NoL95/22|EN|OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 27.4.95
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No923/95
of26April1995
fixingtheimportleviesonlivecattleandonbeefandvealotherthanfrozen
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;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle10(4)ofRegulation(EEC)
No805/68thebasiclevyonthemeatspecifiedin
sections(a),(c)and(d)oftheAnnexheretoisequaltothe
basiclevydeterminedforbovineanimals,multipliedbya
standardcoefficientfixedforeachoftheproductsin
question;whereasthesecoefficientsarefixedby
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No586/77of18March
1977layingdownrulesfortheapplicationoflevieson
beefandvealandamendingRegulation(EEC)No950/68
ontheCommonCustomsTariff(3),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No3661/92(4);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;
Whereasinrespectofbovineanimalsthebasiclevyis
determinedonthebasisofthedifferencebetweenthe
guidepriceandtheCommunityfree-at-frontier offer
priceplustheamountofthecustomsduty;whereasthe
Communityfree-at-frontier offerpriceisdeterminedin
thelightofthemostrepresentativepurchasingpossibili­
ties,asregardsqualityandquantity,recordedovera
certainperiodforbovineanimalsandforthefreshor
chilledmeatspecifiedinsection(a)oftheAnnextothe
saidRegulationunderCNcodes02011000,02011090,
02012020to02012050,accountbeingtakeninparti­
cularofthepositionwithrespecttosupplyanddemand,
ofworldmarketpricesforfrozenmeatofacategory
whichiscompetitivewithfreshorchilledmeatandof
pastexperience;
Whereasifitisfoundthatthepriceofadultbovine
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;
Whereasifitisfoundthatthepriceofadultbovine
animalsonrepresentativeCommunitymarketsisequaltoWhereasthepricesforadultbovineanimalsforthe
1994/95marketingyearhavebeenfixedbyCouncil
Regulation(EC)No1885/94(*),extendedbyRegulation
(EC)No683/95i6);
WhereasRegulation(EEC)No586/77stipulatesthatthe
basiclevyistobecalculatedaccordingtothemethodset
outinitsArticle3andonthebasisofalltherepresenta­
tivefree-at-frontier offerpricesoftheCommunitydeter­
minedfortheproductsofeachofthecategoriesandcuts
specifiedinArticle2andestablishedprincipallyby
referencetothepricesspecifiedinthecustomsdocu­
mentsaccompanying productsimportedfromthirdcoun­
triesorfromotherinformationconcerningexportprices
obtaininginthosethirdcountries;
Whereas,however,offerpricesthatdonotcorrespondto
realpurchasingpossibilitiesorthatrelatetounrepresenta­
tivequantitiesshouldnotbetakenintoaccount;offer
pricesshouldalsobeexcludedwhenthemovementof
pricesingeneralortheinformationavailablesuggeststhat
theyareunrepresentative ofthetruetrendofpricesinthe
countryoforigin;
(3)OJNoL75,23.3.1977,p.10.
(4)OJNoL370,19.12.1992,p.16.0OJNoL197,30.7.1994,p.29.
(6)OJNoL71,31.3.1995,p.2.0OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(2OJNoL45,1.3.1995,p.2.

