NoL201/79 27.7.88 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2311/88
of26July1988
fixingtheimportleviesonfrozenbeefandveal
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No805/68of
27June1968onthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inbeefandveal('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2248/88(2),andinparticularArticle12(8)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
WhereasunderArticle9ofRegulation(EEC)No805/68
alevyisapplicabletotheproductsspecifiedinArticle1
(1)(a)ofthatRegulation;whereasArticle12fixesthe
amountofthelevyapplicablebyreferencetoapercen­
tageofthebasiclevy;
Whereas,inrespectofthetypesoffrozenmeatlistedin
section(b)oftheAnnextothesaidRegulationunderCN
codes02021000and02022010,thebasiclevyisdeter­
minedonthebasis6fthedifferencebetween:
—theguidepricemultipliedbyacoefficientrepresen­
tingtheratioexistingintheCommunitybetweenthe
priceoffreshmeatofacategorycompetitivewiththe
frozenmeatinquestion,presentedinthesameform,
andtheaveragepriceofadultbovineanimals,and
—theCommunityfree-at-frontier offerpriceforfrozen
meat,plustheamountofthecustomsdutyandastan­
dardamountrepresentingthespecificcostsofthe
importoperations;
Whereas,byCommissionRegulation(EEC)No586/77of
18March1977layingdownrulesfortheapplicationof
theleviesonbeefandvealaridamendingRegulation
(EEC)No950/68ontheCommonCustomsTariff(3),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3988/87(4),the
abovementioned coefficient,calculatedinaccordancewith
theruleslaiddowninArticle11(2)(a)ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68,hasbeenfixedat1,69unitsofaccount
andthestandardamountreferredtoinArticle11(2)(b)
ofthesaidRegulationhasbeenfixedat6,65ECU;
Whereas,ifitisfoundthatthepriceofadultbovine
animalsonrepresentativeCommunitymarketsishigher
thantheguideprice,thelevyapplicableequalsthefollo­
wingpercentageofthebasiclevy:(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%where,the-marketpriceislessthan98%and
morethanorequalto96%oftheguideprice;
(c)110%wherethemarketpriceislessthan96%and
morethanorequalto90%oftheguideprice;
(d)114%wherethemarketpriceislessthan90%of
theguideprice;
Whereastheguidepricesforadultbovineanimalstobe
appliedfrom4July1988havebeenfixedbyCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No-2249/88O;
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,multipliedbyastandardcoef (1)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
OOJNoL198,26.7.1988.
(3)OJNoL75,23.3.1977,p.10.
OOJNoL376,31.12.1987,p.31. OOJNoL198,26.7.1988.

