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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3145/82
of25November 1982
fixingtheimportleviesonfrozenbeefandveal
(a)75%wherethemarketpriceislessthanorequal
to102%oftheguideprice;
(b)50%wherethemarketpri:eismorethan102%
andlessthanorequalto104%oftheguide
price;
(c)25%wherethemarketpriceismorethan104%
andlessthan106%oftheguideprice;
(d)0%wherethemarketpriceismorethan106%
oftheguideprice;
Whereas,ifitisfoundthatthepriceofadultbovine
animalsonrepresentative Communitymarketsis
equaltoorlessthantheguideprice,thelevyappli­
cableequalsthefollowingpercentageofthebasic
levy:
(a)100%wherethemarketpriceismorethanor
equalto98%oftheguideprice;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No805/68
of27June1968onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinbeefandveal(!),aslastamendedbytheAct
ofAccessionofGreece(2),andinparticularArticle12
(8)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasunderArticle9ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68alevyisapplicabletothe"productsspecifiedin
Article1(1)(a)ofthatRegulation;whereasArticle12
fixestheamountofthelevyapplicablebyreferenceto
apercentageofthebasiclevy;
Whereas,inrespectofthetypesoffrozenmeatlisted
insection(b)oftheAnnextothesaidRegulation
undersubheading02.01AIIb)1,thebasiclevyis
determinedonthebasisofthedifferencebetween:
—theguidepricemultipliedbyacoefficientrepre­
sentingtheratioexistingintheCommunity
betweenthepriceoffreshmeatofacategory
competitivewiththefrozenmeatinquestion,
presentedinthesameform,andtheaverageprice
ofadultbovineanimals,and
—theCommunityfree-at-frontier offerpricefor
frozenmeat,plustheamountofthecustomsduty
andastandardamountrepresentingthespecific
costsoftheimportoperations;
Whereas,byCommission Regulation (EEC)No
586/77of18March1977layingdownrulesforthe
applicationoftheleviesonbeefandvealandamen­
dingRegulation(EEC)No950/68ontheCommon
CustomsTariff(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No882/79(4),theabovementioned coefficient,
calculatedinaccordancewiththeruleslaiddownin
Article11(2)(a)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68,has
beenfixedat1-69unitsofaccountandthestandard
amountreferredtoinArticle11(2)(b)ofthesaid
Regulationhasbeenfixedat6-65ECU;
Whereas,ifitisfoundthatthepriceofadultbovine
animalsonrepresentative Communitymarketsis
higherthantheguideprice,thelevyapplicableequals
thefollowingpercentageofthebasiclevy:*(b)105%wherethemarketpriceislessthan98%
andmorethanorequalto96%oftheguide
price;
(c)110%wherethemarketpriceislessthan96%
andmorethanorequalto90%oftheguide
price;
(d)114%wherethemarketpriceislessthan90%of
theguideprice;
Whereastheguidepricesforadultbovineanimalsto
beappliedfrom6December1982havebeenfixedby
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No1197/82of18May
1982(5);
WhereastheCommunityfree-at-frontier offerpricefor
frozenmeatisdeterminedbyreferencetotheworld
marketpricebasedonthemostrepresentativepurcha­
singpossibilities ,asregardsqualityandquantity,
recordedoveracertainperiodprecedingthefixingof
thebasiclevy,takingintoaccountinparticular:
—foreseeabledevelopments onthemarketinfrozen
meat,
—themostrepresentative pricesonthirdcountry
marketsforfreshandchilledmeatofacategory
whichiscompetitivewithfrozenmeat,
—pastexperience ;
Whereasthebasiclevyonthetypesoffrozenmeat
listedinsection(b)oftheAnnextoRegulation(EEC)
No805/68undersubheadings02.01AIIb)2to4is
equaltothebasiclevyfixedfortheproductfalling
withinsubheading02.01AIIb)1,multipliedbya
standardcoefficientfixedforeachoftheproductsin
question;whereasthesecoefficientswerefixedin
AnnexIItoRegulation (EEC)No586/77; (')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(2)OJNoL291,29.11.1979,p.17.
(3)OJNoL75,23.3.1977,p.10.
(4)OJNoL111,4.5.1979,p.14. OOJNoL140,20.5.1982,p.26.

