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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2141/84
of25July1984
fixingtheimportleviesonfrozenbeefandveal
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EpC)No805/68
of27June1968onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinbeefandveal('),aslastamendedbytheAct
ofAccessionofGreece(2),andinparticularArticle12
(8)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasunderArticle9ofRegulation (EEC)No
805/68alevyisapplicabletotheproductsspecifiedin
Article1(1)(a)ofthatRegulation ;whereasArticle12
fixestheamountofthelevyapplicablebyreferenceto
apercentageofthebasiclevy;
Whereas,inrespectofthetypesoffrozenmeatlisted
insection(b)oftheAnnextothesaidRegulation
undersubheading02.01AIIb)1,thebasiclevyis
determinedonthebasisofthedifferencebetween :
—theguidepricemultipliedbyacoefficientrepre­
sentingtheratioexistingintheCommunity
betweenthepriceoffreshmeatofacategory
competitivewiththefrozenmeatinquestion,
presentedinthesameform,andtheaverageprice
ofadultbovineanimals,and
—theCommunityfree-at-frontier offerpricefor
frozenmeat,plustheamountofthecustomsduty
andastandardamountrepresentingthespecific
costsoftheimportoperations ;
Whereas,byCommission Regulation (EEC)No
586/77of18March1977layingdownrulesforthe
applicationoftheleviesonbeefandvealandamen­
dingRegulation(EEC)No950/68ontheCommon
CustomsTariff(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No3114/83(4),theabovementioned coefficient,
calculatedinaccordancewiththeruleslaiddownin
Article11(2)(a)ofRegulation (EEC)No805/68,has
beenfixedat1-69unitsofaccountandthestandard
amountreferredtoinArticle11(2)(b)ofthesaid
Regulationhasbeenfixedat6,65ECU;
Whereas,ifitisfoundthatthepriceofadultbovine
animalsonrepresentative Communitymarketsis
higherthantheguideprice,thelevyapplicableequals
thefollowingpercentageofthebasiclevy:(a)75%wherethemarketpriceislessthanorequal
to102%oftheguideprice;
(b)50%wherethemarketpriceismorethan102%
andlessthanorequalto104%oftheguide
price;
(c)25%wherethemarketpriceismorethan104%
andlessthan106%oftheguideprice;
(d)0%wherethemarketpriceismorethan106%
oftheguideprice;
Whereas,ifitisfoundthatthepriceofadultbovine
animalsonrepresentative Communitymarketsis
equaltoorlessthantheguideprice,thelevyappli­
cableequalsthefollowingpercentageofthebasic
levy:
(a)100%wherethemarketpriceismorethanor
equalto98%oftheguideprice;
(b)105%wherethemarketpriceislessthan98%
andmorethanorequalto96%oftheguide
price;
(c)110%wherethemarketpriceis.lessthan96%
andmorethanorequalto90%oftheguide
price;
(d)114%wherethemarketpriceislessthan90%of
theguideprice;
Whereastheguidepricesforadultbovineanimalsto
beappliedfrom2April1984havebeenfixedby
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No868/84of31March
1984(5);
WhereastheCommunityfree-at-frontier offerpricefor
frozenmeatisdeterminedbyreferencetotheworld
marketpricebasedonthemostrepresentativepurcha­
singpossibilities ,asregardsqualityandquantity,
recordedoveracertainperiodprecedingthefixingof
thebasiclevy,takingintoaccountinparticular :
—foreseeabledevelopments onthemarketinfrozen
meat,
—themostrepresentative pricesonthirdcountry
marketsforfreshandchilledmeatofacategory
whichiscompetitivewithfrozenmeat,
—pastexperience ;
Whereasthebasiclevyonthetypesoffrozenmeat
listedinsection(b)oftheAnnextoRegulation(EEC)
No805/68undersubheadings02.01AIIb)2to4is
equaltothebasiclevyfixedfortheproductfalling
withinsubheading02.01AIIb)1,multipliedbya
standardcoefficientfixedforeachoftheproductsin
question;whereasthesecoefficientswerefixedin
AnnexIItoRegulation (EEC)No586/77; (')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(2)OJNoL291,29.11.1979,p.17.
(')OJNoL75,23.3.1977,p.10.
4)OJNoL303,5.11.1983,p.16. OOJNoL90,1.4.1984,p.30.

