CELEX: 31994R0724
Language: en
Date: 1994-03-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 724/94 of 30 March 1994 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal

31 . 3 . 94                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 87/ 13
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 724/94
                                                            of 30 March 1994
                                          fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             (c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 % and
                                                                              less than or equal to 106 % of the guide price ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   (d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 % of
Community,                                                                    the guide price ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of                  Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market                    animals on representative Community markets is equal to
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)                 or less than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the
No 3611 /93 (2), and in particular Article 12 (8) thereof,               following percentage of the basic levy :
Whereas, pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No                    (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or equal
805/68, a levy is applicable to the products specified in                     to 98 % of the guide price ;
Article 1 (1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12               (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 % and
fixes the amount of the levy applicable by reference to a                     more than or equal to 96 % of the guide price ;
percentage of the basic levy ;
                                                                         (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 % and
                                                                              more than or equal to 90 % of the guide price ;
Whereas, in respect of the types of frozen meat listed in
section (b) of the Annex to the said Regulation under CN                 (d) 114% where the market price is less than 90 % of
codes 0202 10 00 and 0202 20 10, the basic levy is deter­                     the guide price ;
mined on the basis of the difference between :
                                                                         Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals for the
— the guide price multiplied by a coefficient represent­                 1993/94 marketing year have been fixed by Council
      ing the ratio existing in the Community between the                Regulation (EEC) No 1 563/93 (*) ; whereas Council Regu­
      price of fresh meat of a category competitive with the             lation (EC) No 719/94 (6) extends the commercialization
      frozen meat in question, presented in the same form,               of the 1993/94 beef sector until 30 June 1994 ;
      and the average price of adult bovine animals, and
— the Community free-at-frontier offer price for frozen                  Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1753/93 f)
      meat, plus the amount of the customs duty and a stan­              determines certain prices fixed in ecus in the beef and
      dard amount representing the specific costs of the                 veal sector as a result of the monetary realignments in the
      import operations ;                                                 1992/93 marketing year ;
Whereas, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 of                     Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price for
 18 March 1977 laying down rules for the application of                   frozen meat is determined by reference to the world
the levies on beef and veal and amending Regulation                       market price based on the most representative purchasing
(EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (3), as                      possibilities, as regards quality and quantity, recorded over
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3661 /92 (4), the                    a certain period preceding the fixing of the basic levy,
 abovementioned coefficient, calculated in accordance with                taking into account in particular :
 the rules laid down in Article 11 (2) (a) of Regulation
(EEC) No 805/68, has been fixed at 1,69 units of account                 — foreseeable developments on the market in frozen
 and the standard amount referred to in Article 1 1 (2) (b)                    meat,
 of the said Regulation has been fixed at ECU 6,65 ;
                                                                          — the most representative prices on third country
                                                                               markets for fresh and chilled meat of a category which
Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine                         is competitive with frozen meat,
 animals on representative Community markets is higher
 than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the fol­               — past experience ;
 lowing percentage of the basic levy :
                                                                          Whereas the basic levy on the types of frozen meat listed
 (a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal to                 in section (b) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No
       1 02 % of the guide price ;                                        805/68     under     CN    codes    0202 20 50,   0202 20 90,
 (b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 % and                   0202 30 10, 0202 30 50 and 0202 30 90 is equal to the
       less than or equal to 1 04 % of the guide price ;                  basic levy fixed for the products falling within CN codes
                                                                          0202 10 00 and 0202 20 10, multiplied by a standard
 (')  OJ   No L  148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p . 24.
 (2)  OJ   No L 328, 29. 12. 1993, p. 7.                                  0 OJ No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 35.
 0    OJ   No L 75, 23. 3. 1977, p. 10 .                                  (6) See page 1 of this Official Journal.
  (<) OJ   No L  370, 19. 12. 1992, p. 16.                                O OJ No L 161 , 2. 7. 1993, p. 44.
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coefficient fixed for each of the products in question ;        Whereas prices for the different categories and qualities
whereas these coefficients were fixed in Annex II to            not obtained from prices which are 'live weight excluding
Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;                                    tax', are multiplied by the live weight conversion coeffi­
                                                                cients fixed in Annex II to the said Regulation and, in the
                                                                case of Italy, are first increased or reduced by the correc­
Whereas, for the purpose of fixing the free-at-frontier         tive amounts fixed in the said Annex ;
offer prices, offer prices that do not correspond to real
purchasing possibilities or that relate to unrepresentative
quantities should not be taken into account ; whereas           Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary or
offer prices should also be excluded when the movement           health reasons for example, adopt measures affecting the
of prices in general or the information available gives          normal trend of prices recorded on their markets, the
reason to believe that they are unrepresentative of the true     Commission may disregard the prices recorded on the
trend of prices in the country of origin ;                      market or markets in question, or use the latest prices
                                                                recorded on the market or markets in question before the
                                                                entry into force of such measures ;
Whereas, where the free-at-frontier offer price for frozen
meat differs by less than one unit of account per 100 kilo­
grams from that previously used for the calculation of the      Whereas, in the absence of information, prices recorded
levy, the latter price should be retained ;
                                                                 on representative Community markets are determined
                                                                 mainly by reference to the most recently recorded prices ;
Whereas pursuant to Article 12 (6) of Regulation (EEC)
No 805/68 the price of adult bovine animals on represen­
tative Community markets is the price established on the        Whereas, for such period as the price of adult bovine
basis of prices recorded over a period to be determined on       animals recorded on representative Community markets
the representative market or markets of each Member              differs by less than ECU 0,24 per 100 kilograms of live
State for the various categories of adult bovine animals or      weight from the price previously used, the latter is
of meat from such animals, taking into account the size of       retained ;
each of these categories and the relative size of the bovine
herd of each Member State :
                                                                 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (3), as last
                                                                 amended by Regulation (EC) No 235/94 (4), lays down the
Whereas the representative markets, categories and quali­        arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
 ties of products and weighting coefficients are fixed in        certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
