27.4.95IEN OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL95/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No924/95
of26April1995
fixingtheimportleviesonfrozenbeefandveal
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No805/68of
27June1968onthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inbeefandveal('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No424/95(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
1994/95marketingyearwerefixedbyCouncilRegulation
(EC)No1885/94(*),extendedbyRegulation(EC)No
683/950;
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)OJNoL45,1.3.1995,p.2.0OJNoL75,23.3.1977,p.10.
(4)OJNoL370,19.12.1992,p.16.OOJNoL197,30.7.1994,p.29.
(6)Seepage2ofthisOfficialJournal.

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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;
Whereas,wherethefree-at-frontier offerpriceforfrozen
meatdiffersbylessthanoneunitofaccountper100kilo­
gramsfromthatpreviouslyusedforthecalculationofthe
levy,thelatterpriceshouldberetained;WhereasifoneormoreMemberStates,forveterinaryor
healthreasonsforexample,adoptmeasuresaffectingthe
normaltrendofpricesrecordedontheirmarkets,the
Commissionmaydisregardthepricesrecordedonthe
marketormarketsinquestion,orusethelatestprices
recordedonthemarketormarketsinquestionbeforethe
entryintoforceofsuchmeasures;
Whereas,intheabsenceofinformation ,pricesrecorded
onrepresentative Communitymarketsaredetermined
mainlybyreferencetothemostrecentlyrecordedprices;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle12(6)ofRegulation(EEC)
No805/68thepriceofadultbovineanimalsonrepresen­
tativeCommunitymarketsisthepriceestablishedonthe
basisofpricesrecordedoveraperiodtobedeterminedon
therepresentative marketormarketsofeachMember
Stateforthevariouscategoriesofadultbovineanimalsor
ofmeatfromsuchanimals,takingintoaccountthesizeof
eachofthesecategoriesandtherelativesizeofthebovine
herdofeachMemberState;Whereas,forsuchperiodasthepriceofadultbovine
animalsrecordedonrepresentativeCommunitymarkets
differsbylessthanECU0,24per100kilogramsoflive
weightfromthepricepreviouslyused,thelatteris
retained;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No715/90(3),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No2484/94(4),laysdown
thearrangementsapplicableonagriculturalproductsand
certaingoodsresultingfromtheprocessingofagricultural
productsoriginatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacific
States;Whereastherepresentativemarkets,categoriesandquali­
tiesofproductsandweightingcoefficientsarefixedin
AnnexIItoCommissionRegulation(EEC)No610/77of
18March1977onthedetermination ofpricesofadult
bovineanimalsonrepresentative Communitymarkets
andthesurveyofpricesofcertainothercattleinthe
Community('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No
3270/94(2);
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;WhereasCouncilRegulations (EC)No3491/93(*)and
(EC)No3492/93(%oncertainproceduresforapplying
theEuropeAgreementestablishinganassociation
betweentheEuropeanCommunities andtheirMember
States,oftheonepart,andtheRepublicsofHungaryand
Poland,oftheotherpart,andCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No520/92of27February1992oncertainrulesfor
applyingtheInterimAgreementontradeandtrade­
relatedmattersbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nityandtheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity ,ofthe
onepart,andtheCzechandSlovakFederalRepublic,of
theotherpartQ,asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
2235/93(8),andinparticularArticle1thereofintroduce
arrangements forreducingimportleviesoncertain
products;whereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No
1390/94(9),asamendedbyRegulation(EC)No468/
95(10),laysdowndetailedrulesforapplyingthearrange­
mentsprovidedforintheseagreementsasregardsbeef;
(3)OJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85.0OJNoL265,15.10.1994,p.3.0OJNoL319,21.12.1993,p.1.
(6)OJNoL319,21.12.1993,p.4.f)OJNoL56,29.2.1992,p.9.
(8)OJNoL200,10.8.1993,p.5.
(')OJNoL77,25.3.1977,p.1.
Ì2)OJNoL339,29.12.1994,p.48.(9)OJNoL152,18.6.1994,p.20.
(,0)OJNoL48,3.3.1995,p.4.

