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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No924/81
of3April1981
fixingtheimportleviesonfrozenbeefandveal
whereas,ifitisfoundthatthepriceofadultbovine
animalsonrepresentative Communitymarketsis
higherthantheguideprice,thelevyapplicableequals
thefollowingpercentageofthebasiclevy:
(a)75%wherethemarketpriceislessthanorequal
to102%oftheguideprice;
(b)50%wherethemarketpriceismorethan102%
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;
(b)105%wherethemarketpriceislessthan98%
andmorethanorequalto96%oftheguide
price;
(c)110%wherethemarketpriceislessthan96%
andmorethanorequalto90%oftheguide
price;
(d)114%wherethemarketpriceislessthan90%
oftheguideprice;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
805/68of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinbeefandveal(*),aslastamendedby
theActofAccessionofGreece(2),andinparticular
Article12(8)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasunderArticle9ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68alevyisapplicabletotheproductsspecifiedin
Article1(1)(a)ofthatRegulation ;whereasArticle12
fixestheamountofthelevyapplicablebyreferenceto
apercentageofthebasiclevy;
Whereas,inrespectofthetypesoffrozenmeatlisted
insection(b)oftheAnnextothesaidRegulation
undersubheading02.01AIIb)1,thebasiclevyis
determined onthebasisofthedifferencebetween :
—theguidepricemultipliedbyacoefficientrepre­
sentingtheratioexistingintheCommunity
betweenthepriceoffreshmeatofacategory
competitivewiththefrozenmeatinquestion,
presentedinthesameform,andtheaverageprice
ofadultbovineanimals,and
—theCommunityfree-at-frontier offerpricefor
frozenmeat,plustheamountofthecustomsduty
andastandardamountrepresentingthespecific
costsoftheimportoperations ;
Whereas,byCommission Regulation (EEC)No
586/77of18March1977layingdownrulesforthe
applicationoftheleviesonbeefandvealand
amendingRegulation (EEC)No950/68onthe
CommonCustomsTariff(3),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EEC)No882/79(4),theabovementioned coeffi­
cient,calculatedinaccordancewiththeruleslaid
downinArticle11(2)(a)ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68,hasbeenfixedat1-69unitsofaccountand
thestandardamountreferredtoinArticle11(2)(b)of
thesaidRegulationhasbeenfixedat6-65ECU;Whereastheguidepricesforadultbovineanimalsto
beappliedfrom6April1981havebeenfixedby
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No898/81of1April
1981(5);
WhereastheCommunityfree-at-frontier offerprice
forfrozenmeatisdeterminedbyreferencetothe
worldmarketpricebasedonthemostrepresentative
purchasingpossibilities ,asregardsqualityandquan­
tity,recordedoveracertainperiodprecedingthe
fixingofthebasiclevy,takingintoaccountinparti­
cular:(')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. (5)OJNoL90,4.4.1981.

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—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;
Whereas,forthepurposeoffixingthefree-at-frontier
offerprices,offerpricesthatdonotcorrespondtoreal
purchasingpossibilitiesorthatrelatetounrepresenta­
tivequantitiesshouldnotbetakenintoaccount;
whereasofferpricesshouldalsobeexcludedwhenthe
movementofpricesingeneralortheinformation
availablegivesreasontobelievethattheyareunrepre­
sentativeofthetruetrendofpricesinthecountryof
origin;
Whereas,wherethefree-at-frontier offerpricefor
frozenmeatdiffersbylessthanoneunitofaccount
per100kilogramsfromthatpreviouslyusedforthe
calculationofthelevy,thelatterpriceshouldbe
retained;Communitymarketsandthesurveyofpricesof
certainothercattleintheCommunity('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No3470/80(2);
Whereas,forMemberStateswithseveralrepresenta­
tivemarkets,thepriceofeachcategoryandqualityis
equaltothearithmeticmeanofthepricesrecorded
oneachofthosemarkets;forrepresentative markets
heldseveraltimesinoneperiodofsevendays,the
priceofeachcategoryandqualityisequaltothearith­
meticmeanofthepricesrecordedoneachmarket
day;whereasinrespectofItalythepriceofeachcate­
goryandqualityisequaltotheaverage,weightedby
