NoL112/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 5.5.79
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No899/79
of4May1979
fixingtheimportleviesonlivecattleandonbeefandvealotherthanfrozen
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
805/68of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinbeefandveal('),aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No425/77(2),andinparticular
Article12(8)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasunderArticle9ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68alevyisapplicabletotheproductsspecifiedin
Article1(l)(a)ofthatRegulation ;whereasArticle12
fixestheamountofthelevyapplicablebyreferenceto
apercentageofthebasiclevy;
Whereasinrespectofbovineanimalsthebasiclevyis
determinedonthebasisofthedifferencebetweenthe
guidepriceandtheCommunityfree-at-frontier offer
priceplustheamountofthecustomsduty;whereas
theCommunityfree-at-frontier offerpriceisdeter­
minedinthelightofthemostrepresentative
purchasingpossibilities,asregardsqualityandquan­
tity,recordedoveracertainperiodforbovineanimals
andforthefreshorchilledmeatspecifiedin
section(a)oftheAnnextothesaidRegulationunder
subheadings02.01AIIa)1to3,accountbeingtaken
inparticularofthepositionwithrespecttosupply
anddemand,ofworldmarketpricesforfrozenmeat
ofacategorywhichiscompetitivewithfreshor
chilledmeatandofpastexperience ;
Whereasifitisfoundthatthepriceofadultbovine
animalsonrepresentative Communitymarketsis
higherthantheguideprice,thelevyapplicableequals
thefollowingpercentageofthebasiclevy:
(a)75%wherethemarketpriceislessthanorequal
to102%oftheguideprice;
(b)50%wherethemarketpriceismorethan102%
andlessthanorequalto104%oftheguide
price;
(c)25%wherethemarketpriceismorethan104%
andlessthanorequalto106%oftheguide
price;
(d)0%wherethemarketpriceismorethan106%
oftheguideprice;Whereasifitisfoundthatthepriceofadultbovine
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;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle10(4)ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68thebasiclevyonthemeatspecified
insections(a),(c)and(d)oftheAnnextheretoisequal
tothebasiclevydeterminedforbovineanimals,multi­
pliedbyastandardcoefficientfixedforeachofthe
productsinquestion;whereasthesecoefficientsare
fixedbyRegulation (EEC)No586/77(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No882/79(4);
Whereastheguidepricesforadultbovineanimalsto
beappliedfrom22May1978werefixedbyCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No995/78of12May1978(5);
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No586/77of
18March1977layingdowntherulesfortheapplica­
tionofleviesonbeefandvealandamendingRegula­
tion(EEC)No950/68ontheCommonCustoms
Tariff,stipulatesthatthebasiclevyistobecalculated
accordingtothemethodsetoutinitsArticle3and
onthebasisofalltherepresentative free-at-frontier
offerpricesoftheCommunitydeterminedforthe
productsofeachofthecategoriesandcutsspecified
inArticle2andestablishedprincipallybyreferenceto
thepricesspecifiedinthecustomsdocumentsaccom­
panyingproductsimportedfromthirdcountriesor
fromotherinformationconcerningexportprices
obtaininginthosethirdcountries;
Whereas,however,offerpricesthatdonotcorrespond
torealpurchasingpossibilitiesorthatrelatetounre­
presentativequantitiesshouldnotbetakeninto
account;whereasofferpricesshouldalsobeexcluded
(>)OJNoL75,23.3.1977,p.10.
(«)OJNoL111,4.5.1979,p.14.
(»)OJNoL130,18.5.1978,p.1.(i)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(')OJNoL61,5.3.1977,p.1.

