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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3555/87
of26November 1987
fixingtheimportleviesonfrozenbeefandveal
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean
Economic Community ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccession ofSpainand
Portugal ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No805/68of
27June1968onthecommonorganization ofthemarket
inbeefandveal('),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No467/87(2),andin-particular Article12(8)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee ,
WhereasunderArticle9ofRegulation (EEC)No£05/68
alevyisapplicable totheproductsspecifiedinArticle 1
(1)(a)ofthatRegulation ;whereasArticle12fixesthe
amountofthelevyapplicable byreference toapercen­
tageofthebasiclevy;
Whereas ,inrespectofthetypesoffrozenmeatlistedin
section(b)oftheAnnextothesaidRegulation under
subheading 02.01AIIb)1,thebasiclevyisdetermined
onthebasisofthedifference between :
—theguidepricemultiplied byacoefficient represen­
tingtheratioexistingintheCommunity betweenthe
priceoffreshmeatofacategorycompetitive withthe
frozenmeatinquestion ,presented inthesameform,
andtheaveragepriceofadultbovineanimals ,and
—theCommunity free-at-frontier offerpriceforfrozen
meat,plustheamountofthecustomsdutyandastan­
dardamountrepresenting thespecificcostsofthe
importoperations ;
Whereas ,byCommission Regulation (EEC)No586/77of
18March1977layingdownrulesfortheapplication of
theleviesonbeefandvealandamending Regulation
(EEC)No950/68ontheCommon CustomsTariff(3),as
lastamended byRegulation (EEC)No3114/83(4),the
abovementioned coefficient ,calculated inaccordance with
theruleslaiddowninArticle 11(2)(a)ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68,hasbeenfixedat1-69unitsofaccount
andthestandardamountreferredtoinArticle 11(2)(b)
ofthesaidRegulation hasbeenfixedat6,65ECU;
Whereas ,ifitisfoundthatthepriceofadultbovine
animalsonrepresentative Community marketsishigherthantheguideprice,thelevyapplicable equalsthefollo­
wingpercentage ofthebasiclevy:
(a)75%wherethemarketpriceislessthanorequalto
102%oftheguideprice;
(b)50%wherethemarketpriceismorethan102%and
lessthanorequalto104%"oftheguideprice;
(c)25%wherethemarketpriceismorethan104%and
lessthan106%oftheguideprice;
(d)0%wherethemarketpriceismorethan106%of
theguideprice;
Whereas ,ifitisfound-thatthepriceofadultbovine
animalsonrepresentative Community marketsisequalto
orlessthantheguideprice,thelevyapplicable equalsthe
following percentage ofthebasiclevy:
(a)100%wherethemarketpriceismorethanorequal
to98%oftheguideprice.;"
(b)105%wherethemarketpriceislessthan98%and
morethanorequalto96%erftheguideprice;
(c)110%wherethemarketpriceislessthan96%and
morethanorequalto90%oftheguideprice;
(d)114%wherethemarketpriceislessthan90%rof
theguideprice;
Whereastheguidepricesforadultbovineanimalstobe
appliedfrom6July1987havebeenfixedbyCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No1891/87(*);
WhereastheCommunity free-at-frontier offerpricefor
frozenmeatisdetermined byreference totheworld
marketpricebasedonthemostrepresentative purchasing
possibilities ,asregardsqualityandquantity ,recordedover
acertainperiodpreceding thefixingofthebasiclevy,
takingintoaccountinparticular :
—foreseeable developments onthemarketinfrozen
meat,
—themostrepresentative pricesonthirdcountry
marketsforfreshandchilledmeatofacategorywhich
iscompetitive withfrozenmeat,
—pastexperience ;
Whereasthebasiclevyonthetypesoffrozenmeatlisted
insection(b)oftheAnnextoRegulation (EEC)No
805/68undersubheadings 02.01AIIb)2to4isequalto
thebasiclevyfixedfortheproductfallingwithinsubhea­
ding02.01AIIb)1,multiplied byastandardcoefficient (')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.0OJNoL48,17.2.1987,p.1.
(3)OJNoL75,23.3.1977,p.10.
(4)OJNoL303,5.11.1983,p.16. nOJNoL182,3.7.1987.

