31981R1020

No L 103/ 18 Official Journal of the European Communities 15. 4. 81

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1020/81 of 13 April 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 May to 31 July 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 were, by Regulation (EEC) No 150/81 (*), last fixed for HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : the period 1 February to 30 April 1981 , they must be fixed anew for the period 1 May to 31 July 1981 ; Article 1 whereas such prices and levies should in principle be calculated by reference to feed grain prices for the The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation period 1 November 1980 to 31 March 1981 ; (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 be hereto . taken into account only if the price of the quantity of feed grain required varies by at least a specified Article 2 minimum in relation to that used to calculate the sluice-gate price for the preceding quarter ; whereas, This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1981 .

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

Done at Brussels, 13 April 1981 . For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49 . 0 OJ No L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979, p. 17. 0 OJ No L 282, 1, 11 . 1975, p. 64. (<) OJ No L 271 , 22. 10 . 1977, p. 6. 0 OJ No L 18 , 21 . 1 . 1981 , p. 5.

15 . 4. 81 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 103/ 19

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 13 April 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 44-30 5-71 2. Other 11-76 1-91

ECU/ 1 00 kg ECU/ 1 00 kg

b) Other 96-14 17-98

B. Eggs, not in shell ; egg yolks : I. Suitable for human consumption : a) Eggs not in shell : 1 . Dried 386-44 81-27 2. Other 10201 20-86 b) Egg yolks : 1 . Liquid 207-58 36-68 2. Frozen 221-26 39-20 3 . Dried 461-00 84-15

(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.