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ficientfixedforeachoftheproductsinquestion;whereas
thesecoefficientswerefixedinAnnexIItoRegulation
(EEC)No586/77;timesinoneperiodofsevendays,thepriceofeachcate­
goryandqualityisequaltothearithmeticmeanofthe
pricesrecordedoneachmarketday;whereasinrespectof
Italythepriceofeachcategoryandqualityisequaltothe
average,weightedbythespecialweightingcoefficients
fixedinAnnexIItoRegulation(EEC)No610/77,ofthe
pricesrecordedinthesurplusanddeficitzones;whereas
thepricerecordedinthesurpluszoneisequaltothe
arithmeticmeanofthepricesrecordedoneachofthe
marketswithinthatzone;whereasinrespectofthe
UnitedKingdomtheweightedaveragepricesofadult
bovineanimalsrecordedontherepresentativemarketsof
GreatBritainontheonehandandNorthernIrelandon
theotherareadjustedbythecoefficientfixedinthe
abovementioned AnnexII:Whereas,forthepurposeoffixingthefree-at-frontier
offerprices,offerpricesthatdonotcorrespondtoreal
purchasingpossibilitiesorthatrelatetounrepresentative
quantitiesshouldnotbetakenintoaccount;whereas
offerpricesshouldalsobeexcludedwhenthemovement
ofpricesingeneralortheinformationavailablegives
reasontobelievethattheyareunrepresentative ofthetrue
trendofpricesinthecountryoforigin;
Whereas,wherethefree-at-frontier offerpriceforfrozen
meatdiffersbylessthanOneunitdfaccountper100kilo­
gramsfromthatpreviouslyusedforthecalculationofthe
levy,thelatterpriceshouldberetained;Whereaspricesforthedifferentcategoriesandqualities
notobtainedfrompriceswhichare'liveweightexcluding
tax',aremultipliedbytheliveweightconversioncoeffi­
cientsfixedinAnnexIItothesaidRegulationand,inthe
caseofItaly,arefirstincreasedorreducedbythecorrec­
tiveamountsfixedinthesaidAnnex;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle12(6)ofRegulation(EEC)
No805/68thepriceofadultbovineanimalsonrepresen­
tativeCommunitymarketsisthepriceestablishedonthe
basisofpricesrecordedoveraperiodtobedeterminedon
therepresentativemarketormarketsofeachMember
Stateforthevariouscategoriesofadultbovineanimalsor
ofmeatfromsuchanimals,takingintoaccountthesizeof
eachofthesecategoriesandtherelativesizeofthebovine
herdofeachMemberState;WhereasifoneormoreMemberStates,forveterinaryor
healthreasonsforexample,adoptmeasuresaffectingthe
normaltrendofpricesrecordedontheirmarkets,the
Commissionmaydisregardthepricesrecordedonthe
marketormarketsinquestion,orusethelatestprices
recordedonthemarketormarketsinquestionbeforethe
entryintoforceofsuchmeasures;
Whereas,intheabsenceofinformation,pricesrecorded
onrepresentative Communitymarketsaredetermined
mainlybyreferencetothemostrecentlyrecordedprices;
Whereas,forsuchperiodasthepriceofadultbovine
animalsrecordedonrepresentativeCommunitymarkets
differsbylessthan0,24ECUper100kilogramsoflive
weightfromthepricepreviouslyused,thelatteris
retained;Whereasthepricesofadultbovineanimalsrecordedon
therepresentativemarketormarketsofeachMember
Stateareequaltotheaverage,weightedbytherelevant
coefficients,ofthepricesforthevariousqualitiesofadult
bovineanimalsormeatofsuchanimalsoveraperiodof
sevendaysinthatMemberStateataparticularwholesale
marketingstage;whereas,thepriceofadultbovine
animalsrecordedontherepresentativemarketormarkets
oftheUnitedKingdomshallbecorrectedbytheamount
ofthepremiumgrantedtoproducersunderRegulation
(EEC)No1347/86('),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No467/87(2);whereastherepresentativemarkets,
categoriesandqualitiesofproductsandweightingcoeffi­
cientsarefixedinAnnexIItoCommissionRegulation
(EEC)No610/77of18March1977onthedetermination
ofpricesofadultbovineanimalsonrepresentative
Communitymarketsandthesurveyofpricesofcertain
othercattleintheCommunity(3),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1547/88(4);Whereastheleviesmustbesofixedthatobligations
arisingfrominternationalagreementsconcludedbythe
Communitycontinuetobefulfilled;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No486/85(%aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1821/87(6),laysdown
thearrangementsapplicableonagriculturalproductsand
certaingoodsresultingfromtheprocessingofagricultural
productsoriginatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacific
Statesorintheoverseascountriesandterritories;Whereas,forMemberStateswithseveralrepresentative
markets,thepriceofeachcategoryandqualityisequalto
thearithmeticmeanofthepricesrecordedoneachof
thosemarkets;forrepresentative marketsheldseveralWhereasthevariouscutsoffrozenmeataredefinedin
Regulation(EEC)No586/77;
(')OJNoL119,8.5.1986,p.40.
(2)OJNoL48,17.2.1987,p.1.
OOJNoL77,25.3.1977,p.1.
(4)OJNoL139,4.6.1988,p.22.0OJNoL61,1.3.1985,p.4.
MOJNoL172,30.6.1987,p.102.

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tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindentandtheaforesaidcoefficient;
Whereas,havingregardtotheprovisionsoftheaforemen­
tionedRegulations,andinparticulartotheinformation
andquotationsknowntotheCommission ,thelevieson
frozenbeefandvealshouldbeassetoutintheAnnex
hereto,Whereas,pursuanttoArticle33(2)ofRegulation(EEC)
No805/68,thenomenclatureprovidedforinthisRegula­
tionisincorporatedinthecombinednomenclature ;
Whereastheleviesarefixedbeforethe27thdayofeach
monthandareapplicablefromthefirstMondayofthe
followingmonth;whereastheseleviesmaybealteredin
theperiodbetweentwofixingswherethebasiclevyis
altered,orinthesecaseofchangesinthepricesrecorded
onCommunityrepresentativemarkets;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,levies
shouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecorrectivefactorprovidedforin
thelastparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1636/870,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrelaHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theimportleviesonfrozenbeefandvealshallbeasset
outintheAnnex.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1August1988.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26July1988.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
(')OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.

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ANNEX
'totheCommissionRegulationof26July1988fixingtheimportleviesonfrozenbeefand
veal(')
(ECU/100kg)
CNcode Levy
—Netweight—
02021000 243,771
02022010 243,771
02022030 195,016
02022050 304,714
02022090 365,656
02023010 304,714
02023050 304,714
02023090 419,285
02062991 419,285
(')InaccordancewithRegulation(EEC)No486/85,leviesarenotappliedtoimportsintotheFrenchoverseas
departmentsofproductsoriginatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStatesorintheoverseascountriesand
territories.