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tativeCommunitymarketsisthepriceestablishedonthe
basisofpricesrecordedoveraperiodtobedeterminedon
therepresentative marketormarketsofeachMember
Stateinrespectofthevariouscategoriesofadultbovine
animalsorofmeatfromsuchanimals,aftertakinginto
accountthesizeofeachofthesecategoriesandtherela­
tivesizeofthebovineherdofeachMemberState:
Whereastherepresentativemarkets,categoriesandquali­
tiesofproductsandweightingcoefficientsarefixedin
AnnexIItoCommissionRegulation(EEC)No610/77of
18March1977onthedetermination ofpricesofadult
bovineanimalsonrepresentative Communitymarkets
andthesurveyofpricesofcertainothercattleinthe
Community(8),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No
3270/940;Whereasincaseswhereforoneormorecategoriesof
bovineanimalsorcutsofmeatafree-at-frontier offer
pricecannotbeestablished,themostrecentavailable
priceshouldbeusedforthecalculation;
Whereasifthefree-at-frontier offerpricediffersbyless
thanECU0,60per100kilogramsofliveweightfromthat
previouslyusedforthecalculationofthelevy,thelatter
priceshouldberetained;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle10(3)ofRegulation(EEC)
No805/68aspecialbasiclevyisdeterminedforcertain
thirdcountriesonthebasisofthedifferencebetweenthe
guidepriceandtheaveragepricerecordedoveracertain
periodplustheamountofthecustomsduty;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No611/77('),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No3246/94(2),provides
thatthespeciallevyonproductsoriginatinginSwitzer­
landshouldbedeterminedonthebasisoftheweighted
averageofthepricesofadultbovineanimalsrecordedon
therepresentativemarketsofthisthirdcountry;whereas
theweightingcoefficientsandrepresentativemarketsare
specifiedintheAnnexestoRegulation(EEC)No611/77;
Whereasthelevyisnotcollectedinrespectofimports
underthequotasopenedbyCouncilRegulations(EC)No
3071/94(3)and(EC)No774/94(4)andCommission
Regulations(EC)No3241/940and(EC)No3243/94(%
asamendedbyRegulation(EC)No498/95P);Whereas,forMemberStateswithseveralrepresentative
markets,thepriceofeachcategoryandqualityisequalto
thearithmeticmeanofthepricesrecordedoneachof
thosemarkets;whereas,forrepresentative marketsheld
severaltimesinoneperiodofsevendays,thepriceof
eachcategoryandqualityisequaltothearithmeticmean
ofthepricesrecordedoneachmarketday;whereasin
respectofItalythepriceofeachcategoryandquantityis
equaltotheaverage,weightedbythespecialweighting
coefficientsfixedinAnnexIItoRegulation(EEC)No
610/77,ofthepricesrecordedinthesurplusanddeficit
zones;whereasthepricerecordedinthesurpluszoneis
equaltothearithmeticmeanofthepricesrecordedon
eachofthemarketswithinthatzone;whereasinrespect
oftheUnitedKingdomtheweightedaveragepricesof
adultbovineanimalsrecordedontherepresentative
marketsofGreatBritainontheonehandandNorthern
Irelandontheotherareadjustedbythecoefficientfixed
intheabovementioned AnnexII:Whereastheaveragepriceisnottobeusedforcalcula­
tingthespeciallevyunlessitisatleastECU1,21per100
kilogramsofliveweightmorethanthefree-at-frontier
offerpricedeterminedinaccordancewithArticle10(2)of
Regulation(EEC)No805/68;
WhereasiftheaveragepricediffersbylessthanECU0,60
per100kilogramsofliveweightfromthatpreviously
usedtocalculatethelevy,thelattermayberetained;
Whereasincaseswhereoneormoreoftheabovemen­
tionedthirdcountriesadopt,forreasonsofhealthfor
example,measuresaffectingthepricesrecordedontheir
markets,theCommission mayusethelatestprices
recordedbeforetheentryintoforceofsuchmeasures;Whereaspricesforthedifferentcategoriesandqualities
notobtainedfrompriceswhichare'liveweightexcluding
tax'aremultipliedbytheliveweightconversioncoeffi­
cientsfixedinAnnexIItothesaidRegulationand,inthe
caseofItaly,arefirstincreasedorreducedbythecorrec­
tiveamountsfixedinthesaidAnnex;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle12(6)ofRegulation(EEC)
No805/68thepriceofadultbovineanimalsonrepresen­WhereasifoneormoreMemberStates,forveterinaryor
healthreasonsforexample,adoptmeasuresaffectingthe
normaltrendofpricesrecordedontheirmarketsthe
Commissionmaydisregardthepricesrecordedonthe
marketormarketsinquestion,orusethelatestprices
recordedonthemarketormarketsinquestionbeforethe
entryintoforceofsuchmeasures;(')OJNoL77,25.3.1977,p.14.
(2)OJNoL338,28.12.1994,p.70.
(3)OJNoL325,17.12.1994,p.1.
(4)OJNoL91,8.4.1994,p.1.0OJNoL338,28.12.1994,p.53.
(«)OJNoL338,28.12.1994,p.62.0OJNoL50,7.3.1995,p.2.(8)OJNoL77,25.3.1977,p.1.0OJNoL339,29.12.1994,p.48.

