31.3.94 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL87/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No724/94
of30March1994
fixingtheimportleviesonfrozenbeefandveal
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No805/68of
27June1968onthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inbeefandveal('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No3611/93(2),andinparticularArticle12(8)thereof,
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle9ofRegulation(EEC)No
805/68,alevyisapplicabletotheproductsspecifiedin
Article1(1)(a)ofthatRegulation ;whereasArticle12
fixestheamountofthelevyapplicablebyreferencetoa
percentageofthebasiclevy;
Whereas,inrespectofthetypesoffrozenmeatlistedin
section(b)oftheAnnextothesaidRegulationunderCN
codes02021000and02022010,thebasiclevyisdeter­
minedonthebasisofthedifferencebetween:
—theguidepricemultipliedbyacoefficientrepresent­
ingtheratioexistingintheCommunitybetweenthe
priceoffreshmeatofacategorycompetitivewiththe
frozenmeatinquestion,presentedinthesameform,
andtheaveragepriceofadultbovineanimals,and
—theCommunityfree-at-frontier offerpriceforfrozen
meat,plustheamountofthecustomsdutyandastan­
dardamountrepresentingthespecificcostsofthe
importoperations;
Whereas,byCommissionRegulation(EEC)No586/77of
18March1977layingdownrulesfortheapplicationof
theleviesonbeefandvealandamendingRegulation
(EEC)No950/68ontheCommonCustomsTariff(3),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3661/92(4),the
abovementioned coefficient,calculatedinaccordancewith
theruleslaiddowninArticle11(2)(a)ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68,hasbeenfixedat1,69unitsofaccount
andthestandardamountreferredtoinArticle11(2)(b)
ofthesaidRegulationhasbeenfixedatECU6,65;
Whereas,ifitisfoundthatthepriceofadultbovine
animalsonrepresentativeCommunitymarketsishigher
thantheguideprice,thelevyapplicableequalsthefol­
lowingpercentageofthebasiclevy:
(a)75%wherethemarketpriceislessthanorequalto
102%oftheguideprice;
(b)50%wherethemarketpriceismorethan102%and
lessthanorequalto104%oftheguideprice;(c)25%wherethemarketpriceismorethan104%and
lessthanorequalto106%oftheguideprice;
(d)0%wherethemarketpriceismorethan106%of
theguideprice;
Whereas,ifitisfoundthatthepriceofadultbovine
animalsonrepresentativeCommunitymarketsisequalto
orlessthantheguideprice,thelevyapplicableequalsthe
followingpercentageofthebasiclevy:
(a)100%wherethemarketpriceismorethanorequal
to98%oftheguideprice;
(b)105%wherethemarketpriceislessthan98%and
morethanorequalto96%oftheguideprice;
(c)110%wherethemarketpriceislessthan96%and
morethanorequalto90%oftheguideprice;
(d)114%wherethemarketpriceislessthan90%of
theguideprice;
Whereastheguidepricesforadultbovineanimalsforthe
1993/94marketingyearhavebeenfixedbyCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No1563/93(*);whereasCouncilRegu­
lation(EC)No719/94(6)extendsthecommercialization
ofthe1993/94beefsectoruntil30June1994;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1753/93f)
determinescertainpricesfixedinecusinthebeefand
vealsectorasaresultofthemonetaryrealignmentsinthe
1992/93marketingyear;
WhereastheCommunityfree-at-frontier offerpricefor
frozenmeatisdeterminedbyreferencetotheworld
marketpricebasedonthemostrepresentativepurchasing
possibilities,asregardsqualityandquantity,recordedover
acertainperiodprecedingthefixingofthebasiclevy,
takingintoaccountinparticular :
—foreseeabledevelopments onthemarketinfrozen
meat,
—themostrepresentative pricesonthirdcountry
marketsforfreshandchilledmeatofacategorywhich
iscompetitivewithfrozenmeat,
—pastexperience ;
Whereasthebasiclevyonthetypesoffrozenmeatlisted
insection(b)oftheAnnextoRegulation(EEC)No
805/68underCNcodes02022050,02022090,
02023010,02023050and02023090isequaltothe
basiclevyfixedfortheproductsfallingwithinCNcodes
02021000and02022010,multipliedbyastandard
(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(2)OJNoL328,29.12.1993,p.7.0OJNoL75,23.3.1977,p.10.
(<)OJNoL370,19.12.1992,p.16.0OJNoL154,25.6.1993,p.35.
