31980R0888

12 . 4. 80 No L 96/ 23 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 888/ 80 of 11 April 1980 fixing the export refunds on eggs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN in national currency, it appears necessary, in the COMMUNITIES, manifest public interest, as a precautionary measure and pending a final decision on the matter by the , Having regard to the Treaty establishing the; European Council, to continue the application of the arrange­ Economic Community, ments in their present form ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­ Whereas, if the refund system is to operate normally, zation of the market in eggs ('), as amended by Regula­ refunds should be calculated on the following basis : tion (EEC) No 368/76 (2), and in particular the first — in the case of currencies which are maintained in sentence of the fifth subparagraph of Article 9 (2) relation to each other at any given moment within thereof, a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary their effective parity ; Committee, — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each Whereas Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75 provides that the difference between prices on the of these currencies recorded for a given period in relation to the Community currencies referred to world market for the products listed in Article 1 ( 1 ) of in the previous indent ; that Regulation and prices for those products within the Community may be covered by an export refund ; Whereas it follows from applying these rules and Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2774/75 of 29 criteria to the present situation on the market in eggs that the refund should be fixed at an amount which October 1975 (3) lays down general rules for granting export refunds and criteria for fixing the amount of would permit Community participation in world trade and would also take account of the nature of these such refunds ; exports and their importance at the present time ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 652/79 of 29 March 1979 on the impact of the European monetary system on the common agricultural policy (4), as Whereas the Management Committee for Poultrymeat amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 264/79 (5), intro­ and Eggs has not delivered an opinion within the duced the ECU into the common agricultural policy ; time limit set by its chairman , whereas, since that time, pursuant to existing provi­ sions, the ECU has been taken into account in the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : fixing of amounts relating to : Article 1 — the application of the common agricultural policy, — the special trade arrangements for goods resulting The list of products on which, when they are exported from the processing of agricultural products ; in the natural state, the export refund referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75 is granted, Whereas the period of validity of the aforesaid Regula­ and the amount of that refund, shall be as set out in tion was limited to 31 March 1980 ; whereas it has not the Annex hereto . been possible for a prolongation of those arrange­ ments, proposed by the Commission, to be adopted in Article 2 time by the Council ; whereas, in . order to avoid a break in the arrangements resulting, in particular, in This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 April alterations in the level of prices and of other amounts 1980 .

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

Done at Brussels, 11 April 1980. 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 . (4) OJ No L 84, 4. 4. 1979, p. 1 . (5) OJ No L 161 , 29. 6. 1979, p. 1 .

No L 96/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 12 . 4. 80

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 11 April 1980 fixing the export refunds on eggs

CCT heading Ne Description Refund

ECU/ 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 : \ For all exports except to the United States of America : a) Eggs for hatching ( a) : 1 . Of turkeys or geese 2-50 2 . Other 1-00 ECU/100 kg For all exports : b) Other 20-00

B. Eggs, not in shell, egg yolks : For all exports : I. Suitable for human consumption : a) Eggs, not in shell : 1 . Dried , 100-00 2 . Other 25-00 b) Egg yolks : 1 . Liquid 45-00 2 . Frozen 46-00 3 . Dried 105-00

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