CELEX: 31991R0445
Language: en
Date: 1991-02-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 445/91 of 26 February 1991 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

27. 2. 91                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 52/ 19
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 445/91
                                                        of 26 February 1991
                                fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          which the levies are determined, taking particular account
                                                                     of the supply and demand situation for fresh or chilled
                                                                     meat, the world market price for frozen meat of a category
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                which is competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of
Economic Community,                                                  past experience ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89
of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of                   Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No
the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as amended by              2668/80, the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be based
Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article            inter alia on the prices shown in the customs documents
 10 thereof,                                                         which accompany products imported from non-member
                                                                     countries or on other information concerning the export
                                                                      prices applied by those non-member countries ; whereas
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,              offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing
                                                                      possibilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities
                                                                      and offer prices which, in view of general price move­
Whereas, pursuant to Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No             ments or other information available, may be considered
3013/89, a levy is applicable to the products falling within          not to be representative of actual price trends in the
CN       codes      0204 30 00,       0204 41 00,     0204 42 10,     country of origin are to be disregarded ;
0204 42 30,       0204 42 50 ,       0204 42 90,      0204 43 00 ,
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
                                                                      tries if exports of the said products are made at abnor­
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No                mally low prices ;
3013/89, the levy on frozen carcases and halfcarcases is to
be equal to the difference between :
                                                                     Whereas the levy on the meat falling within CN codes
(a) the basic price multiplied by a coefficient representing          0204 30 00,      0204 41 00,     0204 42 10,    0204 42 30,
     the relationship existing in the Community between               0204 42 50,      0204 42 90,     0204 43 00,    0204 50 51 ,
     the price of fresh meat of a category competitive with           0204 50 53,    0204 50 55, 0204 50 59, 0204 50 71 and
     the frozen meat in question, presented in the same               0204 50 79 listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
     form, and the average price of fresh and chilled sheep           3013/89 is to be equal to the levy determined for frozen
     carcases, and                                                    carcases, multiplied by a standard coefficient fixed for
                                                                      each of the products in question ; whereas these coeffi­
(b) the Community free-at-frontier offer price for the said           cients are fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
     frozen meat ;                                                    2668/80 ;
Whereas the seasonally-adjusted basic price for the 1990
 marketing year is fixed in Article 2 of Council Regulation          Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations
(EEC) No 1248/89 (3) ; whereas the coefficient referred to            arising from international agreements concluded by the
 in Article 2 (1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 is              Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,
fixed in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 (4),            account should be taken of the voluntary restraint
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3939/87 (*) ;                       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                   Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 71 5/90 (6), as
purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quantity,            amended by Regulation (EEC) No 297/91 Q, lays down
recorded over the period from the 21st day of the                     the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
preceding month to the 20th day of the month during                  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  353,  17. 12. 1990, p. 23.
0   OJ  No  L  129,  11 . 5. 1989, p. 10.
(4) OJ  No  L  276,  20. 10. 1980, p. 39.                            (6) OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
0   OJ  No  L  373,  31 . 12. 1987, p. 1 .                           0 OJ No L 36, 8 . 2. 1991 , p. 9.
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Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each          Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­
 month for each week during the following month ;                 mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the informa­
whereas they are applicable from Monday to Sunday ;               tion and quotations known to the Commission, the levies
whereas they can be altered within that period if neces­          on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
 sary ;                                                           other than frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex
                                                                  to this Regulation,
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in                            Article 1
     the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
     tion (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regula­
     tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (2),
                                                                  The import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                                  shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
     average of the ecu rates published in the Official
     Journal of the European Communities, C series, over                                  Article 2
     a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
     cient referred to in the preceding indent ;                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 March 1991 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 26 February 1991 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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                                                                    ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 26 February 1991 fixing the import levies on frozen
                                                          sheepmeat and goatmeat (1)
                                                                                                                                       (ECU/100 kg)
                                                                                                                                                 I
                                           Week No 9                Week No 10                    Week No 11                   Week No 12
             CN code                        from 4 to                from 11 to                    from 18 to                   from 25 to
                                          10 March 1991            17 March 1991                 24 March 1991                31 March 1991
           0204 30 00                        227,063                   228,900                       230,025                      230,025
           0204 41 00                        227,063                   228,900                       230,025                      230,025
           0204 42 10                        158,944                   160,230                       161,018                      161,018
           0204 42 30                        249,769                   251,790                       253,028                      253,028
           0204 42 50                        295,182                   297,570                       299,033                      299,033
           0204 42 90                        295,182                   297,570                       299,033                      299,033
           0204 43 00                        413,255                   416,598                       418,646                      418,646
           0204 50 51                        227,063                   228,900                       230,025                      230,025
           0204 50 53                        158,944                   160,230                       161,018                      161,018
           0204 50 55                        249,769                   251,790                       253,028                      253,028
           0204 50 59                        295,182                   297,570                       299,033                      299,033
           0204 50 71                        295,182                   297,570                       299,033                      299,033
           0204 50 79                        413,255                   416,598                       418,646                      418,646
(') The levy applicable is limited to the amount bound under GATT or in the conditions laid down in Council Regulations (EEC) No 1985/82, (EEC) No
    3643/85, (EEC) No 715/90 and (EEC) No 753/90 and Commission Regulations (EEC) No 19/82, (EEC) No 3652/89, (EEC) No 3989/89, (EEC) No 479/90
    and (EEC) No 952/90.