(6)Seepage1ofthisOfficialJournal .
OOJNoL161,2.7.1993,p.44.

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Whereaspricesforthedifferentcategoriesandqualities
notobtainedfrompriceswhichare'liveweightexcluding
tax',aremultipliedbytheliveweightconversioncoeffi­
cientsfixedinAnnexIItothesaidRegulationand,inthe
caseofItaly,arefirstincreasedorreducedbythecorrec­
tiveamountsfixedinthesaidAnnex;coefficientfixedforeachoftheproductsinquestion;
whereasthesecoefficientswerefixedinAnnexIIto
Regulation(EEC)No586/77;
Whereas,forthepurposeoffixingthefree-at-frontier
offerprices,offerpricesthatdonotcorrespondtoreal
purchasingpossibilitiesorthatrelatetounrepresentative
quantitiesshouldnotbetakenintoaccount;whereas
offerpricesshouldalsobeexcludedwhenthemovement
ofpricesingeneralortheinformationavailablegives
reasontobelievethattheyareunrepresentative ofthetrue
trendofpricesinthecountryoforigin;WhereasifoneormoreMemberStates,forveterinaryor
healthreasonsforexample,adoptmeasuresaffectingthe
normaltrendofpricesrecordedontheirmarkets,the
Commissionmaydisregardthepricesrecordedonthe
marketormarketsinquestion,orusethelatestprices
recordedonthemarketormarketsinquestionbeforethe
entryintoforceofsuchmeasures;
Whereas,intheabsenceofinformation ,pricesrecorded
onrepresentative Communitymarketsaredetermined
mainlybyreferencetothemostrecentlyrecordedprices;Whereas,wherethefree-at-frontier offerpriceforfrozen
meatdiffersbylessthanoneunitofaccountper100kilo­
gramsfromthatpreviouslyusedforthecalculationofthe
levy,thelatterpriceshouldberetained;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle12(6)ofRegulation(EEC)
No805/68thepriceofadultbovineanimalsonrepresen­
tativeCommunitymarketsisthepriceestablishedonthe
basisofpricesrecordedoveraperiodtobedeterminedon
therepresentative marketormarketsofeachMember
Stateforthevariouscategoriesofadultbovineanimalsor
ofmeatfromsuchanimals,takingintoaccountthesizeof
eachofthesecategoriesandtherelativesizeofthebovine
herdofeachMemberState:Whereas,forsuchperiodasthepriceofadultbovine
animalsrecordedonrepresentative Communitymarkets
differsbylessthanECU0,24per100kilogramsoflive
weightfromthepricepreviouslyused,thelatteris
retained;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No715/90(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No235/94(4),laysdownthe
arrangements applicableonagriculturalproductsand
certaingoodsresultingfromtheprocessingofagricultural
productsoriginatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacific
States;Whereastherepresentativemarkets,categoriesandquali­
tiesofproductsandweightingcoefficientsarefixedin
AnnexIItoCommissionRegulation(EEC)No610/77of
18March1977onthedetermination ofpricesofadult
bovineanimalsonrepresentative Communitymarkets
andthesurveyofpricesofcertainothercattleinthe
Community('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1460/93(2);WhereasCouncilRegulations (EC)No3491/93(^and
(EC)No3492/93(6),oncertainproceduresforapplying
theEuropeAgreementestablishinganassociation
betweentheEuropeanCommunities andtheirMember
States,oftheonepart,andtheRepublicsofHungaryand
Poland,oftheotherpart,andCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No520/92of27February1992oncertainrulesfor
applyingtheInterimAgreementontradeandtrade­
relatedmattersbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nityandtheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity,ofthe
onepart,andtheCzechandSlovakFederalRepublic,of
theotherpart(7),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
2235/93(8),andinparticularArticle1thereofintroduce
arrangements forreducingimportleviesoncertain
products;whereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No
2697/93(9),asamendedbyRegulation(EC)No3558/93
(10),laysdowndetailedrulesforapplyingthearrange­
mentsprovidedforintheseagreementsasregardsbeef;Whereas,forMemberStateswithseveralrepresentative
markets,thepriceofeachcategoryandqualityisequalto
thearithmeticmeanofthepricesrecordedoneachof
thosemarkets;forrepresentative marketsheldseveral
timesinoneperiodofsevendays,thepriceofeachcat­
egoryandqualityisequaltothearithmeticmeanofthe
pricesrecordedoneachmarketday;whereasinrespectof
Italythepriceofeachcategoryandqualityisequaltothe
average,weightedbythespecialweightingcoefficients
fixedinAnnexIItoRegulation(EEC)No610/77,ofthe
pricesrecordedinthesurplusanddeficitzones;whereas
thepricerecordedinthesurpluszoneisequaltothe
arithmeticmeanofthepricesrecordedoneachofthe
marketswithinthatzone;whereasinrespectofthe
UnitedKingdomtheweightedaveragepricesofadult
bovineanimalsrecordedontherepresentativemarketsof
GreatBritainontheonehandandNorthernIrelandon
theotherareadjustedbythecoefficientfixedinthe
abovementioned AnnexII;(3)OJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85.