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fixedforeachoftheproductsinquestion ;whereasthese
coefficients werefixedinAnnexIItoRegulation (EEC)
No586/77;timesinoneperiodofsevendays,thepriceofeachcate­
goryandqualityisequaltothearithmetic meanofthe
pricesrecordedoneachmarketday;whereasinrespectof
Italythepriceofeachcategoryandqualityisequaltothe
average,weighted bythespecialweighting coefficients
fixedinAnnexIItoRegulation (EEC)No610/77,ofthe
pricesrecordedinthesurplusanddeficitzones,;whereas
thepricerecordedinthesurpluszoneisequaltothe
arithmetic meanofthepricesrecordedoneachofthe
marketswithinthatzone;whereasinrespectofthe
UnitedKingdom theweighted averagepricesofadult
bovineanimalsrecordedontherepresentative marketsof
GreatBritainontheonehandandNorthern Irelandon
theotherareadjustedbythecoefficient fixedinthe
abovementioned AnnexII;Whereas ,forthepurposeoffixingthefree-at-frontier
offerprices,offerpricesthatdonotcorrespond toreal
purchasing possibilities orthatrelatetounrepresentative
quantities shouldnotbetakenintoaccount ;whereas
offerpricesshouldalsobeexcludedwhenthemovement
ofpricesingeneralortheinformation availablegives
reasontobelievetha:ttheyareunrepresentative ofthetrue
trendofpricesinthecountryoforigin;
Whereas ,wherethefree-at-frontier offerpriceforfrozen
meatdiffersbylessthanoneunitofaccountper100kilo­
gramsfromthatpreviously usedforthecalculation ofthe
levy,thelatterpriceshouldberetained ;Whereaspricesforthedifferentcategories andqualities
notobtainedfrompriceswhichare'liveweightexcluding
tax',aremultiplied bytheliveweightconversion coeffi­
cientsfixedinAnnexIItothesaidRegulation and,inthe
caseofItaly,arefirstincreased orreducedbythecorrec­
tiveamounts fixedinthesaidAnnex ;WhereaspursuanttoArticle12(6)ofRegulation (EEC)
No805/68thepriceofadultbovineanimalsonrepresen­
tativeCommunity marketsisthepriceestablished onthe
basisofpricesrecordedoveraperiodtobedetermined on
therepresentative marketormarketsofeachMember
Stateforthevariouscategories ofadult.bovineanimalsor
ofmeatfromsuchanimals,takingintoaccountthesizeof
eachofthesecategories andtherelativesizeofthebovine
herdofeachMember State;Whereas ifoneormoreMemberStates,forveterinary or
healthreasonsforexample ,adoptmeasuresaffectingthe
normaltrendofpricesrecordedontheirmarkets,the
Commission maydisregard thepricesrecordedonthe
marketormarketsinquestion ,orusethelatestprices
recordedonthemarketormarketsinquestionbeforethe
entryintoforceofsuchmeasures ;
Whereas ,intheabsenceofinformation ,pricesrecorded
onrepresentative Community marketsaredetermined
mainlybyreferencetothemostrecentlyrecordedprices;
Whereas ,forsuchperiodasthepriceofadultbovine
animalsrecordedonrepresentative Community markets
differsbylessthan0,24ECUper100kilograms oflive
weightfromthepricepreviously used,thelatteris
retained ;Whereasthepricesof-adultbovineanimalsrecordedon
therepresentative marketormarketsofseachMember
Stateareequaltotheaverage,weightedbytherelevant
coefficients ,ofthepricesforthevariousqualitiesofadult
bovineanimalsormeatofsuchanimalsoveraperiodof
sevendaysinthatMemberStateataparticularwholesale
marketing stage;whereas,thepriceofadultbovine
animalsrecordedontherepresentative marketormarkets
oftheUnitedKingdom shallbecorrectedbytheamount
ofthepremiumgrantedtoproducers underRegulation
(EEC)No1347/86('),aslastamended byRegulation
(EEC)No467/87(2);whereastherepresentative markets,
categories andqualitiesofproductsandweighting coeffi­
cientsarefixedinAnnexIItoCommission Regulation
(EEC)No610/77of18March1977onthedetermination
ofpricesofadultbovineanimalsonrepresentative
Community marketsandthesurveyofpricesofcertain
othercattleintheCommunity (3),aslastamended by
Regulation (EEC)No3003/87(4);Whereas theleviesmustbesofixedthatobligations
arisingfrominternational agreements concluded bythe
Community continue tobefulfilled ;
\
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No486/85(*),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1821/87(*),laysdown
thearrangements applicable onagricultural productsand
certaingoodsresultingfromtheprocessing ofagricultural
productsoriginating intheAfrican,Caribbean andPacific
Statesorintheoverseascountries andterritories ;
Whereas thevariouscutsoffrozenmeataredefinedin
Regulation (EEC)No586/77;Whereas ,forMemberStateswithseveralrepresentative
markets,thepriceofeachcategoryandqualityisequalto
thearithmetic meanofthepricesrecordedoneachof
thosemarkets ;forrepresentative marketsheldseveral
(')OJNoL119,8.5.1986,p.40.
