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fixingtheimportleviesonfrozenbeefandveal
(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;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No805/68of
27June1968onthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inbeefandveal('),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No1884/94(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
animalsonrepresentative Communitymarketsishigher
thantheguideprice,thelevyapplicableequalsthefol­
lowingpercentageofthebasiclevy:
(a)75%wherethemarketpriceislessthanorequalto
102%oftheguideprice;Whereastheguidepricesforadultbovineanimalsforthe
1994/95marketingyearwerefixedbyCouncilRegulation
(EC)No1885/940;
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)OJNoL197,30.7.1994,p.27.
(3)OJNoL75,23.3.1977,p.10.
(4)OJNoL370,19.12.1992,p.16. nOJNoL197,30.7.1994,p.29.

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coefficientfixedforeachoftheproductsinquestion;
whereasthesecoefficientswerefixedinAnnexIIto
Regulation(EEC)No586/77;Whereaspricesforthedifferentcategoriesandqualities
notobtainedfrompriceswhichare'liveweightexcluding
tax',aremultipliedbytheliveweightconversioncoeffi­
cientsfixedinAnnexIItothesaidRegulationand,inthe
caseofItaly,arefirstincreasedorreducedbythecorrec­
tiveamountsfixedinthesaidAnnex; Whereas,forthepurposeoffixingthefree-at-frontier
offerprices,offerpricesthatdonotcorrespondtoreal
purchasingpossibilitiesorthatrelatetounrepresentative
quantitiesshouldnotbetakenintoaccount;whereas
offerpricesshouldalsobeexcludedwhenthemovement
ofpricesingeneralortheinformationavailablegives
reasontobelievethattheyareunrepresentative ofthetrue
trendofpricesinthecountryoforigin;WhereasifoneormoreMemberStates,forveterinaryor
healthreasonsforexample,adoptmeasuresaffectingthe
normaltrendofpricesrecordedontheirmarkets,the
Commissionmaydisregardthepricesrecordedonthe
marketormarketsinquestion,orusethelatestprices
recordedonthemarketormarketsinquestionbeforethe
entryintoforceofsuchmeasures;Whereas,wherethefree-at-frontier offerpriceforfrozen
meatdiffersbylessthanoneunitofaccountper100kilo­
gramsfromthatpreviouslyusedforthecalculationofthe
levy,thelatterpriceshouldberetained; Whereas,intheabsenceofinformation,pricesrecorded
onrepresentativeCommunitymarketsaredetermined
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); WhereasCouncilRegulations (EC)No3491/93(*)and
(EC)No3492/93(*),oncertainproceduresforapplying
theEuropeAgreementestablishinganassociation
betweentheEuropeanCommunitiesandtheirMember
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
1390/94f)laysdowndetailedrulesforapplyingthe
arrangementsprovidedforintheseagreementsasregards
beef;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;(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.4.0OJNoL56,29.2.1992,p.9.
(8)OJNoL200,10.8.1993,p.5.0OJNoL152,18.6.1994,p.20.(')OJNoL77,25.3.1977,p.1.
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theperiodbetweentwofixingswherethebasiclevyis
altered,orinthesecaseofchangesinthepricesrecorded
onCommunityrepresentative markets;
WhereastherepresentativemarketratesdefinedinArticle
1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(10),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No3528/93(n),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1068/93(12),asamendedbyRegulation
(EC)No547/94(13);
Whereas,havingregardtotheprovisionsoftheaforemen­
tionedRegulations,andinparticulartotheinformation
andquotationsknowntotheCommission ,thelevieson
frozenbeefandvealshouldbeassetoutintheAnnex
hereto,WhereasCouncilRegulations (EC)No3641/93(x)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)No774/940andbyCommission
Regulations(EC)No3241/94Qand(EC)No3243/94(8);
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle101(1)ofCouncilDecision
91/482/EECof25July1991ontheassociationofthe
overseascountriesandterritorieswiththeEuropean
EconomicCommunity(9),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
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon2January1995.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28December1994.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL333,31.12.1993,p.16.
(2)OJNoL333,31.12.1993,p.17.
(3)OJNoL152,18.6.1994,p.16.
(4)OJNoL192,28.7.1994,p.24.0OJNoL325,17.12.1994,p.1.
MOJNoL91,8.4.1994,p.1. (10)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
(n)OJNoL320,22.12.1993,p.32. 0OJNoL338,28.12.1994,p.53.
(8)OJNoL338,28.12.1994,p.62. (12)OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
(9)OJNoL263,19.9.1991,p.1. (13)OJNoL69,12.3.1994,p.1.

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof28December1994fixingtheimportleviesonfrozenbeef
andveal(')(2)
(ECU/100kg)
CNcode Levy
—Netweight—
02021000 148,417(3)
02022010 148,417(3)
02022030 118,733(3)
02022050 185,521(3)
02022090 222,625(3)
02023010 185,521(3)
02023050 185,521(3)
02023090 255,277(3)(4)
02062991 255,277(4)
(')InaccordancewithamendedRegulation(EEC)No715/90,leviesarenotappliedtoproductsimporteddirectly
intotheFrenchoverseasdepartments,originatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStates.
(2)NoimportlevyappliestoOCToriginatingproductsaccordingtoArticle101(1)ofDecision91/482/EEC.
(3)Productsfallingwithinthiscode,importedfromPolandorHungaryundertheAgreementsconcludedbetween
thosecountriesandtheCommunityandtheInterimAgreementsbetweentheCzechRepublic,theSlovakRepu­
blic,Bulgaria,RomaniaandtheCommunity,andinrespectofwhichEUR.lcertificatesissuedinaccordance
withCommissionRegulation(EC)No1390/94,amended,orRegulation(EC)No1389/94havebeenpresented,
aresubjecttotheleviesforeseeninthoseRegulations.
(4)Thelevyontheproductsfallingwithinthesecodes,importedpursuanttoCouncilRegulations(EC)No3071/94
and(EC)No774/94andCommissionRegulations (EC)No3241/94,(EC)No957/94and(EC)No3243/94,is
restrictedpursuanttotheconditionslaiddowninthoseRegulations.