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Whereas,forthepurposeoffixingthefree-at-frontier
offerprices,offerpricesthatdonotcorrespondtoreal
purchasingpossibilitiesorthatrelatetounrepresenta­
tivequantitiesshouldnotbetakenintoaccount;
whereasofferpricesshouldalsobeexcludedwhenthe
movementofpricesingeneralortheinformation
availablegivesreasontobelievethattheyareunrepre­
sentativeofthetruetrendofpricesinthecountryof
origin;
Whereas,wherethefree-at-frontier offerpricefor
frozenmeatdiffersbylessthanoneunitofaccount
per100kilogramsfromthatpreviouslyusedforthe
calculationofthelevy,thelatterpriceshouldbe
retained;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle12(6)ofRegulation(EEC)
No805/68thepriceofadultbovineanimalsonrepre­
sentativeCommunitymarketsisthepriceestablished
onthebasisofpricesrecordedoveraperiodtobe
determinedontherepresentativemarketormarketsof
eachMemberStateforthevariouscategoriesofadult
bovineanimalsorofmeatfromsuchanimals,taking
intoaccountthesizeofeachofthesecategoriesand
therelativesizeofthebovineherdofeachMember
State;
Whereasthepricesofadultbovineanimalsrecorded
ontherepresentative marketormarketsofeach
MemberStateareequaltotheaverage,weightedby
therelevantcoefficients ,ofthepricesforthevarious
qualitiesofadultbovineanimalsormeatofsuch
animalsoveraperiodofsevendaysinthatMember
Stateataparticularwholesalemarketingstage;
whereas,forthe1984/85marketingyear,thepriceof
adultbovineanimalsrecordedontherepresentative
marketormarketsoftheUnitedKingdomshallbe
correctedbytheamountofthepremiumgrantedto
producersunderRegulation (EEC)No1063/84(');
whereastherepresentative markets,categoriesand
qualitiesofproductsandweightingcoefficientsare
fixedinAnnexIItoCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No610/77of18March1977onthedetermination of
pricesofadultbovineanimalsonrepresentative
Communitymarketsandthesurveyofpricesof
certainothercattleintheCommunity (2),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2019/84(');
Whereas,forMemberStateswithseveralrepresentative
markets,thepriceofeachcategoryandqualityisequal
tothearithmeticmeanofthepricesrecordedoneach
ofthosemarkets;forrepresentative marketsheld
severaltimesinoneperiodofsevendays,thepriceof
eachcategoryandqualityisequaltothearithmetic
meanofthepricesrecordedoneachmarketday;
whereasinrespectofItalythepriceofeachcategoryandqualityisequaltotheaverage,weightedbythe
specialweightingcoefficientsfixedinAnnexIIto
Regulation(EEC)No610/77,ofthepricesrecordedin
thesurplusanddeficitzones;whereastheprice
recordedinthesurpluszoneisequaltothearithmetic
meanofthepricesrecordedoneachofthemarkets
withinthatzone;whereasinrespectoftheUnited
Kingdomtheweightedaveragepricesofadultbovine
animalsrecordedontherepresentative marketsof
GreatBritainontheonehandandNorthernIreland
ontheotherareadjustedbythecoefficientfixedin
theabovementioned AnnexII;
Whereaspricesforthedifferentcategoriesandquali­
tiesnotobtainedfrompriceswhichare'liveweight
excludingtax',aremultipliedbytheliveweight
conversioncoefficientsfixedinAnnexIItothesaid
Regulationand,inthecaseofItaly,arefirstincreased
orreducedbythecorrectiveamountsfixedinthesaid
Annex;
WhereasifoneormoreMemberStates,forveterinary
orhealthreasonsforexample,adoptmeasuresaffec­
tingthenormaltrendofpricesrecordedontheir
markets,theCommissionmaydisregardtheprices
recordedonthemarketormarketsinquestion,oruse
thelatestpricesrecordedonthemarketormarketsin
questionbeforetheentryintoforceofsuchmeasures;
Whereas,intheabsenceofinformation ,prices
recordedonrepresentative Communitymarketsare
determinedmainlybyreferencetothemostrecently
recordedprices;
Whereas,forsuchperiodasthepriceofadultbovine
animalsrecordedonrepresentative Community
marketsdiffersbylessthan0,24ECUper100kilo­
gramsofliveweightfromthepricepreviouslyused,
thelatterisretained;
Whereastheleviesmustbesofixedthatobligations
arisingfrominternationalagreementsconcludedby
theCommunitycontinuetobefulfilled;
Whereasthevariouscutsoffrozenmeataredefinedin
Regulation (EEC)No586/77;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle33(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No805/68,thenomenclature providedforin
thisRegulationisincorporated intheCommon
CustomsTariff;
Whereastheleviesarefixedbeforethe27thdayof
eachmonthandareapplicablefromthefirstMonday
ofthefollowingmonth;whereastheseleviesmaybe
alteredintheperiodbetweentwofixingswherethe
basiclevyisaltered,orinthesecaseofchangesinthe
pricesrecordedonCommunity representative
markets;(')OJNoL105,18.4.1984,p.1.
(2)OJNoL77,25.3.1977,p.1.
(')OJNoL187,14.7.1984,p.48.

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mationandquotationsknowntotheCommission ,the
leviesonfrozenbeefandvealshouldbeassetoutin
theAnnexhereto,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2,25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theircentralrate,multipliedbythecoefficient
providedforinArticle2b(2)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No974/71,aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No855/84,
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindentandtheaforesaidcoeffi­
cient;
Whereas,havingregardtotheprovisionsoftheafore­
mentionedRegulations ,andinparticulartotheinfor­Article1
Theimportleviesonfrozenbeefandvealshallbeas
setoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon6August
1984.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25July1984.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof25July1984fixingtheimportleviesonfrozenbeefand
veal(')fortheperiodbeginning6August1984
(ECU/100kg)
CCTheadingNo Levy
—Netweight—
02.01AIIb)1 201,286
02.01Alib)2 161,030(a)
02.01Alib)3 251,608
02.01Alib)4aa) 301,930
02.01Allb)4bb)11 251,608(a)
02.01AIIb)4bb)22(b) 251,608(a)
02.01AIIb)4bb)33 346,212(a)
(')InaccordancewithRegulation (EEC)No435/80,leviesarenotappliedtoimportsintothe
FrenchoverseasdepartmentsofproductsoriginatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStates
orintheoverseascountriesandterritories .
(a)WhereproductsareimportedundertheconditionssetoutinArticle14ofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No805/68of27June1968andinprovisionsadoptedforitsapplication,thelevyistotally
orpartiallysuspendedinaccordancewiththoseprovisions.
(b)Entryunderthissubheadingissubjecttotheproductionofacertificateissuedonconditionslaid
downbythecompetentauthoritiesoftheEuropeanCommunities .