31994R1583

1 . 7. 94 No L 166/ 123 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1583/94 of 30 June 1994 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, for the 1994/95 marketing year should be taken as the basis ; whereas, however, this fixing is without prejudice to measures to be adopted as a result of decisions which the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Council may adopt at a later date as regards monthly Community, increases for feed grain for the 1994/95 marketing year ;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75 Whereas the price within the Community for that quan­ of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the tity of feed grain must be determined in accordance with market in eggs ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 ; whereas the No 1574/93 (2), and in particular Articles 3 and 7 (1 ) price for the like quantity on the world market must be thereof, determined in accordance with Article 3 thereof ;

Whereas a levy fixed quarterly in advance must be Whereas the said Article 3 provides that the prices for charged on imports into the Community for the products each type of feed grain on the world market shall be specified in Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No equal to the average of the cif prices determined for that 2771 /75 ; cereal for the period of five months ending one month before the quarter in respect of which the said component Whereas sluice-gate prices for the products specified in is calculated ; whereas that period is 1 January to 31 May Article 1 (1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75 must be 1994 ; fixed in advance for each quarter ; Whereas the second component must be equal to 7 % of Whereas, as the levies and sluice-gate prices for eggs were the average of the sluice-gate prices applicable for the fixed latterly in Commission Regulation (EC) No four quarters to 1 April in each year ; 709/94 (3) for the period 1 April to 30 June 1994, new levies and sluice-gate prices must be fixed for the period 1 Whereas the levy on eggs for hatching must be calculated July to 30 September 1994, in the same way as the levy on eggs in shell ; whereas, however, the quantity of feed grain used in the calculation must be that shown in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No Whereas the levy on eggs in shell is made up of two 2773/75 ; whereas the second component must be equal components ; to 7 % of the average of the sluice-gate prices applicable to eggs for hatching ; Whereas the first component must be equal to the diffe­ rence between prices within the Community and on the Whereas the levy on the products specified in Article 1 world market for the quantity of feed grain specified in (1 ) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75 must be derived Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 of 29 from the levy on eggs in shell on the basis of the coeffi­ October 1975 laying down rules for calculating the levy cients set out in the Annex to Commission Regulation and the sluice-gate price for eggs (4), as last amended by No 164/67/EEC of 26 June 1967 fixing the factors for Regulation (EEC) No 4155/87 0 ; calculating levies and sluice-gate prices for derived egg products (*), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No Whereas, pursuant to Article 4 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) 3501 /93 0 ; No 2771 /75, for calculating the import levies in the poultrymeat sector, the prices for feed grain within the Whereas the sluice-gate price for eggs in shell is made up Community are determined once a year for a period of 12 of two components ; months beginning on 1 July, on the basis of the threshold prices and the monthly increases therein ; whereas, in spite of all the Commission's efforts, the Whereas the first component must be equal to the price Council has not yet fixed the monthly increases for feed on the world market for the quantity of feed grain speci­ grain ; whereas, in order to ensure the continued opera­ fied in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 ; tion of the levy mechanism in question, the amounts of the monthly increases likely to be adopted by the Council Whereas the price for that quantity of grain must be determined in accordance with Article 4 (2) and (3) of (') OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 49. Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 ; (2) OJ No L 152, 24. 6. 1993, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 85, 30. 5. 1994, p. 32. 0 OJ No L 282, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 64. 0 OJ No 129, 28 . 6. 1967, p. 2578/67. 0 OJ No L 392, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 29. 0 OJ No L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 25.

