18.5.85 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL131/3
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1271/85
of16May1985
fixingtheimportleviesonlivesheepandgoatsandonsheepmeatandgoatmeat
otherthanfrozenmeat
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
1837/80of27June1980onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinsheepmeatandgoatmeat('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No871/84(2),andin
particularthefirstparagraphofArticle11thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee,
Whereas,underArticle10(2)ofRegulation(EEC)No
1837/80,alevyisapplicabletotheproductsspecified
inArticle1(a)ofthatRegulation;
Whereasthelevyonproductsfallingwithinsubhead­
ing02.01AIVa)1listedinAnnexItoRegulation
(EEC)No1837/80istobeequaltothedifference
betweentheseasonally-adjusted basicpriceandthe
Communityfree-at-frontier offerprice;
Whereastheseasonally-adjusted basicpriceisfixedin
Article2ofRegulation(EEC)No873/84(3)forthe
1984/85marketingyear,aslastextendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1270/85(4);
WhereastheCommunityfree-at-frontier offerpriceis
determinedinthelightofthemostrepresentative
purchasingpossibilities,asregardqualityandquantity,
recordedovertheperiodfromthe21stdayofthe
precedingmonthtothe20thdayofthemonthduring
whichtheleviesaredetermined,takingparticular
accountofthesupplyanddemandsituationforfresh
orchilledmeat,theworldmarketpriceforfrozen
meatofacategorywhichiscompetitivewithfreshor
chilledmeatandofpastexperience ;
Whereasthefree-at-frontier offerpriceistobedeter­
mined,ifnecessary,onthebasisofthemostrepresent­
ativepurchasingpossibilitiesrecordedforlivesheep;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle3ofRegulation(EEC)
No2668/80(*)thefree-at-frontier offerpricesaretobe
basedinteraliaonthepricesshowninthecustomsdocumentswhichaccompanyproductsimportedfrom
non-member countriesoronotherinformation
concerningtheexportpricesappliedbythosenon­
membercountries;whereasofferpriceswhichdonot
correspondtoactualpurchasingpossibilitiesorwhich
relatetounrepresentative quantitiesandofferprices
which,inviewofgeneralpricemovementsorother
informationavailable,maybeconsiderednottobe
representative ofactualpricetrendsinthecountryof
originaretobedisregarded ;
WhereasaspecialleVymaybefixedforproductsorigi­
natinginorcomingfromoneormorenon-member
countriesifexportsofthesaidproductsaremadeat
abnormallylowprices;
Whereasthelevyonliveanimalswithinsubheading
01.04Bandonthemeatfallingwithinsubheadings
02.01AIVa)2,3,4and5and02.06CIIa)listedin
AnnexItoRegulation(EEC)No1837/80istobe
equaltothelevydeterminedforcarcases,multiplied
byastandardcoefficientfixedforeachoftheproducts
inquestion;whereasthesecoefficientsarefixedin
AnnexItoRegulation(EEC)No2668/80;
Whereastheleviesshouldbesofixedthattheobliga­
tionsarisingfrominternationalagreementsconcluded
bytheCommunitycontinuetobefulfilled;whereas,
moreover,accountshouldbetakenofthevoluntary
restraintarrangementsmadebytheCommunitywith
certainnon-member countries;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No486/85(*)lays
downthearrangements applicableonagricultural
productsandcertaingoodsresultingfromtheproces­
singofagriculturalproductsoriginatingintheAfrican,
CaribbeanandPacificSatesorintheoverseascoun­
triesandterritories;
Whereastheleviesarefixedbeforethe27thdayof
eachmonthforeachweekduringthefollowing
month;whereastheyareapplicablefromMondayto
Sunday;whereastheycanbealteredwithinthat
periodifnecessary;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
leviesshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:OOJNoL183,16.7.1980,p.1.0OJNoL90,1.4.1984,p.35.
(3)OJNoL90,1.4.1984,p.42.
(4)Seepage1ofthisOfficialJournal.
OOJNoL276,20.10.1980,p.39. («)OJNoL61,1.3.1985,p.4.

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—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedin
relationtoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithin
abandof2,25%,arateofexchangebasedon
theircentralrate,multipliedbythecoefficient
providedforinArticle2b(2)ofRegulation(EEC)
No974/71(')aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No855/84(2),
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodin
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
inthepreviousindentandtheaforesaidcoeffi­
cient;
Whereas,havingregardtotheprovisionsoftheabove­
mentionedRegulationsand,inparticular,totheinfor­
mationandquotationsknowntotheCommission,the
leviesonlivesheepandgoatsandonsheepmeatandgoatmeatotherthanfrozenmeatshouldbeassetout
intheAnnextothisRegulation,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Theimportleviesonlivesheepandgoatsandon
sheepmeatandgoatmeatotherthanfrozenmeatshall
beassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon20May1985.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,16May1985.
FortheCommission
FransANDRIESSEN
Vice-President
0OJNoL106,12.5.1971,p.1.
(2)OJNoL90,1.4.1984,p.1.

18.5.85 NoL131/5 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof16May1985fixingtheimportleviesonlivesheepand
goatsandonsheepmeatandgoatmeatotherthanfrozenmeat
(ECU/100kg)
CCT
headingNoWeekNo8
from20to26May1985
01.04B 86,950(')
02.01AIVa)1 185,000(2)
2 129,500(2)
3 203,500(2)
4 240,500(2)
5aa) 240,500(2)
bb) 336,700(2)
02.06CIIa)1 240,5000
2 336,700(3)
(')ThelevyapplicableislimitedintheconditionslaiddowninCouncilRegulations(EEC)No
3658/84and(EEC)No486/85andCommissionRegulation(EEC)No19/82.
(2)ThelevyapplicableislimitedtotheamountboundunderGATTorintheconditionslaiddown
inCouncilRegulations (EEC)No1985/82,(EEC)No3658/84and(EEC)No486/85and
CommissionRegulation(EEC)No19/82.
(3)ThelevyapplicableislimitedintheconditionslaiddowninCouncilRegulation(EEC)No
486/85andCommissionRegulation(EEC)No19/82.