31981R0150

21 . 1 . 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 18 / 5

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 150/81 of 20 January 1981 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN by Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75, the minimum was COMMUNITIES, set at 3 % ; Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European required varies by more than 3 % from that used for Economic Community, 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 organi­ prices for the period 1 February to 30 April 1981 ; zation of the market in eggs ('), as last amended by the Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed, Articles 3 and 7 (1 ) thereof, world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into account only if at the same time a new sluice-gate Whereas sluice-gate prices and levies for the products price is fixed ; specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75 must be fixed quarterly in advance in accor­ Whereas, since a new sluice-gate price is to be fixed, dance with the methods of calculation laid down in changes in world market prices for feed grain must be Council Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 of 29 October taken into account in fixing the levies ; 1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy and the Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation sluice-gate price for eggs (3), as last amended by Regu­ are in accordance with the opinion of the Management lation (EEC) No 2300/77 (4); Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,

Whereas since sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : were, by Regulation (EEC) No 2605/80 (*), last fixed for the period 1 November 1980 to 31 January 1981 , they Article 1 must be fixed anew for the period 1 February to 30 April 1981 ; whereas such prices and levies should in The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation principle be calculated by reference to feed grain (EEC) No 2771 /75 in respect of the products specified prices for the period 1 August to 31 December 1980 ; in Article 1 (1 ) of that Regulation, and the sluice-gate prices provided for in Article 7 thereof in respect of Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from the like products, shall be as shown in the Annex 1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed, hereto . changes in world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into account only if the price of the quantity of Article 2 feed grain required varies by at least a specified minimum in relation to that used to calculate the This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 1981 . sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas,

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

Done at Brussels, 20 January 1981 . For the Commission The President Gaston THORN

(l) OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49. O OJ No L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979, p. 17. O OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 64. O OJ No L 271 , 22. 10. 1977, p. 6. O OJ No L 268, 11 . 10. 1980, p. 11 .

No L 18/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 21 . 1 . 81

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 20 January 1981 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

CCT heading Sluice-gate No Description Levy price

1 2 3 4 ECU/ 100 units 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 : a) Eggs for hatching (a) : 1 . Of turkeys or geese 43-17 6-84 2. Other 1 1-29 2-38

ECU/ 100 kg ECU/ 100 kg

b) Other 90-85 22-88

B. Eggs, not in shell ; egg yolks : I. Suitable for human consumption : a) Eggs not in shell : 1 . Dried 367-28 103-42 2. Other 97-09 26-54 b) Egg yolks : 1 . Liquid 197-54 46-68 2. Frozen 210-53 49-88 3 . Dried 437-97 107-08

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