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marketsofeachMemberStateinrespectofthe
variouscategoriesofadultbovineanimalsorofmeat
fromsuchanimals,aftertakingintoaccountthesize
ofeachofthesecategoriesandtherelativesizeofthe
bovineherdofeachMemberState;
Whereasthepricesofadultbovineanimalsrecorded
ontherepresentative marketormarketsofeach
MemberStateareequaltotheaverage,weightedby
theappropriatecoefficients,ofthepricesforthe
variousqualitiesofadultbovineanimalsormeatof
suchanimalsoveraperiodofsevendaysinthat
MemberStateataparticularwholesalemarketing
stage;whereastherepresentative markets,categories
andqualitiesofproductsandweightingcoefficients
arefixedinAnnexIItoCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No610/77of18March1977onthedetermina­
tionofpricesofadultbovineanimalsonrepresenta­
tiveCommunitymarketsandthesurveyofpricesof
certainothercattleintheCommunity (3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1029/78(4);
Whereas,forMemberStateswithseveralrepresenta­
tivemarkets,thepriceofeachcategoryandqualityis
equaltothearithmeticmeanofthepricesrecorded
oneachofthosemarkets;whereas,forrepresentative
marketsheldseveraltimesinoneperiodofseven
days,thepriceofeachcategoryandqualityisequalto
thearithmeticmeanofthepricesrecordedoneach
marketday;whereasinrespectofItalythepriceof
eachcategoryandquantityisequaltotheaverage,
weightedbythespecialweightingcoefficientsfixedin
AnnexIItoRegulation (EEC)No610/77,ofthe
pricesrecordedinthesurplusanddeficitzones;
whereasthepricerecordedinthesurpluszoneis
equaltothearithmeticmeanofthepricesrecorded
oneachofthemarketswithinthatzone;whereasin
respectoftheUnitedKingdomtheweightedaverage
pricesofadultbovineanimalsrecordedontherepre­
sentativemarketsofGreatBritainontheonehand
andNorthernIrelandontheotherareadjustedbythe
coefficientfixedintheabovementioned AnnexII;whenthemovementofpricesingeneralortheinfor­
mationavailablesuggeststhattheyareunrepresenta­
tiveofthetruetrendofpricesinthecountryof
origin;
Whereasincaseswhereforoneormorecategoriesof
bovineanimalsorcutsofmeatafree-at-frontier offer
pricecannotbeestablished,themostrecentavailable
priceshouldbeusedforthecalculation ;
Whereasifthefree-at-frontier offerpricediffersby
lessthan0-50unitofaccountper100kilogramsof
liveweightfromthatpreviouslylistedforthecalcula­
tionofthelevy,thelatterpriceshouldberetained;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle10(3)ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68aspecialbasiclevyisdetermined
forcertainthirdcountriesonthebasisofthediffer­
encebetweentheguidepriceandtheaverageprice
recordedoveracertainperiodplustheamountofthe
customsduty;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No611/77of
18March1977(1),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No925/77(2),providesthatthespeciallevyon
productsoriginatinginandcomingfromAustria,
SwedenandSwitzerlandshouldbedeterminedonthe
basisoftheweightedaverageofthepricesofadult
bovineanimalsrecordedontherepresentative markets
ofthosethirdcountries;whereastheweightingcoeffi­
cientsandrepresentativemarketsarespecifiedinthe
AnnexestoRegulation(EEC)No611/77;
Whereastheaveragepriceisnottobeusedforcalcu­
latingthespeciallevyunlessitisatleastoneunitof
accountper100kilogramsofliveweightmorethan
thefree-at-frontier offerpricedeterminedinaccor­
dancewithArticle10(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68;
Whereasiftheaveragepricediffersbylessthan050
unitofaccountper100kilogramsofliveweightfrom
thatpreviouslyusedtocalculatethelevy,thelatter
mayberetained;
Whereasincaseswhereoneormoreoftheabovemen­
tionedthirdcountriesadopt,forreasonsofhealthfor
example,measuresaffectingthepricesrecordedon
theirmarkets,theCommissionmayusethelatest
pricesrecordedbeforetheentryintoforceofsuch
measures ;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle12(6)ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68thepriceofadultbovineanimalson
representativeCommunitymarketsisthepriceesta­
blishedonthebasisofpricesrecordedoveraperiod
tobedeterminedontherepresentative marketorWhereaspricesforthedifferentcategoriesandquali­
tiesnotobtainedfrompriceswhichare'liveweight
excludingtax'aremultipliedbytheliveweightconver­
sioncoefficientsfixedinAnnexIItothesaidRegula­
tionand,inthecaseofItaly,arefirstincreasedor
reducedbythecorrectiveamountsfixedinthesaid
Annex;
WhereasifoneormoreMemberStates,forveterinary
orhealthreasonsforexample,adoptmeasures
affectingthenormaltrendofpricesrecordedontheir
marketstheCommission maydisregardtheprices
(')OJNoL77,25.3.1977,p.14.
2OJNoL109,30.4.1977,p.1.(3)OJNoL77,25.3.1977,p.1.
4OJNoL132,20.5.1978,p.63.

