CELEX: 31987R3917
Language: en
Date: 1987-12-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3917/87 of 23 December 1987 fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat

No L 369/8                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                29. 12. 87
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3917/87
                                                      of 23 December 1987
                    fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                     other than frozen meat
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          inter alia on the prices shown in the customs documents
                                                                     which accompany products imported from non-member
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              countries or on other information concerning the export
  Economic Community,                                                 prices applied by those non-member countries ; whereas
                                                                     offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing
  Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 possibilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities
  Portugal,                                                          and offer prices which, in view of general price move­
                                                                     ments or other information available, may be considered
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80               not to be representative of actual price trends in the
 of 27 June 1980 on the common organization of the                   country of origin are to be disregarded ;
 market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 3908/87 (2), and in particular the
 first paragraph of Article 11 thereof,                              Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origina­
                                                                     ting in or coming from one or more non-member coun­
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,             tries if exports of the said products are made at abnor­
                                                                     mally low prices ;
 Whereas, under Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
  1837/80, a levy is applicable to the products specified in
 Article 1 (a) of that Regulation ;                                  Whereas the levy on live animals within subheadings
                                                                     0104 10 90 and 0104 20 90 and on the meat falling within
 Whereas the levy on products falling within subheadings             subheadings      0204 10 00,     0204 21 00,    0204 22 10,
 0204 10 00,      0204 21 00,        0204 22 10,    0204 22 30,      0204 22 30,      0204 22 50,     0204 22 90,    0204 23 00,
 0204 22 50,      0204 22 90,        0204 23 00 ,   0204 50 1 1 ,    0204 50 11 ,     0204 50 13,     0204 50 15,    0204 50 19,
 0204 50 13,    0204 50 15, 0204 50 19, 0204 50 31 and               0204 50 31 , 0204 50 39, 0210 90 11 and 0210 90 19 listed
 0204 50 39 listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No                 in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is to be
 1837/80 is to be equal to the difference between the                equal to the levy determined for carcases, multiplied by a
 seasonally-adjusted basic price and the Community free-­            standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in
 at-frontier offer price ;                                           question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed in Annex I
                                                                     to Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 ;
 Whereas the seasonally-adjusted basic price is fixed in
 Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1969/87 (3) for
 the 1988 marketing year ;                                           Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations
                                                                     arising from international agreements concluded by the
 Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is               Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,
 determined in the light of the most representative                  account should be taken of the voluntary restraint arran­
 purchasing possibilities, as regard quality and quantity,           gements made by the Community with certain non-­
 recorded over the period from the 21st day of the prece­            member countries ;
 ding month to the 20th day of the month during which
 the levies are determined, taking particular account of the
 supply and demand situation for fresh or chilled meat, the          Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (*), as last
world market price for frozen meat of a category which is            amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1821 /87 (*), lays down
 competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of past experi­          the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
ence ;                                                             • certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
                                                                     products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
Whereas the free-at-frontier offer price is to be deter­             States or in the overseas countries and territories ;
mined, if necessary, on the basis of the most represent­
ative purchasing possibilities recorded for live sheep ;
                                                                    Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No                month for each week during the following month ;
2668/80 (4) the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be based       whereas they are applicable from Monday to Sunday ;
                                                                    whereas they can be altered within that period if neces­
                                                                     sary ;
(') OJ  No  L  183,  16. 7. 1980, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L  370,  30. 12. 1987.
0   OJ  No  L  184,  3. 7. 1987, p. 21 .                            0 OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4.
0   OJ  No  L  276,  20. 10. 1980, p. 39.                           («) OJ No L 172, 30. 6. 1987, p. 102.
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Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23                      these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and               tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
on the Common Customs Tariff ('), introduces, with effect              previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ;
from 1 January 1988, a new combined nomenclature
which meets the requirements of both the Common                    Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­
Customs Tariff and the Community's statistics on foreign           mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the informa­
trade and which replaces the existing nomenclature ;               tion and quotations known to the Commission, the levies
whereas the combined nomenclature codes should there­              on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                                   other than frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex
fore be specified, together with the relevant levies ;
                                                                   to this Regulation,
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band                                   Article 1
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central         The import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheep­
     rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the       meat and goatmeat other than frozen meat shall be as set
     last paragraph of Article 3 (b) of to Council Regulation      out in the Annex hereto.
    (EEC) No 1676/85 (2), as last amended by Regulation
    (EEC) No 1636/87 (3),
                                                                                            Article 2
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of           This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 January 1988 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                   Done at Brussels, 23 December 1987.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                 Vice-President
(') OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 .
O OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 3) OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                                           ANNEX
                      to the Commission Regulation of 23 December fixing the import levies on live sheep and
                                       goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat
                                                                                                                                           (ECU/100 kg)
                                             Week No 1                     Week No 2                   Week No 3                   Week No 4
             CN code                          from 4 to                    from 11 to                   from 18 to                  from 25 to
                                           10 January 1988              17 January 1988              24 January 1988             31 January 1988
          0104 10 90 (')                       123,958                       127,953                      132,714                     135,886
          0104 20 90 (')                       123,958                       127,953                      132,714                     135,886
          0204 10 00 (2)                       263,740                       272,240                      282,370                     289,12
          0204 21 00 J2)                       263,740                       272,240                      282,370                     289,12
          0204 50 1 1 (2)                      263,740                       272,240                      282,370                     289,12
          0204 22 10 (2)                       184,816                       190,568                      197,659                     202,384
          0204 50 13 (2)                       184,816                       190,568                      197,659                     202,384
          0204 22 30 (2)                       290,114                       299,464                      310,607                     318,032
          0204 50 15 (2)                       290,114                       299,464                      310,607                     318,032
          0204 22 50 (2)                       342,862                      353,912                      367,081                      375,856
          0204 50 19 (2)                       342,862                      353,912                      367,081                      375,856
          0204 22 90 (2)                       342,862                      353,912                      367,081                      375,856
          0204 50 31 (2)                       342,862                      353,912                      367,081                     375,856
          0204 23 00 0                         480,007                      495,477                      513,914                      526,198
          0204 50 39 (2)                       480,007                      495,477 .                    513,914                      526,198
          0210 90 11 (3)                       342,862                      353,912                      367,081                     375,856
          0210 90 19 (3)                       480,007                      495,477                      513,914                     526,198
(') The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulations (EEC) No 3643/85 and (EEC) No 486/85 and Commission Regulation
    (EEC) No 19/82.
(*) 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 and (EEC) No 486/85 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.
(3) The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.