CELEX: 31978R0581
Language: en
Date: 1978-03-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 581/78 of 22 March 1978 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal

23 . 3 . 78                            Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 79 / 17
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 581 /78
                                                      of 22 March 1978
                                    fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas, if it is found that     the price of adult bovine
COMMUNITIES,                                                     animals on representative         Community markets is
                                                                  higher than the guide price,    the levy applicable equals
                                                                  the following percentage of     the basic levy :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                 (a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal
                                                                       to 102 % of the guide price ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                (b) 50 % where the market price is more than 1 02 %
of the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by                 and less than or equal to 104 % of the guide
Regulation (EEC) No 425/77 (2), and in particular                      price ;
Article 12 (8) thereof,
                                                                 (c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 %
                                                                       and less than 106% of the guide price ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee,                                                       (d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 %
                                                                       of the guide price ;
Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No
805/68 a levy is applicable to the products specified in
Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation whereas Article 12        Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine
fixes the amount of the levy applicable by reference to          animals on representative Community markets is
a percentage of the basic levy ;                                 equal to or less than the guide price, the levy appli­
                                                                  cable equals the following percentage of the basic
                                                                  levy :
Whereas, in respect of the types of frozen meat listed
in section (b) of the Annex to the said Regulation
under subheading 02.01 A II b) 1 , the basic levy is             (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or
determined by reference to the difference between :                    equal to 98 % of the guide price ;
— the guide price multiplied by a coefficient repre­             (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 %
     senting the ratio existing in the Community                       and more than or equal to 96 % of the guide
     between the price of fresh meat of a category                     price ;
     competitive with the frozen meat in question,
     presented in the same form, and the average price            (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 %
     of adult bovine animals, and                                      and more than or equal to 90 % of the guide
                                                                       price ;
— the Community free-at-frontier offer price for
     frozen meat, plus the amount of the customs duty             (d) 114% where the market price is less than 90 %
     and a standard amount representing the specific                   of the guide price ;
     costs of the import operations ;
                                                                  Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals to
 Whereas, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No                       be applied from 2 May 1977 have been fixed by
 586/77 of 18 March 1977 laying down rules for the                Council Regulation (EEC) No 869 /77 of 26 April
 application of the levies on beef and veal and                    1 977 (4) ;
 amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the
 Common Customs Tariff (3), the abovementioned coef­
 ficient, calculated in accordance with the rules laid
                                                                  Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price
 down in Article 1 1 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No               for frozen meat is determined by reference to the
 805/ 68 , has been fixed at 1-69 units of account and
                                                                  world market price based on the most representative
 the standard amount referred to in Article 1 1 (2) (b) of
                                                                  purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quan­
 the said Regulation has been fixed at 5-5 units of
 account ;
                                                                  tity, recorded over a certain period preceding the
                                                                  fixing of the basic levy, taking into account in parti­
                                                                  cular :
(!) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24.
(2) OJ No L 61 , 5. 3. 1977, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 75, 23 . 3 . 1977, p. 10 .                            (4) OJ No L 106, 29 . 4 . 1977, p. 12.
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— foreseeable developments on the market in frozen            certain other cattle in the Community ('), as amended
     meat ,                                                   by Regulation (EEC) No 502/78 (2) ;
— the most representative prices on third country
     markets for fresh and chilled meat of a category         Whereas, for Member States with several representa­
     which is competitive with frozen meat,                   tive markets, the price of each category and quality is
                                                              equal to the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded
— past experience ;                                           on each of those markets ; for representative markets
                                                              held several times in one period of seven days, the
                                                              price of each category and quality is equal to the arith­
Whereas the basic levy on the types of frozen meat            metic mean of the prices recorded on each market
listed in section (b) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC)        day ; whereas in respect of Italy the price of each cate­
No 805/68 under subheadings 02.01 A II b) 2 to 4 is           gory and quality is equal to the average, weighted by
equal to the basic levy fixed for the product falling         the special weighting coefficients fixed in Annex II to
within subheading 02.01 A II b) 1 , multiplied by a           Regulation (EEC) No 610/77, of the prices recorded in
standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in        the surplus and deficit zones ; whereas the price
question ; whereas these coefficients were fixed in           recorded in the surplus zone is equal to the arithmetic
Annex II to Regulation ( EEC) No 586/77 ;                     mean of the prices recorded on each of the markets
                                                              within that zone ; whereas in respect of the United
                                                              Kingdom the weighted average prices of adult bovine
Whereas, for the purpose of fixing the free-at-frontier       animals recorded on the representative markets of
                                                              Great Britain on the one hand and Northern Ireland
offer prices, offer prices that do not correspond to real
