31991R1818

No L 166/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 28 . 6. 91

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1818/91 of 27 June 1991 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, is calculated ; whereas that period is 1 January to 31 May 1991 ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas the second component must be equal to 7 % of Economic Community, the average of the sluice-gate prices applicable for the four quarters to 1 April in each year ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the Whereas the levy on eggs' for hatching must be calculated market in eggs ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) in the same way as the levy on eggs in shell ; whereas, No 1235/89 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 7 ( 1 ) however, the quantity of feed grain used in the calculation thereof, must be that shown in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 ; whereas the second component must be equal to 7 % of the average of the sluice-gate prices applicable Whereas a levy fixed quarterly in advance must be to eggs for hatching ; charged on imports into the Community for the products specified in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the levy on the products specified in Article 1 2771 /75 ; ( 1 ) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75 must be derived from the levy on eggs in shell on the basis of the coeffi­ cients set out in the Annex to Commission Regulation Whereas sluice-gate prices for the products specified in No 164/67/EEC of 26 June 1967 fixing the factors for Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75 must be calculating levies and sluice-gate prices for derived egg fixed in advance for each quarter ; products (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4155/87 ; Whereas, as the levies and sluice-gate prices were fixed latterly in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 744/91 (3) Whereas sluice-gate prices for the products specified in for the period 1 April to 30 June 1991 , new levies arid Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75 must be sluice-gate prices must be fixed for the period 1 July to fixed in advance for each quarter ; 30 September 1991 ; Whereas the sluice-gate price for eggs in shell is made up of two components ; Whereas the levy on eggs in shell is made up of two components ; Whereas the first component must be equal to the price on the world market for the quantity of feed grain speci­ Whereas the first component must be equal to the diffe­ fied in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 ; rence between prices within the Community and on the Whereas the price for that quantity of grain must be world market for the quantity of feed grain specified in determined in accordance with Article 4 (2) and (3) of Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 of 29 Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 ; October 1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy and the sluice-gate price for eggs (4), as last amended by Whereas the said Article 4 provides that the price for Regulation (EEC) No 4155/87 0 ; each cereal on the world market shall be equal to the average of the cif prices determined for that cereal for the Whereas the price within the Community for that quan­ period of five months ending one month before the tity of feed grain must be determined in accordance with quarter in respect of which the said component is calcu­ Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 ; whereas the lated ; whereas that period is 1 January to 31 May 1991 ; price for the like quantity on the world market must be determined in accordance with Article 3 thereof ; Whereas the second amount, which represents other feeding costs and overhead costs of production and marketing, is fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the said Article 3 provides that the prices for 2773/75 ; each type of feed grain on the world market shall be equal to the average of the cif prices determined for that Whereas the sluice-gate price for eggs for hatching must cereal for the period of five months ending one month be calculated in the same way as the sluice-gate price for before the quarter in respect of which the said component eggs in shell ; whereas, however, the quantity of feed grain used in the calculation must be that specified in Annex II (') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49 . to Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 ; whereas the standard (2) OJ No L 128, 1L 5. 1989, p. 29 . amount must be that fixed in the same Annex ; (3) OJ No L 80, 27. 3. 1991 , p. 25. ") OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 64. h OJ No L 392, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 29. (<) OJ No 129, 28. 6. 1967, p. 2578/67.

28 . 6 . 91 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 166/25

Whereas the sluice-gate prices for the products specified taken for whole products, as the production of separated in Article 1 (1 ) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75 must products requires the use of fresh eggs ; whereas this be derived from the sluice-gate prices for eggs in shell, percentage may be assessed at 7 % ; taking into account the value of the basic product, the coefficients for those products fixed in accordance with Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are Article 5 (2) of that Regulation and the standard amount in accordance with the opinion of the Management fixed in the Annex to Regulation No 1 64/67/EEC ; Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs,

Whereas, as regards the lower value to be allowed for in the calculation of the sluice-gate prices for whole HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : products, account must be taken of the absence of certain marketing costs specific to eggs in shell, and of a percen­ tage reflecting the lower prices generally obtained for eggs Article 1 intended for processing ; whereas these marketing costs — to be deducted from the sluice-gate price for eggs in The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) shell — may be assessed at 0,0967 ECU per kilogram ; No 2771 /75 and the sluice-gate prices provided for in whereas the percentage to be deducted from that reduced Article 7 thereof, in respect of the products specified in sluice-gate price may be assessed at 20 % ; Article 1 (1 ) thereof, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto . Whereas, as regards the lower value to be allowed for in the calculation of the sluice-gate prices for separated products, the same reduction in marketing costs as for Article 2 whole products should be allowed for ; whereas, however, the percentage to be deducted should be lower than that This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1991 .

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

Done at Brussels, 27 June 1991 .

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

No L 166/26 Official Journal of the European Communities 28 . 6. 91

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 27 June 1991 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

CN code Sluice-gate price Levy

ECU/ 100 units ECU/ 100 units

0407 00 11 51,38 13,62 0407 00 19 10,88 4,20

ECU/100 kg ECU/ 100 kg

0407 00 30 82,60 36,05 0408 11 10 402,03 168,71 0408 19 11 181,87 73,54 0408 19 19 193,79 78,59 0408 91 10 337,45 162,95 0408 99 10 89,43 41,82