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products;whereasCommissionRegulation (EC)No
1390/94(10),amendedbyRegulation(EC)No468/95(n),
laysdowndetailedrulesforapplyingtheimportarrange­
mentsprovidedforintheseagreementsasregardsbeef;
WhereasCouncilRegulations (EC)No3641/93(12),and
(EC)No3642/93(I3),oncertainrulesforapplyingthe
InterimAgreementontradeandtrade-relatedmatters
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
EuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity ,oftheonepart,
andtheRepublicofBulgariaandRomania,oftheother
part;whereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No1389/94
(14),asamendedbyRegulation(EC)No1850/94(15),lays
downdetailedrulesforapplyingthearrangements
providedforintheseagreementsasregardsbeef;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle101(1)ofCouncilDecision
91/482/EECof25July1991ontheassociationofthe
overseascountriesandterritorieswiththeEuropean
EconomicCommunity (16)noleviesshallapplyon
importsofproductsoriginatingintheoverseascountries
andterritories;
Whereasthevariouscutsofbeefandvealaredefinedin
Regulation(EEC)No586/77;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle33(2)ofRegulation(EEC)
No805/68,thenomenclatureprovidedforinthisRegula­
tionisincorporatedinthecombinednomenclature ;
Whereastheleviesandspecialleviesarefixedbeforethe
27thdayofeachmonthandareapplicablefromthefirst
Mondayofthefollowingmonth;whereastheselevies
maybealteredintheperiodbetweentwofixingswhere
thebasiclevyorspecialbasiclevyisaltered,orinthecase
ofchangesinthepricesrecordedonCommunityrepre­
sentativemarkets;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(17),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/95(IS),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1068/93(19),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No157/95(20),
Whereas,havingregardtotheprovisionsoftheaforemen­
tionedRegulation,andinparticulartotheinformation
andquotationsknowntotheCommission ,thelevieson
livecattleandbeefandvealotherthanfrozenmeat
shouldbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto,Whereas,intheabsenceofinformation,pricesrecorded
onrepresentative Communitymarketsaredetermined
mainlybyreferencetothemostrecentlyrecordedprices;
Whereasforsuchperiodasthepriceofadultbovine
animalsrecordedonrepresentative Communitymarkets
differsbylessthanECU0,24per100kilogramsoflive
weightfromthepricepreviouslyused,thelatteris
retained;
Whereastheleviesmustbesofixedthatobligations
arisingfrominternationalagreementsconcludedbythe
Communitycontinuetobefulfilled;whereasaccount
shouldalsobetakenofCouncilRegulation(EC)No
3355/94of22December1994concerningthearrange­
mentsapplicabletotheimportintotheCommunityof
productsoriginatingintheRepublicsofBosnia­
Herzegovina ,CroatiaandSloveniaandtheformer
YugoslavRepublicofMacedonia('),whichprovidesfor
reductionsintheleviesoncertainproductsofthebeef
andvealsectorimportedintotheCommunity ;whereas
CommissionRegulation(EC)No207/95(2)establishes
detailedrulesfortheimportationoftheseproducts;
Whereas,inaddition,accountmustbetakenofDecision
94/1/ECSC,ECoftheCouncilandCommission (3),
concerningtheconclusionoftheAgreementsonthe
EuropeanEconomicArea,betweentheEuropean
Community ,theEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity
andtheirMemberStates,ontheonehand,andAustria,
Finland,Iceland,Norway,SwedenandLiechtenstein ,on
theotherhand,hereafterreferredtoasthe'EEAAgree­
ment';
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No715/90(4),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No2484/94(*),laysdown
thearrangementsapplicableonagriculturalproductsand
certaingoodsresultingfromtheprocessingofagricultural
productsoriginatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacific
States;
WhereasCouncilRegulations (EC)No3491/93(%and
(EC)No3492/93f),oncertainproceduresforapplying
theEuropeAgreementestablishinganassociation
betweentheEuropeanCommunities andtheirMember
States,oftheonepart,andtheRepublicsofHungaryand
Poland,oftheotherpart,andCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No520/92of27February1992oncertainrulesfor
applyingtheInterimAgreementontradeandtrade­
relatedmattersbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nityandtheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity,ofthe
onepart,andtheCzechandSlovakFederalRepublic,of
theotherpart(8),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
2235/93(9),andinparticularArticle1thereofintroduce
arrangements forreducingimportleviesoncertain
(,0)OJNoL152,18.6.1994,p.20.