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Whereas the said Article 4 provides that the price for between the European Communities and their Member each cereal on the world market shall be equal to the States, of the one part, and the Republics of Hungary and average of the cif prices determined for that cereal for the Poland, of the other part, and Council Regulation (EEC) period of five months ending one month before the No 520/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain rules for quarter in respect of which the said component is calcu­ applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade­ lated ; whereas that period is 1 January to 31 May 1994 ; related matters between the European Economic Commu­ nity and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of Whereas the second amount, which represents other the other part (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No feeding costs and overhead costs of production and 2235/93 (*), and in particular Article 1 thereof introduce marketing, is fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No arrangements for reducing import levies on certain 2773/75 ; products ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2699/93 (6), as amended by Regulation (EC) No Whereas the sluice-gate price for eggs for hatching must 3549/93 Q, lays down detailed rules for applying the be calculated in the same way as the sluice-gate price for import arrangements provided for in these agreements as eggs in shell ; whereas, however, the quantity of feed grain regards poultrymeat ; used in the calculation must be that specified in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2773/75 ; whereas the standard Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3641 /93 (8) and amount must be that fixed in the same Annex ; (EC) No 3642/93 (9) on certain rules for applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters Whereas the sluice-gate prices for the products specified between the European Economic Community and the in Article 1 (1 ) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75 must European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, be derived from the sluice-gate prices for eggs in shell, and the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, of the other taking into account the value of the basic product, the part ; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 1 559/ coefficients for those products fixed in accordance with 94 (10) lays down detailed rules for applying the arrange­ Article 5 (2) of that Regulation and the standard amount ments provided for in these agreements as regards eggs ; fixed in the Annex to Regulation No 164/67/EEC ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Whereas as regards the lower value to be allowed for in Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs, the calculation of the sluice-gate prices for whole 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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : intended for processing ; whereas these marketing costs — to be deducted from the sluice-gate price for eggs in shell — may be assessed at 0,0967 ECU per kilogram ; Article 1 whereas the percentage to be deducted from that reduced sluice-gate price may be assessed at 20 % ; The levies provided for in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2771 /75 and the sluice-gate prices provided for in Whereas as regards the lower value to be allowed for in Article 7 thereof, in respect of the products specified in the calculation of the sluice-gate prices for separated Article 1 (1 ) thereof, shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. products, the same reduction in marketing costs as for whole products should be allowed for ; whereas, however, the percentage to be deducted should be lower than that Article 2 taken for whole products, as the production of separated products requires the use of fresh eggs ; whereas this The levies fixed in this Regulation shall apply without percentage may be assessed at 7 % ; prejudice to measures to be taken as a result of decisions which may be adopted by the Council at a later date, possibly with effect from 1 July 1994, as regards the Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Council Decision monthly increases applicable to feed grain. 91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Economic Community ('), no levies shall apply on Article 3 imports of products originating in the overseas countries and territories ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1994. Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3491 /93 (2) and (EC) No 3492/93 (3), on certain procedures for applying (4) OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9. the Europe Agreement establishing an association O OJ No L 200, 10. 8 . 1993, p. 5. («) OJ No L 245, 1 . 10 . 1993, p. 88 . 0 OJ No L 324, 24. 12. 1993, p. 8 . (') OJ No L 263, 19. 9 . 1991 , p. 1 . (8) OJ No L 333, 31 . 12. 1993, p. 16. I1) OJ No L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 333 , 31 . 12. 1993 , p. 17. 0 OJ No L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 4. (10) See page 62 of this Official Journal .

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

Done at Brussels, 30 June 1994.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 30 June 1994 fixing the sluice-gate prices and levies for eggs (3)

CN code Sluice-gate price Levy

ECU/ 100 units ECU/ 100 units

0407 00 11 51,88 9,93 (') 0407 00 19 11,05 y4f )

ECU/ 100 kg ECU/ 100 kg

0407 0030 84,12 24,94 (') 0408 11 80 408,67 116,72 (') 0408 19 81 184,77 50,88 (>) 0408 19 89 196,88 54,37 (') 0408 91 80 342,96 1 1 2,73 (') (2) 0408 99 80 90,85 28,93 (') (2)

(') Products falling within this code, imported from Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic under the Agreements concluded between those countries and the Community, and in respect of which EUR.l certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2699/93 have been presented, are subject to the levies set out in the Annex to that Regulation. (2) Products falling within this code, imported from Romania and Bulgaria under the Interim Agreements concluded between those countries and the Community, and in respect of which EUR.l certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1 559/94 have been presented, are subject to the levies set out in the Annex to that Regulation. (3) No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.