CELEX: 31981R0923
Language: en
Date: 1981-04-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 923/81 of 3 April 1981 fixing the import levies on live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen

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                                     COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 923/81
                                                        of 3 April 1981
               fixing the import levies on live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas if it is found that the price of adult bovine
COMMUNITIES,                                                       animals on representative Community markets is
                                                                   equal to or less than the guide price, the levy appli­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              cable equals the following percentage of the basic
Economic Community,                                                levy :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or
805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                        equal to 98 % of the guide price ;
of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by
                                                                   (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 %
the Act of Accession of Greece (2 ), and in particular
                                                                         and more than or equal to 96 % of the guide
Article 12(8) thereof,
                                                                         price ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                       (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 %
Committee ,                                                              and more than or equal to 90 % of the guide
                                                                         price ;
Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   (d) 114% where the market price is less than 90%
805/68 a levy is applicable to the products specified in
Article 1 ( l)(a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12                of the guide price ;
fixes the amount of the levy applicable by reference to
a percentage of the basic levy ;                                   Whereas pursuant to Article 10(4) of Regulation
                                                                   (EEC) No 805/68 the basic levy on the meat specified
Whereas in respect of bovine animals the basic levy is             in sections (a), (c) and (d) of the Annex thereto is equal
determined on the basis of the difference between the              to the basic levy determined for bovine animals, multi­
guide price and the Community free-at-frontier offer               plied by a standard coefficient fixed for each of the
price plus the amount of the customs duty ; whereas                products in question ; whereas these coefficients are
the Community free-at-frontier offer price is deter­               fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 of
mined in the light of the most representative                       18 March 1977 laying down rules for the application
purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quan­             of levies on beef and veal and amending Regulation
tity, recorded over a certain period for bovine animals            (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (3),
and for the fresh or chilled meat specified in                     as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 882/79 (4) ;
section (a) of the Annex to the said Regulation under
subheadings 02.01 A II a) 1 to 3, account being taken              Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals to
 in particular of the position with respect to supply               be applied from 6 April 1981 were fixed by Council
and demand, of world market prices for frozen meat                  Regulation (EEC) No 898 /81 of 1 April 1981 (5) ;
of a category which is competitive with fresh or
chilled meat and of past experience ;
                                                                    Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 stipulates that
Whereas if it is found that        the price of adult bovine        the basic levy is to be calculated according to the
                                                                    method set out in its Article 3 and on the basis of all
 animals on representative          Community markets is
 higher than the guide price,      the levy applicable equals       the representative free-at-frontier offer prices of the
 the following percentage of        the basic levy :                Community determined for the products of each of
                                                                    the categories and cuts specified in Article 2 and esta­
 (a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal              blished principally by reference to the prices specified
       to 102% of the guide price ;                                 in the customs documents accompanying products
 (b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 %                 imported from third countries or from other informa­
      and less than or equal to 104 % of the guide                  tion concerning export prices obtaining in those third
                                                                    countries ;
       price ;
 (c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 %
       and less than or equal to 106 % of the guide                 Whereas, however, offer prices that do not correspond
       price ;
                                                                    to real purchasing possibilities or that relate to unre­
                                                                    presentative quantities should not be taken into
 (d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 %                  account ; whereas offer prices should also be excluded
       of the guide price ;
                                                                    (3 ) OJ No L 75, 23 . 3 . 1977, p . 10 .
 (>) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 24.                          (4 ) OJ No L 111 , 4. 5 . 1979 , p . 14.
 (2 ) OJ No L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979, p . 17 .                        (5 ) OJ No L 90 , 4 . 4. 1981 .
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when the movement of prices in general or the infor­           markets of each Member State in respect of the
mation available suggests that they are unrepresenta­          various categories of adult bovine animals or of meat
tive of the true trend of prices in the country of             from such animals, after taking into account the size
origin ;                                                       of each of these categories and the relative size of the ,
                                                               bovine herd of each Member State ;
Whereas in cases where for one or more categories of
bovine animals or cuts of meat a free-at-frontier offer
price cannot be established, the most recent available         Whereas the prices of adult bovine animals recorded
price should be used for the calculation ;                      on the representative market or markets of each
                                                                Member State are equal to the average, weighted by
                                                                the appropriate coefficients, of the prices for the
Whereas if the free-at-frontier offer price differs by         various qualities of adult bovine animals or meat of
less than 0-60 ECU per 100 kilograms of live weight             such animals over a period of seven days in that
from that previously used for the calculation of the            Member State at a particular wholesale marketing
levy, the latter price should be retained ;                     stage ; whereas the representative markets, categories
                                                                and qualities of products and weighting coefficients
Whereas pursuant to Article 1 0 (3) of Regulation               are fixed in Annex II to Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 805/68 a special basic levy is determined              (EEC) No 610/77 of 18 March 1977 on the determina­
for certain third countries on the basis of the differ­         tion of prices of adult bovine animals on representa­
ence between the guide price and the average price              tive Community markets and the survey of prices of
recorded over a certain period plus the amount of the           certain other cattle in the Community (3), as last
customs duty ;                                                  amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3470/80 (4) ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 611 /77 of
                                                                Whereas, for Member States with several representa­
 18 March 1977 ( l), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                tive markets, the price of each category and quality is
No 925/77 (2), provides that the special levy on
                                                                equal to the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded
products originating in and coming from Austria,                on each of those markets ; whereas, for representative
Sweden and Switzerland should be determined on the
                                                                markets held several times in one period of seven
basis of the weighted average of the prices of adult
                                                                days, the price of each category and quality is equal to
bovine animals recorded on the representative markets
