CELEX: 31987R3200
Language: en
Date: 1987-10-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3200/87 of 26 October 1987 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal

27 . 10 . 87                                Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 304/33
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3200/87
                                                          of 26 October 1987
                                        fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the follo­
                                                                      wing 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 the Act of Accession of Spain and                     (b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 % and
Portugal,                                                                   less than or equal to 1 04 % of the guide price ;
                                                                       (c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 % and
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of                      less than 106 % of the guide price ;
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market                  (d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 % of
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                   the guide price ;
 No 467/87 (2), and in particular Article 12 (8) thereof,
                                                                       Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,                animals on representative Community markets is equal to
                                                                        or less than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the
Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                   following percentage of the basic levy :
 a levy is applicable to the products specified in Article 1
( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12 fixes the             (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or equal
 amount of the levy applicable by reference to a percen­                     to 98 % of the guide price ;
 tage of the basic levy ;                                               (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 % and
                                                                             more than or equal to 96 % 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                  (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 % and
 subheading 02.01 A II b) 1 , the basic levy is determined                   more than or equal to 90 % of the guide price ;
 on the basis of the difference between :                               (d) 114 % where the market price is less than 90 % of
                                                                             the guide price ;
 — the guide price multiplied by a coefficient represen­
      ting the ratio existing in the Community between the
      price of fresh meat of a category competitive with the            Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals to be
      frozen meat in question, presented in the same form,              applied from 6 July 1987 have been fixed by Council
      and the average price of adult bovine animals, and                Regulation (EEC) No 1891 /87 Q ;
 — the Community free-at-frontier offer price for frozen
       meat, plus the amount of the customs duty and a stan­            Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price for
      dard amount representing the specific costs of the                 frozen meat is determined by reference to the world
       import operations ;                                               market price based on the most representative purchasing
                                                                         possibilities, as regards quality and quantity, recorded over
                                                                         a certain period preceding the fixing of the basic levy,
 Whereas, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 of                    taking into account in particular :
  18 March 1977 laying down rules for the application of
 the levies on beef and veal and amending Regulation                     — foreseeable developments on the market in frozen
 (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (3), as                         meat,
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 31 14/83 (4), the
 abovementioned coefficient, calculated in accordance with               — the most representative prices on third country
 the rules laid down in Article 1 1 (2) (a) of Regulation                     markets for fresh and chilled meat of a category which
 (EEC) No 805/68 , has been fixed at 1-69 units of account                    is competitive with frozen meat,
  and the standard amount referred to in Article 1 1 (2) (b)             — past experience ;
  of the said Regulation has been fixed at 6,65 ECU ;
                                                                         Whereas the basic levy on the types of frozen meat listed
 Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine                  in section (b) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No
  animals on representative Community markets is higher                  805/68 under subheadings 02.01 A II b) 2 to 4 is equal to
                                                                         the basic levy fixed for the product falling within subhea­
 (')  OJ  No  L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.                              ding 02.01 A II b) 1 , multiplied by a standard coefficient
 (2)  OJ  No  L 48, 17. 2. 1987, p. 1 .
  (3) OJ  No  L 75, 23. 3. 1977, p. 10 .
  (4) OJ  No  L 303, 5. 11 . 1983, p. 16 .                               0 OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987.
