31979R0811

No L 104/ 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 26 . 4 . 79

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 811 /79 of 24 April 1979 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN prices fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 93/79 should COMMUNITIES, accordingly be maintained unchanged until 31 July 1979 ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into 2771 /75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organiza­ account only if at the same time a new sluice-gate tion of the market in eggs ('), as amended by Regula­ price is fixed ; tion (EEC) No 368/76 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 7 ( 1 ) thereof, Whereas, since no new sluice-gate price has been fixed, the levies fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 93/79 Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products should accordingly be maintained unchanged until 31 specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No July 1979 ; 2771 /75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in accor­ dance with the methods of calculation laid down in Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 (3), as last March 1 979 (6) laid down the coefficient for amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2300/77 (4) ; expressing amounts, fixed in units of account, in ECU ; Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs were, by Regulation (EEC) No 93/79 (5), last fixed for Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation the period 1 February to 30 April 1979, they must be are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31 July 1979 ; ment Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, whereas such prices and levies should in principle be calculated by reference to feed grain prices for the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : period 1 November 1978 to 31 March 1979 ; Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from Article 1 1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed, changes in world market prices for feed grain are to The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation be taken into account only if the price of the quantity (EEC) No 211 MIS in respect of the products specified of feed grain required varies by at least a specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation and the sluice-gate minimum in relation to that used to calculate the prices provided for in Article 7 of that Regulation in sluice-gate prices for the preceding quarter ; whereas respect of the like products shall, for the period 1 May by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75, the to 31 July 1979, be as shown in the Annex to Regula­ minimum was set at 3 % ; tion ( EEC) No 93 /79 .

Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain Article 2 required does not vary by 3 % or more from that used for the preceding quarter ; whereas the sluice-gate This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1979 .

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

Done at Brussels, 24 April 1979 . 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 13, 19 . 1 . 1979, p. 33 . (6) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p . 1 .