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Whereas,forthepurposeoffixingthefree-at-frontier
offerprices,offerpricesthatdonotcorrespondtoreal
purchasingpossibilitiesorthatrelatetounrepresenta­
tivequantitiesshouldnotbetakenintoaccount;
whereasofferpricesshouldalsobeexcludedwhenthe
movementofpricesingeneralortheinformation
availablegivesreasontobelievethattheyareunrepre­
sentativeofthetruetrendofpricesinthecountryof
origin;
Whereas,wherethefree-at-frontier offerpricefor
frozenmeatdiffersbylessthanoneunitofaccount
per100kilogramsfromthatpreviouslyusedforthe
calculationofthelevy,thelatterpriceshouldbe
retained;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle12(6)ofRegulation(EEC)
No805/68thepriceofadultbovineanimalsonrepre­
sentativeCommunitymarketsisthepriceestablished
onthebasisofpricesrecordedoveraperiodtobe
determinedontherepresentativemarketormarketsof
eachMemberStateforthevariouscategoriesofadult
bovineanimalsorofmeatfromsuchanimals,taking
intoaccountthesizeofeachofthesecategoriesand
therelativesizeofthebovineherdofeachMember
State;specialweightingcoefficientsfixedinAnnexIIto
Regulation(EEC)No610/77,ofthepricesrecordedin
thesurplusanddeficitzones;whereastheprice
recordedinthesurpluszoneisequaltothearithmetic
meanofthepricesrecordedoneachofthemarkets
withinthatzone;whereasinrespectoftheUnited
Kingdomtheweightedaveragepricesofadultbovine
animalsrecordedontherepresentative marketsof
GreatBritainontheonehandandNorthernIreland
ontheotherareadjustedbythecoefficientfixedin
theabovementioned AnnexII;
Whereaspricesforthedifferentcategoriesandquali­
tiesnotobtainedfrompriceswhichare'liveweight
excludingtax',aremultipliedbytheliveweight
conversioncoefficientsfixedinAnnexIItothesaid
Regulationand,inthecaseofItaly,arefirstincreased
orreducedbythecorrectiveamountsfixedinthesaid
Annex;
WhereasifoneormoreMemberStates,forveterinary
orhealthreasonsforexample,adoptmeasuresaffec­
tingthenormaltrendofpricesrecordedontheir
markets,theCommissionmaydisregardtheprices
recordedonthemarketormarketsinquestion,oruse
thelatestpricesrecordedonthemarketormarketsin
questionbeforetheentryintoforceofsuchmeasures;
Whereas,intheabsenceofinformation ,prices
recordedonrepresentative Communitymarketsare
determinedmainlybyreferencetothemostrecently
recordedprices;
Whereas,forsuchperiodasthepriceofadultbovine
animalsrecordedonrepresentative Community
marketsdiffersbylessthan0-24ECUper100kilo­
gramsofliveweightfromthepricepreviouslyused,
thelatterisretained;
Whereastheleviesmustbesofixedthatobligations
arisingfrominternationalagreementsconcludedby
theCommunitycontinuetobefulfilled;
Whereasthevariouscutsoffrozenmeataredefinedin
Regulation(EEC)No586/77;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle33(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68,thenomenclature providedforin
thisRegulationisincorporated intheCommon
CustomsTariff;
Whereastheleviesarefixedbeforethe27thdayof
eachmonthandareapplicablefromthefirstMonday
ofthefollowingmonth;whereastheseleviesmaybe
alteredintheperiodbetweentwofixingswherethe
basiclevyisaltered,orinthesecaseofchangesinthe
pricesrecordedonCommunity representative
markets;Whereasthepricesofadultbovineanimalsrecorded
ontherepresentative marketormarketsofeach
MemberStateareequaltotheaverage,weightedby
therelevantcoefficients ,ofthepricesforthevarious
qualitiesofadultbovineanimalsormeatofsuch
animalsoveraperiodofsevendaysinthatMember
Stateataparticularwholesalemarketingstage;
whereastherepresentative markets,categoriesand
qualitiesofproductsandweightingcoefficientsare
fixedinAnnexIItoCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No610/77of18March1977onthedetermination of
pricesofadultbovineanimalsonrepresentative
Communitymarketsandthesurveyofpricesof
certainothercattleintheCommunity('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No337/82(2);
Whereas,forMemberStateswithseveralrepresentative
markets,thepriceofeachcategoryandqualityisequal
tothearithmeticmeanofthepricesrecordedoneach
ofthosemarkets;forrepresentative marketsheld
severaltimesinoneperiodofsevendays,thepriceof
eachcategoryandqualityisequaltothearithmetic
meanofthepricesrecordedoneachmarketday;
whereasinrespectofItalythepriceofeachcategory
andqualityisequaltotheaverage,weightedbythe
(')OJNoL77,25.3.1977,p.1.
(2)OJNoL42,13.2.1982,p.9.

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mationandquotationsknowntotheCommission ,the
leviesonfrozenbeefandvealshouldbeassetoutin
theAnnexhereto.
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theircentralrate,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
Whereas,havingregardtotheprovisionsoftheafore­
mentionedRegulations ,andinparticulartotheinfor­Theimportleviesonfrozenbeefandvealshallbeas
setoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon6December
1982.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25November1982.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof25November1982fixingtheimportleviesonfrozen
beefandveal(')fortheperiodbeginning6December1982
(ECU/100kg)
CCTheadingNo Levy
*—Netweight—
02.01AIIb)1 179-071
02.01AIIb)2 143-257(a)
02.01AIIb)3 223-839
02.01Allb)4aa) 268-607
02.01Allb)4bb)11 223-839(a)
02.01AIIb)4bb)22(b) 223-839(a)
02.01AIIb)4bb)33 308-003(a)
(')InaccordancewithRegulation (EEC)No435/80,leviesarenotappliedtoimportsintothe
FrenchoverseasdepartmentsofproductsoriginatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStates
orintheoverseascountriesandterritories.
(a)WhereproductsareimportedundeitheconditionssetoutinArticle14ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No805/68of27June1968andinprovisionsadoptedforitsapplication,thelevyistotally
orpartiallysuspendedinaccordancewiththoseprovisions.
(b)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttotheproductionofacertificateissuedonconditionslaid
downbythecompetentauthoritiesoftheEuropeanCommunities .