4.2.94 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL31/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No256/94
of3February1994
fixingtheimportleviesonlivecattleandonbeefandvealotherthanfrozen
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community ,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;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No805/68of
27June1968onthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inbeefandveal('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No3611/93(2),andinparticularArticle12(8)thereof,
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle9ofRegulation(EEC)No
805/68,alevyisapplicabletotheproductsspecifiedin
Article1(1)(a)ofthatRegulation;whereasArticle12
fixestheamountofthelevyapplicablebyreferencetoa
percentageofthebasiclevy;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);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;Whereastheguidepricesforadultbovineanimalsforthe
1993/94marketingyearwerefixedbyCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1563/930';
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1753/93(6)
determinescertainpricesfixedinecusinthebeefand
vealsectorasaresultofthemonetaryrealignmentsinthe
1992/93marketingyear; 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;WhereasRegulation(EEC)No586/77stipulatesthatthe
basiclevyistobecalculatedaccordingtothemethodset
outinitsArticle3andonthebasisofalltherepresenta­
tivefree-at-frontier offerpricesoftheCommunitydeter­
minedfortheproductsofeachofthecategoriesandcuts
specifiedinArticle2andestablishedprincipallyby
referencetothepricesspecifiedinthecustomsdocu­
mentsaccompanying productsimportedfromthirdcoun­
triesorfromotherinformationconcerningexportprices
obtaininginthosethirdcountries;
Whereas,however,offerpricesthatdonotcorrespondto
realpurchasingpossibilitiesorthatrelatetounrepresenta­
tivequantitiesshouldnotbetakenintoaccount;whereasWhereasifitisfoundthatthepriceofadultbovine
animalsonrepresentativeCommunitymarketsisequalto0OJNoL75,23.3.1977,p.10.
(4)OJNoL370,19.12.1992,p.16
OOJNoL154,25.6.1993,p.35.
(6)OJNoL161,2.7.1993,p.44.(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.24.
(2)OJNoL328,29.12.1993,p.7.

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offerpricesshouldalsobeexcludedwhenthemovement
ofpricesingeneralortheinformationavailablesuggests
thattheyareunrepresentative ofthetruetrendofprices
inthecountryoforigin;
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 (EEC)No1049/92(2),
providesthatthespeciallevyonproductsoriginatingin
andcomingfromAustria,SwedenandSwitzerlandshould
bedeterminedonthebasisoftheweightedaverageofthe
pricesofadultbovineanimalsrecordedontherepresenta­
tivemarketsofthosethirdcountries;whereasthe
weightingcoefficientsandrepresentative marketsare
specifiedintheAnnexestoRegulation(EEC)No611/77;
WhereasCouncilDecision92/232/EECof1October
1991ontheconclusionofanAgreementintheformof
anexchangeoflettersbetweentheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheRepublicofAustriaconcerningthe
adjustmentoftheCommunityimportarrangements
applicabletocertainbeefandvealsectorproductsorigi­
natinginAustria(3)laysdownnewprovisionsonprefe­
rentialimportsunderaseparatetariffquota;whereasthis
mustbetakenintoaccountwhentheleviesarefixed;
Whereastheaveragepriceisnottobeusedforcalcula­
tingthespeciallevyunlessitisatleastECU1,21per100
kilogramsofliveweightmorethanthefree-at-frontier
offerpricedeterminedinaccordancewithArticle10(2)of
Regulation(EEC)No805/68;
WhereasiftheaveragepricediffersbylessthanECU0,60
per100kilogramsofliveweightfromthatpreviously
usedtocalculatethelevy,thelattermayberetained;
Whereasincaseswhereoneormoreoftheabovemen­
tionedthirdcountriesadopt,forreasonsofhealthfor
example,measuresaffectingthepricesrecordedontheir
markets,theCommissionmayusethelatestprices
recordedbeforetheentryintoforceofsuchmeasures;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle12(6)ofRegulation(EEC)
No805/68thepriceofadultbovineanimalsonrepresen­
tativeCommunitymarketsisthepriceestablishedonthe
basisofpricesrecordedoveraperiodtobedeterminedon
therepresentative marketormarketsofeachMember
Stateinrespectofthevariouscategoriesofadultbovine
animalsorofmeatfromsuchanimals,aftertakingintoaccountthesizeofeachofthesecategoriesandtherela­
tivesizeofthebovineherdofeachMemberState;
Whereastherepresentativemarkets,categoriesandquali­
tiesofproductsandweightingcoefficientsarefixedin
AnnexIItoCommissionRegulation(EEC)No610/77of
18March1977onthedetermination ofpricesofadult
bovineanimalsonrepresentative Communitymarkets
andthesurveyofpricesofcertainothercattleinthe
Community(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
1460/930;
Whereas,forMemberStateswithseveralrepresentative
markets,thepriceofeachcategoryandqualityisequalto
thearithmeticmeanofthepricesrecordedoneachof
thosemarkets;whereas,forrepresentativemarketsheld
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;
Whereaspricesforthedifferentcategoriesandqualities