Annex II to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 610/77 of             products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
 18 March 1977 on the determination of prices of adult           States ;
bovine animals on representative Community markets
and the survey of prices of certain other cattle in the
Community ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No            Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3491 /93 (^ and
 1460/93 (2) ;                                                   (EC) No 3492/93 (6), on certain procedures for applying
                                                                 the Europe Agreement establishing an association
                                                                 between the European Communities and their Member
 Whereas, for Member States with several representative          States, of the one part, and the Republics of Hungary and
 markets, the price of each category and quality is equal to     Poland, of the other part, and Council Regulation (EEC)
 the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each of           No 520/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain rules for
 those markets ; for representative markets held several         applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade­
 times in one period of seven days, the price of each cat­       related matters between the European Economic Commu­
 egory and quality is equal to the arithmetic mean of the        nity and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the
 prices recorded on each market day ; whereas in respect of      one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of
 Italy the price of each category and quality is equal to the    the other part (7), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 average, weighted by the special weighting coefficients         2235/93 (8), and in particular Article 1 thereof introduce
 fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 610/77, of the         arrangements for reducing import levies on certain
 prices recorded in the surplus and deficit zones ; whereas      products ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No
  the price recorded in the surplus zone is equal to the         2697/93 (9), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3558/93
 arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each of the           (10), lays down detailed rules for applying the arrange­
  markets within that zone ; whereas in respect of the           ments provided for in these agreements as regards beef ;
  United Kingdom the weighted average prices of adult
 bovine animals recorded on the representative markets of
  Great Britain on the one hand and Northern Ireland on           (3) OJ  No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
                                                                  (4) OJ  No L 30, 3. 2. 1994, p. 12.
  the other are adjusted by the coefficient fixed in the          0   OJ  No L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 1 .
  abovementioned Annex II ;                                       (<) OJ  No L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 4.
                                                                  0 OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
                                                                  (8) OJ No L 200, 10. 8 . 1993, p. 5.
  (') OJ No L 77, 25. 3. 1977, p. 1 .                             0 OJ No L 245, 1 . 10 . 1993, p. 75.
  (2) OJ No L 143, 15. 6. 1993, p. 5.                             H OJ No L 324, 24. 12. 1993, p. 38 .
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Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3641 /93 (') and              altered, or in these case of changes in the prices recorded
(EC) No 3642/93 (2) on certain rules for applying the             on Community representative markets ;
Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters
between the European Economic Community and the                   Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part,                1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (*), as
and the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, of the other            amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (% are used to
part ; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 346/94 (3),          convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
lays down detailed rules for applying the arrangements            and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                  conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
provided for in these agreements as regards beef ;
                                                                  whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
                                                                  tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
                                                                   lation (EEC) No 1068/93 f), amended by Regulation (EC)
Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision          No 547/94 (8);
91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
overseas countries and territories with the European              Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the aforemen­
Economic Community (4), no levies shall apply on                  tioned Regulations, and in particular to the information
imports of products originating in the overseas countries         and quotations known to the Commission, the levies on
and territories ;                                                  frozen beef and veal should be as set out in the Annex
                                                                   hereto,
Whereas the various cuts of frozen meat are defined in
 Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                                               Article 1
 No 805/68, the nomenclature provided for in this Regula­
tion is incorporated in the combined nomenclature ;                The import levies on frozen beef and veal shall be as set
                                                                   out in the Annex.
Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each
month and are applicable from the first Monday of the                                          Article 2
 following month ; whereas these levies may be altered in
 the period between two fixings where the basic levy is            This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 April 1994.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 30 March 1994.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Rene STEICHEN
                                                                         Member of the Commission
  (') OJ No L 333, 31 . 12. 1993, p. 16.                            0   OJ No  L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
  O   OJ No L 333, 31 . 12. 1993, p. 17.                            («) OJ No  L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32.
  (3) OJ No L 44, 17. 2. 1994, p. 15 .                              O   OJ No  L 108 , 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
  (4) OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .                             (8  OJ No  L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 .
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                                                                ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 30 March 1994 fixing the import levies on frozen beef
                                                              and veal (') (2)
                                                                                                                  (ECU / 100 kg)
                                                  CN code                                                     Levy
                                                                                                      — Net weight —
                                                0202 10 00                                                 164,833 (3)
                                                0202 20 10                                                 164,833 0
                                                0202 20 30                                                 131,866f)
                                                0202 20 50                                                 206,041 (3)
                                                0202 20 90                                                 247,249 (3)
                                                0202 30 10                                                 206,041 (3)
                                                0202 30 50                                                 206,041 (3)
                                                0202 30 90                                                 283,512 (3)
                                                0206 29 91                                                 283,512
            (') In accordance with amended Regulation (EEC) No 715/90, levies are not applied to products imported directly
                into the French overseas departments, originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States.
            (2) No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
            (3) Products falling within this code, imported from Poland or Hungary under the Agreements concluded between
                those countries and the Community and the Interim Agreements between the Czech Republic, the Slovak Repu­
                blic, Bulgaria, Romania and the Community, and in respect of which EUR.l certificates issued in accordance
                with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2697/93, amended, or Regulation (EC) No 346/94 have been presented,
                are subject to the levies foreseen in those Regulations.