(")OJNoL48,3.3.1995,p.4.
(,2)OJNoL333,31.12.1993,p.1<
(13)OJNoL333,31.12.1993,p.i:
(14)OJNoL152,18.6.1994,p.16.HOJNoL192,28.7.1994,p.24.(')OJNoL353,31.12.1994,p.1.
(2)OJNoL25,2.2.1995,p.2.0OJNoL1,3.1.1994,p.1.
(4)OJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85.0OJNoL265,15.10.1994,p.3.
(6)OJNoL319,21.12.1993,p.1.0OJNoL319,21.12.1993,p.4.
(s)OJNoL56,29.2.1992,p.9.
(9)OJNoL200,10.8.1993,p.5.HOJNoL263,19.9.1991,p.1.
(,7)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.MOJNoL22,31.1.1995,p.1.
HOJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.HOJNoL24,1.2.1995,p.1.

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Article2 HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theimportleviesonlivecattleandbeefandvealother
thanfrozenmeatshallbeassetoutintheAnnextothe
presentRegulation. ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1May1995.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26April1995.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission

NoL95/26 1ENIOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 27.4.95
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof26April1995fixingtheimportleviesonlivecattleand
onbeefandvealotherthanfrozen
(ECU/100kg)
l Croatia/Slovenia/ I
CNcode Bosnia-Herzegovina /
FormerYugoslav
RepublicofMacedonia(3)Switzerland Otherthirdcountries(2)
—Liveweight—
01029005 — 0 158,710(')
01029021 — 0 158,710(')
01029029 — 0 158,710(')
01029041 — 0 158,710Oí5)
01029049 — 0 158,710(')0
01029051 27,844 0158,710(')
01029059 27,844 0 158,7100
01029061 — 0 158,710(')
01029069 — 0 158,710(')
01029071 27,844 0 158,710(')
01029079 27,844 0 158,710(')
—Netweight—
02011000 52,903 0 301,548(')O
02012020 52,903 0 301,548(')O
02012030 42,323 0 241,239(')O
02012050 63,484 0 361,858(')(4)
02012090 — 0 452,322(')(4)
02013000 — 0 517,394(·)00
02061095 — 0 517,39400
02102010 — 0 452,322
02102090 — 0 517,394
02109041 — 0 517,394
02109090 — 0 517,394
16025010 — 0 517,394
16029061 — 0 517,394
(')InaccordancewithamendedRegulation(EEC)No715/90,leviesarenotappliedtoproductsimporteddirectlyintotheFrenchoverseasdepartments,
originatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStates.
(2)NoimportlevyappliestoOCToriginatingproductsaccordingtoArticle101(1)ofDecision91/482/EEC.
(*)ThislevyisapplicableonlytoproductscomplyingwiththeprovisionsofCommissionRegulation(EC)No207/95.
(4)Productsfallingwithinthiscode,importedfromPolandandHungaryundertheAgreementsconcludedbetweenthosecountriesandtheCommunityand
theInterimAgreementsbetweentheCzechRepublic,theSlovakRepublic,BulgariaandRomaniaandtheCommunityandtheInterimAgreements
betweentheCzechRepublic,theSlovakRepublic,BulgariaandRomaniaandtheCommunity,andinrespectofwhichEUR.lcertificatesissuedin
accordancewithCommissionRegulation(EC)No1390/94orRegulation(EC)No1389/94havebeenpresented,aresubjecttotheleviesforeseeninthose
Regulations.
(*)Productsfallingwithinthiscode,importedfromPolandorHungaryundertheAgreementsconcludedbetweenthosecountriesandtheCommunityand
theInterimAgreementsbetweentheCzechRepublic,theSlovakRepublicandtheCommunity,andinrespectofwhichEUR.lcertificatesissuedin
accordancewithCommissionRegulation(EC)No358/94(OJNoL46,18.2.1994,p.34)havebeenpresented,aresubjecttotheleviesforeseeninthat
Regulation.
(6)Forimportedproductsfallingwithinthesecodes,thelevyapplicableisrestrictedwithintheconditionsprovidedforinCouncilRegulations(EC)
No3071/94and(EC)No774/94andCommissionRegulations(EC)No3241/94and(EC)No3243/94.