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Whereas,toenablethelevysystemtofunction
normally,thefollowingshouldbeusedtocalculate
thelevies;
—forcurrencieswhosespotratesaremaintainedat
anygivenmomentwithinaspreadof2-25%,a
conversionratebasedontheiractualparvalues;
—forothercurrencies,aconversionratebasedon
thearithmeticmeanofthespotexchangeratesof
eachofthesecurrencies,recordedoveragiven
period,inrelationtotheCommunitycurrencies
referredtointhepreviousindent;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No652/79of29
March1979(4)laiddownthecoefficientfor
expressingamounts,fixedinunitsofaccount,in
ECU;
Whereas,havingregardtotheprovisionsoftheafore­
mentionedRegulations ,andinparticulartothedata
andquotationsavailabletotheCommission ,thelevies
onadultbovineanimalsandbeefandvealotherthan
frozenmeatshouldbeassetoutintheAnnextothis
Regulation ,recordedonthemarketormarketsinquestion,oruse
thelatestpricesrecordedonthemarketormarketsin
questionbeforetheentryintoforceofsuchmeasures;
Whereasintheabsenceofinformation ,prices
recordedonrepresentative Communitymarketsare
determinedmainlybyreferencetothemostrecently
recordedprices;
Whereasforsuchperiodasthepriceofadultbovine
animalsrecordedonrepresentative Community
marketsdiffersbylessthen020unitofaccountper
100kilogramsofliveweightfromthepricepreviously
usedthelatterisretained;
Whereastheleviesshouldbesofixedthattheobliga­
tionsarisingfrominternationalagreementsconcluded
bytheCommunitycontinuetobefulfilled;whereas,
moreover,accountshouldbetakenofRegulation
(EEC)No2170/73of31July1973ontheconclusion
oftheTradeAgreementbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheSocialistFederalRepu­
blicofYugoslavia('),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2862/77(2)andlastextendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No233/79(3);
Whereasthevariouscutsofbeefandvealaredefined
inRegulation (EEC)No586/77;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle33(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68,thenomenclatureusedinthisRegu­
lationisincorporated intheCommonCustoms
Tariff;
Whereastheleviesandspecialleviesarefixedbefore
the27thdayofeachmonthandareapplicablefrom
thefirstMondayofthefollowingmonth;whereas
theseleviesmaybealteredintheperiodbetweentwo
fixingswherethebasiclevyorspecialbasiclevyis
altered,orinthecaseofchangesintheprices
recordedonCommunityrepresentative markets;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theimportleviesonlivecattleandbeefandveal
otherthanfrozenmeatshallbeasspecifiedinthe
AnnextothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon7May1979.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4May1979.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
(')OJNoL224,13.8.1973,p.1.
(2)OJNoL330,23.12.1977,p.9.
(3)OJNoL34,9.2.1979,p.1. (4)OJNoL84,4.4.1979,p.1

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof4May1979fixingtheimportleviesonlivecattleandon
beefandvealotherthanfrozen(')fortheperiodbeginning 7May1979
nir:::kg)
CCTheadingNo Austria/Sweden/Switzerland Otherthirdcountries
—Liveweight—
01.02AIIa)(a)
01.02Alib)(b) 2009360.929
68.097
—Netweight—
02.01AIIa)1aa)(a)
02.01Alia)1bb)
02.01AIIa)2aa)(a)
02.01AIIa)2bb)
02.01AIIa)3aa)(a)
02.01AIIa)3bb)
02.01AIIa)4aa)
02.01AIIa)4bb)
02.06CIa)1
02.06CIa)2
16.02BIIIb)1aa)38176
30.541
45.811
57-263
65.502
57-263
65.502
65.502115.765
129.384
92.612
103.507
138.918
155-261
194.076
221-996
194.076
221.996
221.996
(')InaccordancewithRegulation (EEC)No706/76,leviesarenotappliedtoimportsintotheFrenchoverseasdepartmentsofproducts
originatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStatesorintheoverseascountriesandterritories .
(a)ThelevyshallbeestablishedinaccordancewiththeprovisionssetoutinAnnexItotheTradeAgreementbetweentheEECand
theSocialistFederalRepublicofYugoslavia .
(b)Thelevywhichistobeappliedtoyoungmalebovineanimals,intendedforfattening,ofaliveweightofM)()kgorless,imported
undertheconditionssetoutinArticle13ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No805/68of27June1968,andintheprovisionsadopted
foritsapplication ,istotallyorpartiallysuspendedinaccordancewiththoseprovisions .