(4)OJNoL30,3.2.1994,p.12.
0OJNoL319,21.12.1993,p.1.
(<)OJNoL319,21.12.1993,p.4.0OJNoL56,29.2.1992,p.9.
(8)OJNoL200,10.8.1993,p.5.
0OJNoL245,1.10.1993,p.75.
HOJNoL324,24.12.1993,p.38.(')OJNoL77,25.3.1977,p.1.
(2)OJNoL143,15.6.1993,p.5.

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WhereasCouncilRegulations (EC)No3641/93(')and
(EC)No3642/93(2)oncertainrulesforapplyingthe
InterimAgreementontradeandtrade-relatedmatters
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
EuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity,oftheonepart,
andtheRepublicofBulgariaandRomania,oftheother
part;whereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No346/94(3),
laysdowndetailedrulesforapplyingthearrangements
providedforintheseagreementsasregardsbeef;altered,orinthesecaseofchangesinthepricesrecorded
onCommunityrepresentative markets;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3813/92(*),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No3528/93(%areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies ;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1068/93f),amendedbyRegulation(EC)
No547/94(8);
Whereas,havingregardtotheprovisionsoftheaforemen­
tionedRegulations,andinparticulartotheinformation
andquotationsknowntotheCommission ,thelevieson
frozenbeefandvealshouldbeassetoutintheAnnex
hereto,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theimportleviesonfrozenbeefandvealshallbeasset
outintheAnnex.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon4April1994.Whereas,pursuanttoArticle101(1)ofCouncilDecision
91/482/EECof25July1991ontheassociationofthe
overseascountriesandterritorieswiththeEuropean
EconomicCommunity(4),noleviesshallapplyon
importsofproductsoriginatingintheoverseascountries
andterritories;
Whereasthevariouscutsoffrozenmeataredefinedin
Regulation (EEC)No586/77;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle33(2)ofRegulation(EEC)
No805/68,thenomenclatureprovidedforinthisRegula­
tionisincorporatedinthecombinednomenclature ;
Whereastheleviesarefixedbeforethe27thdayofeach
monthandareapplicablefromthefirstMondayofthe
followingmonth;whereastheseleviesmaybealteredin
theperiodbetweentwofixingswherethebasiclevyis
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30March1994.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL333,31.12.1993,p.16. 0OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
OOJNoL333,31.12.1993,p.17. («)OJNoL320,22.12.1993,p.32.
(3)OJNoL44,17.2.1994,p.15.
(4)OJNoL263,19.9.1991,p.1.OOJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
(8OJNoL69,12.3.1994,p.1.

NoL87/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.3.94
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30March1994fixingtheimportleviesonfrozenbeef
andveal(')(2)
(ECU/100kg)
CNcode Levy
—Netweight—
02021000 164,833(3)
02022010 164,8330
02022030 131,866f)
02022050 206,041(3)
02022090 247,249(3)
02023010 206,041(3)
02023050 206,041(3)
02023090 283,512(3)
02062991 283,512
(')InaccordancewithamendedRegulation(EEC)No715/90,leviesarenotappliedtoproductsimporteddirectly
intotheFrenchoverseasdepartments ,originatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStates.
(2)NoimportlevyappliestoOCToriginatingproductsaccordingtoArticle101(1)ofDecision91/482/EEC.
(3)Productsfallingwithinthiscode,importedfromPolandorHungaryundertheAgreementsconcludedbetween
thosecountriesandtheCommunityandtheInterimAgreementsbetweentheCzechRepublic,theSlovakRepu­
blic,Bulgaria,RomaniaandtheCommunity,andinrespectofwhichEUR.lcertificatesissuedinaccordance
withCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2697/93,amended,orRegulation(EC)No346/94havebeenpresented,
aresubjecttotheleviesforeseeninthoseRegulations.