(2)OJNoL48,17.2.1987,p.1.
(3)OJNoL77,25.3.1977,p.1.
(4)OJNoL285,8.10.1987,p.110OJNoL61,1.3.1985,p.4.faOJNoL172,30.6.1987,p.102.

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rate,multiplied bythecorrective factorprovidedforin
thelastparagraph ofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85(2),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1636/87(3),
—forothercurrencies ,anexchange ratebasedonthe.
arithmetic meanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrencies recordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunity currencies referredtointhe
previousindentandtheaforesaidcoefficient ,
Whereas ,havingregardtotheprovisions oftheaforemen­
tionedRegulations ,andinparticular totheinformation
andquotations knowntotheCommission ,thelevieson
frozenbeefandvealshouldbisassetoutintheAnnex
hereto,Whereas ,pursuanttoArticle33(2)ofRegulation (EEC)
No805/68,thenomenclature providedforinthisRegula­
tionisincorporated intheCommon CustomsTariff;
Whereastheleviesarefixedbeforethe27thdayofeach
monthandareapplicable fromthefirstMondayofthe
followingmonth;whereastheseleviesmaybealteredin
theperiodbetweentwofixingswherethebasiclevyis
altered,orinthesecaseofchangesinthepricesrecorded
onCommunity representative markets ;
WhereasCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2658/87of23
July1987onthetariffandstatisticalnomenclature and
ontheCommon CustomsTariff(')introduces ,witheffect
from1January1988,anew'combined nomenclature '
whichmeetstherequirements ofboththeCommon
CustomsTariffandtheCommunity 'sstatisticsonforeign
tradeandwhichreplacestheexistingnomenclature ;
whereastheentryintoforceofthecombined nomencla­
turewillentailanamendment toRegulation (EEC)No
805/68and,therefore ,tothelistofproductsforwhich
leviesareset;whereasinsomecasestheamountsfrom1
January1988cannot,therefore ,bedetermined atthis
stage;whereasaccordingly ,thisfixingshould,exception­
ally,applyuntil31December 1987only,theamounts
from1January1988beingsetatalaterstage;
Whereas ,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally ,levies
shouldbecalculated onthefollowing basis:
—inthecaseofcurrencies whicharemaintained inrela­
tionto-eachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchange basedontheircentralHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article 1
Theimportleviesonfrozenbeefandvealshallbeasset
outintheAnnexfrom7to31December 1987.-
Article2
ThisRegulation shallenterintoforceon7December
1987.
ThisRegulation shallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable in=allMember
States.
DoneatBrussels ,26November 1987.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
(2)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
(3)OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1. (')OJNoL256,7.9.1987,p.1.

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■ANNEX
totheCommission Regulation of26November 1987fixingtheimportlevies6nfrozen
beefandveal(*)
(ECU/100kg)
CCTheadingNo Levy
02.01AIIb)1
02.01Alib)2
02.01Alib)3
02.01Allb)4aa)
02.01Allb)4bb)11
02.01AIIb)4bb)22(b)
02.01Alib)4bb)33—Netweight—
224,619
179,695(a)
280,774
336,928
280,774(a)
280,774(a)
386,344 (a)
(')Inaccordance withRegulation (EEC)No486/85,leviesarenotappliedtoimportsintotheFrenchoverseas
departments ofproductsoriginating intheAfrican,Caribbean andPacificStatesorintheoverseascountriesand
territories .
(a)Whereproductsareimportedundertheconditions setoutinArticle14ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No805/68
andinprovisions adoptedforitsapplication ,thelevyistotallyorpartiallysuspended inaccordance withthose
provisions .
(b)Entryunderthissubheading issubjecttotheproduction ofacertificate issuedonconditions laiddownbythe
competent authorities oftheEuropean Communities .