thespecialweightingcoefficientsfixedinAnnexIIto
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,adoptmeasures
affectingthenormaltrendofpricesrecordedontheir
markets,theCommissionmaydisregardtheprices
recordedonthemarketormarketsinquestion,oruse
thelatestpricesrecordedonthemarketormarketsin
questionbeforetheentryintoforceofsuchmeasures;
Whereas,intheabsenceofinformation ,prices
recordedonrepresentative Communitymarketsare
determinedmainlybyreferencetothemostrecently
recordedprices;
Whereas,forsuchperiodasthepriceofadultbovine
animalsrecordedonrepresentative Community
marketsdiffersbylessthan0-24ECUper100kilo­
gramsofliveweightfromthepricepreviouslyused,
thelatterisretained;
Whereastheleviesmustbesofixedthatobligations
arisingfrominternationalagreementsconcludedby
theCommunitycontinuetobefulfilled;WhereaspursuanttoArticle12(6)ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68thepriceofadultbovineanimalson
representative Communitymarketsisthepriceesta­
blishedonthebasisofpricesrecordedoveraperiod
tobedeterminedontherepresentative marketor
marketsofeachMemberStateforthevariouscatego­
riesofadultbovineanimalsorofmeatfromsuch
animals,takingintoaccountthesizeofeachofthese
categoriesandtherelativesizeofthebovineherdof
eachMemberState;
Whereasthepricesofadultbovineanimalsrecorded
ontherepresentative marketormarketsofeach
MemberStateareequaltotheaverage,weightedby
therelevantcoefficients ,ofthepricesforthevarious
qualitiesofadultbovineanimalsormeatofsuch
animalsoveraperiodofsevendaysinthatMember
Stateataparticularwholesalemarketingstage;
whereastherepresentative markets,categoriesand
qualitiesofproductsandweightingcoefficientsare
fixedinAnnexIItoCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No610/77of18March1977onthedetermination of
pricesofadultbovineanimalsonrepresentative(')OJNoL77,25.3.1977,p.1.
(-')OJNoL363,31.12.1980,p.35.

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ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindent;
Whereas,havingregardtotheprovisionsoftheafore­
mentionedRegulations,andinparticulartotheinfor­
mationandquotationsknowntotheCommission ,the
leviesonfrozenbeefandvealshouldbeassetoutin
theAnnexhereto,Whereasthevariouscutsoffrozenmeataredefined
inRegulation (EEC)No586/77;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle33(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68,thenomenclature providedforin
thisRegulationisincorporated intheCommon
CustomsTariff;
Whereastheleviesarefixedbeforethe27thdayof
eachmonthandareapplicablefromthefirstMonday
ofthefollowingmonth;whereastheseleviesmaybe
alteredintheperiodbetweentwofixingswherethe
basiclevyisaltered,orinthecaseofchangesinthe
pricesrecordedonCommunity representative
markets;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2-25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theimportleviesonfrozenbeefandvealshallbeas
setoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon6April
1981.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,3April1981.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof3April1981fixingtheimportleviesonfrozenbeefand
veal(!)fortheperiodbeginning6April1981
(ECU/100kg)
CCTheadingNo Levy
—Netweight—
02.01AIIb)1 133-854
02.01AIIb)2 107-084(a)
02.01Allb)3 167-318
02.01AIIb)4aa) 200-781
02.01AIIb)4bb)11 167-318(a)
02.01Alib)4bb)22(b) 167-318(a)
02.01AIIb)4bb)33 230-230(a)
(')InaccordancewithRegulation (EEC)No435/80,leviesarenotappliedtoimportsintothe
FrenchoverseasdepartmentsofproductsoriginatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStates
orintheoverseascountriesandterritories .
(a)WhereproductsareimportedundertheconditionssetoutinArticle14ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No805/68of27June1968andinprovisionsadoptedforitsapplication ,thelevyistotally
orpartiallysuspendedinaccordancewiththoseprovisions .
(b)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttotheproductionofacertificateissuedonconditionslaid
downbythecompetentauthoritiesoftheEuropeanCommunities .