purchasing possiblities or that relate to unrepresenta­       on the other are adjusted by the coefficient fixed in
                                                              the abovementioned Annex II ;
tive quantities may not be taken into account ;
whereas offer prices are also excluded when the move­
ment of prices in general or the information available        Whereas prices for the different categories and quali­
gives reason to believe that they are unrepresentative        ties not obtained from prices which are 'live weight
of the true trend of prices in the country of origin ;        excluding tax', are multiplied by the live weight
                                                              conversion coefficients fixed in Annex II to the said
                                                              Regulation and, in the case of Italy, are first increased
Whereas, where the free-at-frontier offer price for           or reduced by the corrective amounts fixed in the said
frozen meat differs by less than one unit of account          Annex ;
per 100 kilograms from that previously used for the
calculation of the levy, the latter price is retained ;
                                                              Wherea if one or more Member States, for veterinary
                                                              or health reasons for example, adopt measures
Whereas pursuant to Article 12 (6) of Regulation              affecting the normal trend of prices recorded on their
(EEC) No 805/ 68 the price of adult bovine animals on          markets, the Commission may disregard the prices
representative Community markets is the price esta­            recorded on the market or markets in question , or use
blished on the basis of prices recorded over a period          the latest prices recorded on the market or markets in
to be determined on the representative market or               question before the entry into force of such measures ;
markets of each Member State for the various catego­
ries of adult bovine animals or of meat from such
animals, taking into account the size of each of these        Whereas in the absence of information, prices
categories and the relative size of the bovine herd of         recorded on representative Community markets are
each Member State ;                                            determined mainly by reference to the most recently
                                                               recorded prices ;
Whereas the prices of adult bovine animals recorded           Whereas, for such period as the price of adult bovine
on the representative market or markets of each                animals recorded on representative Community
Member State are equal to the average, weighted by             markets differs by less than 0-20 unit of account per
the relevant coefficients, of the prices for the various       100 kilograms of live weight from the price previously
qualities of adult bovine animals or meat of such              used , the latter is retained ;
animals over a period of seven days in that Member
State at a particular wholesale marketing stage ;
whereas the representative markets, categories and             Whereas the levies must be so fixed that obligations
qualities of products and weighting coefficients are           arising from international agreements concluded by
 fixed in Annex II to Commission Regulation ( EEC)             the Community continue to be fulfilled .
 No 610 / 77 of 18 March 1977 on the determination of
prices of adult bovine animals on representative               (•) OJ No L 77, 25 . 3 . 1977, p . 1 .
Community markets and the survey of prices of                  (2) OJ No L 68 , 10 . 3 . 1978 , p. 16 .
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Whereas the various cuts of frozen meat are defined              each of these currencies, recorded over a given
in Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;                                  period, against the Community currencies referred
                                                                 to in the previous indent ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation
(EEC) No 805/68 , the nomenclature used in this Regu­        Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the afore­
lation is incorporated in the Common Customs                 mentioned Regulations, and in particular to the data
Tariff ;                                                     and quotations available to the Commission , the levies
                                                             on frozen beef and veal should be as set out in the
Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of
each month and are applicable from the first Monday          Annex to this Regulation,
of the following month ; whereas these levies may be
altered in the period between two fixings where the
basic levy is altered, or in the case of changes in the      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
prices recorded on Community representative
markets ;
                                                                                    Article 1
Whereas, to enable the levy system to function
normally, the following should be used to calculate          The import levies on frozen beef and veal shall be as
the levies :                                                 specified in the Annex to this Regulation .
— for currencies whose spot rates are maintained at
     any given moment within a spread of 2-25 % , a                                 Article 2
     conversion rate based on their actual par values ;
— for other currencies , a conversion rate based on          This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 April
     the arithmetic mean of the spot exchange rates of       1978 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 22 March 1978 .
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                       Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                          Vice-President
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                                                                           ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 22 March 1978 fixing the import levies on frozen beef
                                           and veal ( ! ) for the period beginning 3 April 1978
                                                                                                                                      (u.a. /100 kg)
                                                    CCT heading No                                                            Levy
                                                                                                                         — Net weight —
            02.01     A lib) 1                                                                                            121.069
            02.01     A lib) 2                                                                                             96.856 (a)
            02.01     A lib) 3                                                                                            151-336
            02.01     All b) 4 aa)                                                                                        181.604
            02.01     All b)4bb) 11                                                                                       151.336 (a)
            02.01     A lib) 4 bb) 22        (b)                                                                          151-336 (a)
            02.01     A II b) 4 bb) 33                                                                                    208-239 (a)
            (') In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 706/76, 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 .
            (a) Where products are imported under the conditions set out in Article 14 of Council Regulation ( EEC) No 805/ 68 of 27 June 1968
                 and in provisions adopted for its application , the levy is totally or partially suspended in accordance with those provisions .
            (b) Entry under this subheading is subject to the production of a certificate issued on conditions laid down by the competent authori­
                 ties of the European Communities .