                                                                the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each
of those third countries ; whereas the weighting coeffi­
                                                                market day ; whereas in respect of Italy the price of
cients and representative markets are specified in the
                                                                each category and quantity is equal to the average,
Annexes to Regulation (EEC) No 611 /77 ;
                                                                weighted by the special weighting coefficients fixed in
                                                                Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 610/77, of the
Whereas the average price is not to be used for calcu­          prices recorded in the surplus and deficit zones ;
 lating the special levy unless it is at least 1-21 ECU         whereas the price recorded in the surplus zone is
 per 100 kilograms of live weight more than the free­           equal to the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded
 at-frontier offer price determined in accordance with          on each of the markets within that zone ; whereas in
 Article 10(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 ;                  respect of the United Kingdom the weighted average
                                                                prices of adult bovine animals recorded on the repre­
                                                                sentative markets of Great Britain on the one hand
 Whereas if the average price differs by less than 0-60
 ECU per 100 kilograms of live weight from that previ­           and Northern Ireland on the other are adjusted by the
 ously used to calculate the levy, the latter may be             coefficient fixed in the abovementioned Annex II ;
 retained ;
                                                                Whereas prices for the different categories and quali­
 Whereas in cases where one or more of the abovemen­
                                                                 ties not obtained from prices which are 'live weight
 tioned third countries adopt, for reasons of health for         excluding tax' are multiplied by the live weight conver­
 example, measures affecting the prices recorded on              sion coefficients fixed in Annex II to the said Regula­
 their markets, the Commission may use the latest                tion and, in the case of Italy, are first increased or
 prices recorded before the entry into force of such             reduced by the corrective amounts fixed in the said
 measures ;                                                      Annex ;
 Whereas pursuant to Article 1 2 (6) of Regulation
 (EEC) No 805/68 the price of adult bovine animals on            Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary
 representative Community markets is the price esta­             or health reasons for example, adopt measures
 blished on the basis of prices recorded over a period           affecting the normal trend of prices recorded on their
 to be determined on the representative market or                markets the Commission may disregard the prices
 (') OJ No L 77, 25. 3 . 1977, p. 14 .                           (} ) OJ No L 77, 25 . 3 . 1977, p. 1 .
  2 OJ No L 109, 30 . 4. 1977, p. 1 .                             4 O ) No L 363 , 31 . 12 . 1980, p . 35 .
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recorded on the market or markets in question, or use           fixings where the basic levy or special basic levy is
the latest prices recorded on the market or markets in          altered, or in the case of changes in the prices
question before the entry into force of such measures ;         recorded on Community representative markets ;
Whereas, in the absence of information, prices                  Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
recorded on representative Community markets are                levies should be calculated on the following basis :
determined mainly by reference to the most recently             — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
recorded prices ;                                                   relation to each other at any given moment within
Whereas for such period as the price of adult bovine                a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
animals recorded on representative Community                        their effective parity ;
markets differs by less then 0-24 ECU per 100 kilo­             — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
grams of live weight from the price previously used,                arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each
the latter is retained ;                                            of these currencies recorded for a given period in
                                                                    relation to the Community currencies referred to
Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obliga­              in the previous indent ;
tions arising from international agreements concluded
by the Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas,            Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the afore­
moreover, account should be taken of Council Regula­            mentioned Regulations, and in particular to the infor­
tion (EEC) No 1272/80 of 22 May 1980 on the conclu­             mation and quotations known to the Commission, the
sion of the Interim Agreement between the European              levies on live cattle and beef and veal other than
Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Repu­              frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex hereto,
blic of Yugoslavia on trade and trade cooperation (') ;
Whereas the various cuts of beef and veal are defined           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
in Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;
                                                                                         Article 1
Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation
(EEC) No 805/68 , the nomenclature provided for in              The import levies on live cattle and beef and veal
this Regulation is incorporated in the Common                   other than frozen meat shall be as set out in the
Customs Tariff ;                                                Annex hereto .
Whereas the levies and special levies are fixed before                                   Article 2
the 27th day of each month and are applicable from
the first Monday of the following month ; whereas               This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 April
these levies may be altered in the period between two           1981 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 3 April 1981 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            Poul DALSAGER
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 130 , 27. 5. 1980, p. 1 .
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                                                            ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 3 April 1981 fixing the import levies on
             live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen (') for the period beginning
                                                         6 April 1981
                                                                                                        (ECU/100 kfjJ
                                                                            Austria/Sweden /
                         CCT heading No                Yugoslavia (2)          Switzerland
                                                                                               Other third countries
                                                                           — Live weight —
             01.02 A II (a)                               61-578                 17-331               77-999
                                                                           — Net weight —
             02.01 A II a) 1                             116-998                32-930               148-198
             02.01 A II a) 2                              93-598                26-344               118-558
             02.01 All a) 3                              140-398                39-516               177-838
             02.01 A II a) 4 aa)                                                49-395               222-297
             02.01 A II a) 4 bb)                                                56-501               254-276
             02.06 C I a) 1                                                     49-395               222-297
             02.02 C I a) 2                                                     56-501               254-276
              16.02 B III b) 1 aa)                                               56-501              254-276
             (') In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 435/80, levies are not applied to imports into the French
                  overseas departments of products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the
                  overseas countries and territories .
             (2) This levy is applicable only to products complying with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
                  1725/80 (OJ No L 170, 3 . 7. 1980, p . 4).
             (a) The levy which is to be applied to young male bovine animals, intended for fattening, of a live
                  weight of 300 kg or less, imported under the conditions set out in Article 13 of Council Regula­
                  tion (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 , and in the provisions adopted for its application, is totally
                  or partially suspended in accordance with those provisions.