31985R0170

No L 20 / 16 Official Journal of the European Communities 24. 1 . 85

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 170/85 of 23 January 1985 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, when the sluice-gate prices applicable from COMMUNITIES, 1 November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed, changes in world market prices for feed grain are to be taken into account only if the price of the quantity of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European feed grain required varies by at least a specified Economic Community, minimum in relation to that used to calculate the sluice-gate prices for the preceding quarter ; whereas Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75, the 2771 /75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­ minimum was set at 3 % ; I zation of ' the market in eggs ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3643/81 (2), and in particular Whereas the price of the quantity of feed grain Articles 3 and 7 ( 1 ) thereof, required does not vary by 3 % or more from that used for the preceding quarter ; whereas the sluice-gate prices fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 2932/84 should Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 855/84 of 31 March 1984 on the calculation and the dis­ accordingly be maintained unchanged until 30 April 1985 ; mantlement of the monetary compensatory amounts applying to certain agricultural products (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1004/84 (4), and in Whereas, when the levies applicable from 1 particular Article 1 thereof, November, 1 February and 1 May are being fixed, 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 dance with the methods of calculation laid down in Whereas, since no new sluice-gate prices have been fixed, the levies fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 2932/84 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 (5), as last should accordingly be maintained unchanged until 30 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2300/77 (*) ; April 1985 ;

Whereas, since sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation were, by Regulation (EEC) No 2932/84 (*), last fixed for are in accordance with the opinion of the Management the period 1 November 1984 to 31 January 1985, they Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, must be fixed anew for the period 1 February to 30 April 1985 ; whereas such prices and levies should in principle be calculated by reference to feed grain prices for the period 1 August to 31 December 1984 ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 855/84, the central rate used under the common agri­ cultural policy has been subjected to a corrective factor Article 1 of 1,033651 with effect from the 1984/85 marketing year ; whereas the corrected central rate has led to a The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation change in the relationship between the Community (EEC) No 2771 /75 in respect of the products specified price and the world market price ; whereas account in Article 1 ( 1 ) of that Regulation and the sluice-gate should therefore be taken of this fact by subjecting prices provided for in Article 7 of that Regulation in world market prices to a corrective factor of 0,967445 respect of the like products shall, for the period 1 used for the calculation of levies and sluice-gate February to 30 April 1985, be as fixed by Regulation prices ; (EEC) No 2932/84.

(') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49. (2) OJ No L 364, 19. 12. 1981 , p. 1 . Article 2 O OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 101 , 13. 4. 1984, p. 2. O OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 64. 0 OJ No L 271 , 22. 10 . 1977, p. 6. This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February 0 OJ No L 276, 19. 10 . 1984, p. 22. 1985 .

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

Done at Brussels, 23 January 1985.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN Member of the Commission