notobtainedfrompriceswhichare'liveweightexcluding
tax'aremultipliedbytheliveweightconversioncoeffi­
cientsfixedinAnnexIItothesaidRegulationand,inthe
caseofItaly,arefirstincreasedorreducedbythecorrec­
tiveamountsfixedinthesaidAnnex;
WhereasifoneormoreMemberStates,forveterinaryor
healthreasonsforexample,adoptmeasuresaffectingthe
normaltrendofpricesrecordedontheirmarketsthe
Commissionmaydisregardthepricesrecordedonthe
marketormarketsinquestion,orusethelatestprices
recordedonthemarketormarketsinquestionbeforethe
entryintoforceofsuchmeasures;
Whereas,intheabsenceofinformation,pricesrecorded
onrepresentative Communitymarketsaredetermined
mainlybyreferencetothemostrecentlyrecordedprices;
Whereasforsuchperiodasthepriceofadultbovine
animalsrecordedonrepresentativeCommunitymarkets
differsbylessthanECU0,24per100kilogramsoflive
weightfromthepricepreviouslyused,thelatteris
retained;
Whereastheleviesmustbesofixedthatobligations
arisingfrominternationalagreementsconcludedbythe
Communitycontinuetobefulfilled;whereasthelevies
fixedmustbeconsistentwithinterimagreementsentered
intobytheCommunity ;whereasaccountshouldalsobe
takenofCouncilRegulation (EC)No3698/93of22
December1993concerningthearrangementsapplicable
totheimportintotheCommunityofproductsorigina­
(')OJNoL77,25.3.1977,p.14.
(2)OJNoL111,29.4.1992,p.7.
OOJNoL111,29.4.1992,p.16.(4)OJNoL77,25.3.1977,p.1.0OJNoL143,15.6.1993,p.5.

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amendedbyRegulation(EC)No3558/93(14),laysdown
detailedrulesforapplyingthearrangementsprovidedfor
intheseagreementsasregardsbeef;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle101(1)ofCouncilDecision
91/482/EECof25July1991ontheassociationofthe
overseascountriesandterritorieswiththeEuropean
EconomicCommunity (15)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(16),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No3528/93(17),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies ;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1068/93(18);
Whereas,havingregardtotheprovisionsoftheaforemen­
tionedRegulation,andinparticulartotheinformation
andquotationsknowntotheCommission ,thelevieson
livecattleandbeefandvealotherthanfrozenmeat
shouldbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto,tingintheRepublicsofBosnia-Herzegovina ,Croatiaand
SloveniaandtheformerYugoslavRepublicofMacedo­
nia('),whichprovidesforreductionsinthelevieson
certainproductsofthebeefandvealsectorimportedinto
theCommunity ;whereasCommissionRegulation(EC)
No250/94(2)establishesdetailedrulesfortheimporta­
tionoftheseproducts;
Whereas,inaddition,accountmustbetakenofCouncil
Decision93/239/EECof15March1993concerningthe
conclusionoftheAgreementsintheformofexchanges
oflettersbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
oftheonepart,andtheRepublicofAustria,theRepublic
ofFinland,theRepublicofIceland,theKingdomof
NorwayandtheKingdomofSweden,oftheotherpart,
ontheprovisionalapplicationoftheAgreementson
certainarrangementsinthefieldofagriculture,signedby
thesaidpartiesinOportoon2May1992(3);whereas
Regulation(EEC)No1180/93(4)laysdowndetailedrules
fortheapplicationin1993oftheimportarrangements
fortheseproductsoriginatinginSweden;
Whereasdeclarationshavebeensubmittedbyboththe
CzechRepublicandtheSlovakRepublicinformingthe
Communities thatboththeCzechRepublicandthe
SlovakRepubliccontinuetoassumealltheobligations
deriving,interalia,fromtheInterimAgreementbetween
theCommunities andtheCzechandSlovakFederal
Republicuponthedissolutionofthelatteron31
December1992andinconsequencetheconcession
providedintheInterimAgreementshouldbeaccorded
withoutdistinctiontoproductsoriginatingintheCzech
RepublicorintheSlovakRepublic;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No715/90(^aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No235/94(6),laysdownthe
arrangementsapplicableonagriculturalproductsand
certaingoodsresultingfromtheprocessingofagricultural
productsoriginatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacific
States;
WhereasCouncilRegulations (EEC)No518/92(7),as
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2233/93(8),(EEC)No
519/92(9),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2234/
93(10),and(EEC)No520/92("),asamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No2235/93(12),of27February1992on
certainproceduresforapplyingtheInterimAgreements
ontradeandtrade-relatedmattersbetweentheEuropean
EconomicCommunityandtheEuropeanCoalandSteel
Community ,oftheonepart,andtheRepublicofPoland,
theRepublicofHungary,theCzechRepublicandthe
SlovakRepublic,oftheotherpart,introducearrange­
mentsforreducingimportleviesoncertainproducts;
whereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No2697/93(13),asHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theimportleviesonlivecattleandbeefandvealother
thanfrozenmeatshallbeassetoutintheAnnextothe
presentRegulation.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon7February1994.')OJNoL344,31.12.1993,p.1.
