to in Article 9 of Regulation ( EEC) No 2771 / 75 is granted, and the amount of that refund, are Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, hereby fixed as shown in the Annex . refunds should be calculated on the following basis : — in the case of currencies which are maintained in Article 2 relation to each other at any given moment within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 May their effective parity ; 1978 .

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

Done at Brussels , 8 May 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. 68 .

No L 122 / 6 Official journal of che European Communities 9 . 5 . 78

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 8 May 1978 fixing the export refunds on eggs 'or the period beginning 15 May 1978

CCT heading Nc Description R ? fund

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 ) : 1 . Of turkeys or geese 3.00 2 . Other 2.00 u. .;. 100 kg b ) Other 18.00

B. Eggs , not in shell , egg yolks : I. Suitable for human consumption : a ) Eggs , not in shell : 1 . Dried 40.00 2 . Other 10.00 b ) Egg yolks : 1 . Liquid 18.00 2 . Frozen 20.00 3 . Dried 42.00

( a ) Only poultry eggs which fulfill the conditions stipulated by the competent authorities of the European Communities are eligible for entry under this subheading .