31985R2129

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2129/85

of 29 July 1985

fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the price within the Community for that COMMUNITIES, quantity of feed grain must be determined in accord­ ance with Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European whereas the price for the like quantity on the world Economic Community, market must be determined in accordance with Article

3 thereof ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organi­ zation of the market in eggs ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3643/81 (2), and in particular Whereas one of the components required for use of Articles 3 and 7 ( 1 ) thereof, the method of calculating the levies that is laid down in the abovementioned Regulations is the price in the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 855/84 Community of a given quantity of feed grain ; whereas of 31 March 1984 on the calculation and the dis­ the Council has not so far adopted cereal-sector prices mantlement of the monetary compensatory amounts for the 1985/86 marketing year, as provided for in applying to certain agricultural products (3), as last Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2727/75 (8) ; amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1004/84 (4), whereas the Commission in order to discharge the and in particular Article 1 thereof, tasks incumbent on it under the Treaty must take whatever interim measures are indispensable to ensure Whereas a levy fixed quarterly in advance must be the continued functioning of the common agricultural charged on imports into the Community for the policy in the sector concerned ; products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75 ; whereas levies were last fixed by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1025/85 (^ for the period ending 31 Whereas the Commission under these circumstances July 1985 and levies must therefore be fixed anew for has adopted prices to be used for determining the the period 1 August to 31 October 1985 ; levies in the cereals sector ; whereas those prices are given in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2124/85 (9) ; Whereas, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No whereas these prices, which determine the food grain 855/84, the central rate used under the common agri­ prices in the Community that are to be used in the cultural policy has been subjected to a corrective factor pigmeat sector, must, using the traditional method of of 1,033651 with effect from the 1984/85 marketing calculation, be used for determination of the levies in year ; whereas the corrected central rate has led to a that sector ; change in the relationship between the Community price and the world market price ; whereas account Whereas the said Article 3 provides that the prices for should therefore be taken of this fact by subjecting each type of feed grain on the world market shall be world market prices to a corrective factor of 0,967445 equal to the average of the cif prices determined for used for the calculation of levies and sluice-gate that cereal for the period of five months ending one prices ; month before the quarter in respect of which the said Whereas the levy on eggs in shell is made up of two component is calculated ; whereas that period is components ; 1 February to 30 June 1985 ;

Whereas the first component must be equal to the Whereas the second component must be equal to 7 % difference between prices within the Community and of the average of the sluice-gate prices applicable for on the world market for the quantity of feed grain the four quarters to 1 May in each year ; specified in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 of 29 October 1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for Whereas the levy on eggs for hatching must be calcu­ eggs (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No lated in the same way as the levy on eggs in shell ; 2300/77 0 ; whereas, however, the quantity of feed grain used in the calculation must be that shown in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 ; whereas the second (') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49 . 2) OJ No L 364, 19 . 12. 1981 , p. 1 . component must be equal to 7 % of the average of the (3) OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p . 1 . sluice-gate prices applicable to eggs for hatching ; (4) OJ No L 101 , 13 . 4. 1984, p. 2. (j OJ No L 110, 23 . 4. 1985, p. 16. (j OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p . 64. (8) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 271 , 22 . 10 . 1977, p . 6 . (y) See page 31 of this Official Journal.

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Whereas the levy on the products specified in Article 2773/75 ; whereas the standard amount must be that 1 ( l)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75 must be fixed in the same Annex ; derived from the levy on eggs in shell on the basis of the coefficients set out in the Annex to Commission Whereas the sluice-gate prices for the products speci­ Regulation No 164/67/EEC of 26 June 1967 fixing fied in Article 1 (1 ) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No the factors for calculating levies and sluice-gate prices 2771 /75 must be derived from the sluice-gate prices for derived egg products ('), as last amended by Regula­ for eggs in shell, taking into account the value of the tion (EEC) No 1 775/74 (2) ; basic product, the coefficients for those products fixed in accordance with Article 5 (2) of that Regulation and the standard amount fixed in the Annex to Regulation No 164/67/ EEC ; Whereas sluice-gate prices for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75 must be fixed in advance for each quarter ; whereas sluice­ Whereas, as regards the lower value to be allowed for gate prices were last fixed by Regulation (EEC) No in the calculation of the sluice-gate prices for whole 1025/85 for the period ending 31 July 1985 and prices products, account must be taken of the absence of must therefore be fixed anew for the period 1 August certain marketing costs specific to eggs in shell, and of to 31 October 1985 ; a percentage reflecting the lower prices generally obtained for eggs intended for processing ; whereas these marketing costs — to be deducted from the sluice-gate price for eggs in shell — may be assessed at Whereas the sluice-gate price for eggs in shell is made 0,0967 ECU per kilogram ; whereas the percentage to up of two components ; be deducted from that reduced sluice-gate price may be assessed at 20 % ;

Whereas the first component must be equal to the Whereas, as regards the lower value to be allowed for price on the world market for the quantity of feed in the calculation of the sluice-gate prices for sepa­ grain specified in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No rated products, the same reduction in marketing costs 2773/75 ; as for whole products should be allowed for ; whereas, however, the percentage to be deducted should be lower than that taken for whole products, as the production of separated products requires the use of Whereas the price for that quantity of grain must be fresh eggs ; whereas this percentage may be assessed at determined in accordance with Article 4 (2) and (3) of 7 % ; Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 ;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Whereas the said Article 4 provides that the price for Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, each cereal on the world market shall be equal to the average of the cif prices determined for that cereal for the period of five months ending one month before the quarter in respect of which the said component is calculated ; whereas that period is 1 February to 30 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : June 1985 ;

Article 1 Whereas the second amount, which represents other feeding costs and overhead costs of production and marketing, is fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation No 2773/75 ; (EEC) No 2771 /75 and the sluice-gate prices provided for in Article 7 thereof, in respect of the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) thereof, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto . Whereas the sluice-gate price for eggs for hatching must be calculated in the same way as the sluice-gate price for eggs in shell ; whereas, however, the quantity of feed grain used in the calculation must be that Article 2 specified in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No

(') OJ No 129, 28 . 6. 1967, p. 2578/67. This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August (2) OJ No L 186, 10 . 7. 1974, p. 14. 1985 .

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

Done at Brussels, 29 July 1985.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 29 July 1985 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

CCT Sluice-gate heading Description Levy No 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 45,72 7,08 2. Other 12,35 2,47

ECU/ 100 kg ECU/ 100 kg

b) Other 102,85 24,05

B. Eggs, not in shell ; egg yolks :

I. Suitable for human consumption : a) Eggs not in shell : 1 . Dried 410,67 108,71 2. Other 108,23 27,90

b) Egg yolks : 1 . Liquid 220,31 49,06 2. Frozen 234,86 52,43 3 . Dried 490,20 112,55

(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.