2)Seepage8ofthisOfficialJournal.
3)OJNoL109,1.5.1993,p.1.
4)OJNoL120,15.5.1993,p.14.
ÓOJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85.
6)OJNoL30,3.2.1994,p.12.ÍOJNoL56,29.2.1992,p.3.
8)OJNoL200,10.8.1993,p.3.
9)OJNoL56,29.2.1992,p.6.
,#)OJNoL200,10.8.1993,p.4.
")OJNoL56,29.2.1992,p.9.
I2)OJNoL200,10.8.1993,p.5.
u)OJNoL245,1.10.1993,p.75.04)OJNoL324,24.12.1993,p.38.
C5)OJNoL263,19.9.1991,p.1.
(")OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
(17)OJNoL320,22.12.1993,p.32.HOJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,3February1994.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
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4.2.94 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL31/21
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof3February1994fixingtheimportleviesonlivecattle
andonbeefandvealotherthanfrozen
(ECU/100kg)
CNcodeCroatia/Slovenia/
Bosnia-Herzegovina /
FormerYugoslav
RepublicofMacedonia(3)Austria(4) Sweden/Switzerland Otherthirdcountries(2)
—Liveweight—
01029005 — 17,086 1,278 131,4330
01029021 — 17,086 1,278 131,433(')
01029029 — 17,086 1,278 131,433(')
01029041 — 17,086 1,278 131,43300
01029049 — 17,086 1,278 131,433(')O
01029051 23,058 17,086 1,278 131,433(>)
01029059 23,058 17,086 1,278 131,4330
01029061 — 17,086 1,278 131,433(')
01029069 — 17,086 1,278 131,433(')
01029071 23,058 17,086 1,278 131,433(>)
01029079 23,058 17,086 1,278 131,433(')
—Netweight—
02011000 43,811 32,464 2,4280 249,72300
02012020 43,811 32,464 2,4280 249,72300
02012030 35,049 25,971 1,9430 199,77800
02012050 52,573 38,957 2,9140 299,66700
02012090 — 48,696 3,6420 374,58300
02013000 — 55,701 4,1660 428,47100
02061095 — 55,701 4,166 428,4710
02102010 — 48,696 3,642 374,583
02102090 — 55,701 4,166 428,471
02109041 — 55,701 4,166 428,471
02109090 — 55,701 4,166 428,471
16025010 — 55,701 4,166 428,471
16029061 — 55,701 4,166 428,471
(')InaccordancewithamendedRegulation(EEC)No715/90,leviesarenotappliedtoproductsimporteddirectlyintotheFrenchoverseasdepartments,
originatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStates.
(2)NoimportlevyappliestoOCToriginatingproductsaccordingtoArticle101(1)ofDecision91/482/EEC.
(3)ThislevyisapplicableonlytoproductscomplyingwiththeprovisionsofCommissionRegulation(EC)No250/94.
(4)ThislevyisapplicableonlytoproductscomplyingwiththeprovisionsoftheAgreementbetweentheEECandAustria(OJNoL111,29.4.1992,p.21).
0Productsfallingwithinthiscode,importedfromPoland,theterritoriesoftheexCzechandSlovakFederalRepublicorHungaryundertheInterimAgree­
mentsconcludedbetweenthosecountriesandtheCommunity,andinrespectofwhichEUR.lcertificatesissuedinaccordancewithCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No2697/93havebeenpresented,aresubjecttotheleviessetoutintheAnnextothatRegulation.
(6)Productsfallingwithinthiscode,importedfromPoland,theterritoriesoftheexCzechandSlovakFederalRepublicorHungaryundertheInterimAgree­
mentsconcludedbetweenthosecountriesandtheCommunity,andinrespectofwhichEUR.lcertificatesissuedinaccordancewithCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No247/93(OJNoL28,5.2.1993,p.39)havebeenpresented,aresubjecttotheleviessetoutintheAnnextothatRegulation.
0ThelevymaybereducedinaccordancewiththeAgreementbetweentheCommunityandSweden(OJNoL109,1.5.1993,p.59)andRegulation(EEC)
No1180/93.