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fixed for each of the products in question ; whereas these          times in one period of seven days, the price of each cate­
coefficients were fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC)             gory and quality is equal to the arithmetic mean of the
No 586/77 ;                                                         prices recorded on each market day ; whereas in respect of
                                                                    Italy the price of each category and quality is equal to the
                                                                    average, weighted by the special weighting coefficients
                                                                    fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 610/77, of the
Whereas, for the purpose of fixing the free-at-frontier              prices recorded in the surplus and deficit zones ; whereas
offer prices, offer prices that do not correspond to real            the price recorded in the surplus zone is equal to the
purchasing possibilities or that relate to unrepresentative          arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each of the
quantities should not be taken into account ; whereas                markets within that zone ; whereas in respect of the
offer prices should also be excluded when the movement               United Kingdom the weighted average prices of adult
of prices in general or the information available gives              bovine animals recorded on the representative markets of
reason to believe that they are unrepresentative of the true         Great Britain on the one hand and Northern Ireland on
trend of prices in the country of origin ;                           the other are adjusted by the coefficient fixed in the
                                                                     abovementioned Annex II ;
Whereas, where the free-at-frontier offer price for frozen
 meat differs by less than one unit of account per 100 kilo­         Whereas prices for the different categories and qualities
grams from that previously used for the calculation of the           not obtained from prices which are 'live weight excluding
 levy, the latter price should be retained ;                         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
                                                                      tive amounts fixed in the said Annex ;
 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 if one or more Member States, for veterinary or
 basis of prices recorded over a period to be determined on           health reasons for example, adopt measures affecting the
 the representative market or markets of each Member                  normal trend of prices recorded on their markets, the
 State for the various categories of adult bovine animals or          Commission may disregard the prices recorded on the
 of meat from such animals, taking into account the size of           market or markets in question, or use the latest prices
 each of these categories and the relative size of the bovine         recorded on the market or markets in question before the
 herd of each Member State :
                                                                      entry into force of such measures ;
 Whereas the prices of adult bovine animals recorded on               Whereas, in the absence of information, prices recorded
 the representative market or markets of each Member                  on representative Community markets are determined
 State are equal to the average, weighted by the relevant             mainly by reference to the most recently recorded prices ;
 coefficients, of the prices for the various qualities of adult
 bovine animals or meat of such animals over a period of
 seven days in that Member State at a particular wholesale            Whereas, for such period as the price of adult bovine
  marketing stage ; whereas, the price of adult bovine                animals recorded on representative Community markets
  animals recorded on the representative market or markets            differs by less than 0,24 ECU per 100 kilograms of live
  of the United Kingdom shall be corrected by the amount              weight from the price previously used, the latter is
  of the premium granted to producers under Regulation                 retained ;
 (EEC) No 1347/86 ('), as last amended by Regulation
  (EEC) No 467/87 (2) ; whereas the representative markets,
  categories and qualities of products and weighting coeffi­          Whereas the levies must be so fixed that obligations
  cients are fixed in Annex II to Commission Regulation                arising from international agreements concluded by the
  (EEC) No 610/77 of 18 March 1977 on the determination                Community continue to be fulfilled ;
  of prices of adult bovine animals on representative
  Community markets and the survey of prices of certain
  other cattle in the Community (3), as last amended by                Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (*), as last
  Regulation (EEC) No 3003/87 (4) ;                                    amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1821 /87 (*), lays down
                                                                       the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
                                                                       certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
  Whereas, for Member States with several representative               products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
                                                                       States or in the overseas countries and territories ;
  markets, the price of each category and quality is equal to
  the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each of
  those markets ; for representative markets held several              Whereas the various cuts of frozen meat are defined in
                                                                       Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;
  (') OJ No  L  119, 8 . 5. 1986, p. 40 .
  (2) OJ No  L  48 , 17. 2. 1987, p. 1 .
  (3) OJ No  L  77, 25 . 3 . 1977, p. 1 .                              (*) OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4.
  (4) OJ No  L  285, 8 . 10 . 1987, p. 11                              h) OJ No L 172, 30. 6. 1987, p. 102.
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Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation (EEC)                tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
No 805/68, the nomenclature provided for in this Regula­               previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient,
tion is incorporated in the Common Customs Tariff ;
                                                                  Whereas, having regard to the provisions .of the aforemen­
Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each          tioned Regulations, and in particular to the information
month and are applicable from the first Monday of the             and quotations known to the Commission, the levies on
following month ; whereas these levies may be altered in           frozen beef and veal should be as set out in the Annex
the period between two fixings where the basic levy is             hereto,
altered, or in these case of changes in the prices recorded
on Community representative markets ;
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                                            Article 1
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
                                                                   The import levies on frozen beef and veal shall be as set
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in     out in the Annex hereto.
     the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
     tion (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regula­
     tion (EEC) No 1636/87 (2),                                                             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 2 November
     these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­         1987 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels , 26 October 1987 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                 Vice-President
 (') OJ No L 164, 24. 6 . 1985, p . 1 .
 O OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p . 1 .
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                                                                  ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 26 October 1987 fixing the import levies on frozen beef
                                                                 and veal (')
                                                                                                                    (ECU/ 100 kg)
                                             CCT heading No                                                      Levy
                                                                                                          — Net weight —
            02.01 A II b) 1                                                                                  212,307
            02.01 All b) 2                                                                                    169.845(a)
            02.01 A II b) 3                                                                                  265,384
            02.01   A   lib) 4 aa)                                                                           318,460
            02.01   A   II b) 4 bb) 1 1                                                                       265,384 (a)
            02.01   A   lib) 4 bb) 22 (b)                                                                     265,384 (a)
            02.01   A   II b) 4 bb) 33                                                                        365,167 (a)
            (') In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85, 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
                 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 authorities of the European Communities.