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theperiodbetweentwofixingswherethebasiclevyis
altered,orinthesecaseofchangesinthepricesrecorded
onCommunityrepresentative markets;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92("),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/95(12),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1068/93(13),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No157/95(14);
Whereas,havingregardtotheprovisionsoftheaforemen­
tionedRegulations,andinparticulartotheinformation
andquotationsknowntotheCommission ,thelevieson
frozenbeefandvealshouldbeassetoutintheAnnex
hereto,WhereasCouncilRegulations (EC)No3641/93(')and
(EC)No3642/93(2)oncertainrulesforapplyingthe
InterimAgreementontradeandtrade-relatedmatters
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
EuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity ,oftheonepart,
andtheRepublicofBulgariaandRomania,oftheother
part;whereasCommission Regulation (EC)No
1389/94(3),asamendedbyRegulation (EC)No
1850/94(4),laysdowndetailedrulesforapplyingthe
arrangementsprovidedforintheseagreementsasregards
beef;
Whereasthelevyisnotcollectedinrespectofimports
underthequotasopenedbyCouncilRegulations(EC)No
3071/940and(EC)No774/94(6)andbyCommission
Regulations(EC)No3241/940and(EC)No3243/94(8),
asamendedbyRegulation(EC)No498/95(9);
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle101(1)ofCouncilDecision
91/482/EECof25July1991ontheassociationofthe
overseascountriesandterritorieswiththeEuropean
EconomicCommunity(10),noleviesshallapplyon
importsofproductsoriginatingintheoverseascountries
andterritories;
Whereasthevariouscutsoffrozenmeataredefinedin
Regulation(EEC)No586/77;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle33(2)ofRegulation(EEC)
No805/68,thenomenclatureprovidedforinthisRegula­
tionisincorporatedinthecombinednomenclature ;
Whereastheleviesarefixedbeforethe27thdayofeach
monthandareapplicablefromthefirstMondayofthe
followingmonth;whereastheseleviesmaybealteredinHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theimportleviesonfrozenbeefandvealshallbeasset
outintheAnnex.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1May1995.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26April1995.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL333,31.12.1993,p.16.
(2)OJNoL333,31.12.1993,p.17.0OJNoL152,18.6.1994,p.16.
(4)OJNoL192,28.7.1994,p.24.
(*)OJNoL325,17.12.1994,p.1.4OJNoL91,8.4.1994,p.1.
OOJNoL338,28.12.1994,p.53.f)OJNoL338,28.12.1994,p.62.
(9)OJNoL50,7.3.1995,p.2.
10)OJNoL263,19.9.1991,p.1.(")OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
(,a)OJNoL22,31.1.1995,p.1.
O3)OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
(,4OJNoL24,1.2.1995,p.1.

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof26April1995fixingdieimportleviesonfrozenbeefand
veal00
(ECU/100kg)
CNcode Levy
—Netweight—
02021000 189,053(3)
02022010 189,053(3)
02022030 151,243(3)
02022050 236,316(3)
02022090 283,580(3)
02023010 236,316(3)
02023050 2363160
02023090 325,1710(4)
02062991 325,1710
(')InaccordancewithamendedRegulation(EEC)No715/90,leviesarenotappliedtoproductsimporteddirecdy
intotheFrenchoverseasdepartments,originatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStates.
(2)NoimportlevyappliestoOCToriginatingproductsaccordingtoArticle101(1)ofDecision91/482/EEC.
(3)Productsfallingwithinthiscode,importedfromPolandorHungaryundertheAgreementsconcludedbetween
thosecountriesandtheCommunityandtheInterimAgreementsbetweentheCzechRepublic,theSlovak
Republic,Bulgaria,RomaniaandtheCommunity,andinrespectofwhichEUR.1certificatesissuedin
accordancewithCommissionRegulation(EC)No1390/94,amended,orRegulation(EC)No1389/94havebeen
presented,aresubjecttotheleviesforeseeninthoseRegulations.
(4)Thelevyontheproductsfallingwithinthesecodes,importedpursuanttoCouncilRegulations(EC)No3071/94
and(EC)No774/94andCommissionRegulations(EC)No3241/94,(EC)No957/94and(EC)No3243/94,
amended,isrestrictedpursuanttotheconditionslaiddowninthoseRegulations.