CELEX: 31994R3167
Language: en
Date: 1994-12-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 3167/94 of 22 December 1994 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

No L 335/20                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               23 . 12. 94
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3167/94
                                                       of 22 December 1994
                               fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          of the supply and demand situation for fresh or chilled
                                                                     meat, the world market price for frozen meat of a category
                                                                     which is competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               past experience ;
Community,
                                                                     Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89                2668/80, the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be based
of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of
                                                                      inter alia on the prices shown in the customs documents
the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1886/94 (2), and in parti­
                                                                     which accompany products imported from non-member
cular Article 10 thereof,
                                                                     countries or on other information concerning the export
                                                                     prices applied by those non-member countries ; whereas
                                                                     offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing
                                                                     possibilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities
Whereas, pursuant to Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No            and offer prices which, in view of general price move­
3013/89, a levy is applicable to the products falling within         ments or other information available, may be considered
CN       codes     0204 30 00,      0204 41 00,      0204 42 10,
                                                                     not to be representative of actual price trends in the
0204 42 30,      0204 42 50,        0204 42 90,      0204 43 00,
                                                                     country of origin are to be disregarded ;
0204 50 51 ,     0204 50 53,        0204 50 55,      0204 50 59,
0204 50 71 and 0204 50 79 listed in Annex II to that
Regulation ;
                                                                     Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origin­
                                                                     ating in or coming from one or more non-member coun­
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No               tries if exports of the said products are made at abnor­
3013/89, the levy on frozen carcases and halfcarcases is to          mally low prices ;
be equal to the difference between :
(a) the basic price multiplied by a coefficient representing         Whereas the levy on the meat falling within CN codes
     the relationship existing in the Community between              0204 30 00,      0204 41 00,     0204 42 1 0,   0204 42 30,
     the price of fresh meat of a category competitive with          0204 42 50,      0204 42 90,     0204 43 00,    0204 50 51 ,
     the frozen meat in question, presented in the same              0204 50 53,    0204 50 55, 0204 50 59, 0204 50 71 and
     form, and the average price of fresh and chilled sheep          0204 50 79 listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
     carcases, and                                                   3013/89 is to be equal to the levy determined for frozen
                                                                     carcases, multiplied by a standard coefficient fixed for
(b) the Community free-at-frontier offer price for the said          each of the products in question ; whereas these coeffi­
     frozen meat :
                                                                     cients are fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     2668 /80 :
Whereas the seasonally-adjusted basic price for the 1995
marketing year is fixed in Article 2 of Council Regulation
(EC) No 1887/94 (3) ; whereas the coefficient referred to in         Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations
Article 12 (3) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 is fixed           arising from international agreements concluded by the
in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 (4), as last         Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3890/92 Q ;                           account should be taken of the voluntary restraint
                                                                     arrangements made by the Community with certain
                                                                     non-member countries :
Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is
determined in the light of the most representative
purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quantity,           Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (% as last
recorded over the period from the 21st day of the                    amended by Regulation (EC) No 2484/94 Q, lays down
preceding month to the 20th day of the month during                  the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
which the levies are determined, taking particular account           certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
                                                                     products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
(') OJ  No  L 289, 7. 10. 1989, p. 1 .                               States or in the overseas countries and territories :
(2) OJ  No  L 197, 30. 7. 1994, p. 30.
(3) OJ  No  L 197, 30. 7. 1994, p. 31 .
(4) OJ  No  L 276, 20. 10. 1980, p. 39.                              (*) OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
0   OJ  No  L 391 , 31 . 12. 1992, p. 51 .                           f) OJ No L 265, 15. 10. 1994, p. 3.
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 Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision         tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
 91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the             lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (4), as amended by Regulation
 overseas countries and territories with the European              (EC) No 547/94 0 ;
 Economic Community (!), no levies shall apply on
 imports of products originating in the overseas countries         Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­
 and territories ;                                                 mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the informa­
                                                                   tion and quotations known to the Commission, the levies
                                                                   on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
 Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each          other than frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex
 month for each week during the following month ;                  to this Regulation,
 whereas they are applicable from Monday to Sunday ;
 whereas they can be altered within that period if neces­
 sary ;                                                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                            Article 1
 Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (2), as                  The import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (3), are used to            shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
 convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
 and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural                                 Article 2
 conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­          This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 January 1995.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 22 December 1994.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Rene STEICHEN
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(l) OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .                              (4) OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(3) OJ No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32.                            0 OJ No L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 .
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                                                                     ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 22 December 1994 fixing the import levies on frozen
                                                         sheepmeat and goatmeat (*) (2)
                                                                                                                                       (ECU/100 kg)
                                  Week No 1              Week No 2              Week No 3               Week No 4                  Week No 5
         CN code                   from 2 to              from 9 to              from 16 to              from 23 to             from 30 January
                                8 January 1995         15 January 1995        22 January 1995         29 January 1995         to 5 February 1995
       0204 30 00                   114,913                117,095                 119,638                 121,453                  123,268
       0204 41 00                   114,913                117,095                 119,638                 121,453                  123,268
       0204 42 10                    80,439                 81,967                  83,747                  85,017                   86,288
       0204 42 30                   126,404                128,805                 131,602                 133,598                  135,595
       0204 42 50                   149,387                152,224                 155,529                 157,889                  160,248
       0204 42 90                   149,387                152,224                 155,529                 157,889                  160,248
       0204 43 10                   209,142                213,113                 217,741                 221,044                  224,348
       0204 43 90                   209,142                213,113                 217,741                 221,044                  224348
       0204 50 51                   114,913                117,095                 119,638                 121,453                  123,268
       0204 50 53                    80,439                  81,967                 83,747                  85,017                   86,288
       0204 50 55                   126,404                128,805                 131,602                 133,598                  135,595
       0204 50 59                   149,387                152,224                 155,529                 157,889                  160,248
       0204 50 71                   149,387                152,224                 155,529                 157,889                  160,248
       0204 50 79                   209,142                213,113                 217,741                 221,044                  224,348
(') The levy applicable is limited to the amount bound under GAIT or in the conditions laid down in Council Regulations (EEC) No 1985/82, (EEC) No
    3643/85, (EEC) No 715/90 and (EC) No 3609/93 and Commission Regulations (EEC) No 19/82 and (EQ No 3581/93.
P) No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.