CELEX: 31987R3538
Language: en
Date: 1987-11-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3538/87 of 25 November 1987 fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat

26 . 11 . 87                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 336/21
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3538 /87
                                                         of 25 November 1987
                  fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                        other than frozen meat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            which accompany products imported from non-member
                                                                       countries or on other information concerning the export
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  prices applied by those non-member countries ; whereas
Economic Community,                                                    offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing
                                                                       possibilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                     and offer prices which, in view of general price move­
Portugal,                                                               ments or other information available, may be considered
                                                                        not to be representative of actual price trends in the
                                                                        country of origin are to be disregarded ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80
of 27 June 1980 on the common organization of the
market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last amended by               Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origina­
Regulation (EEC) No 794/87' (2), and in particular the first            ting in or coming from one or more non-member coun­
paragraph of Article 1 1 thereof,                                       tries if exports of the said products are made at abnor­
                                                                        mally low prices ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                        Whereas the levy on live animals within subheading
Whereas, under Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                    01.04 B and on the meat falling within subheadings 02.01
1837/80 , a levy is applicable to the products specified in             A IV a) 2, 3, 4 and 5 and 02.06 C II a) listed in Annex I to
Article 1 (a) of that Regulation ;                                      Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is to be equal to the levy
                                                                        determined for carcases, multiplied by a standard coeffi­
Whereas the levy on products falling within subheading                  cient fixed for each of the products in question ; whereas
02.01 A IV a) 1 listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No                these coefficients are fixed in Annex I to Regulation
1837/80 is to be equal to the difference between the                    (EEC) No 2668 /80 ;
seasonally-adjusted 4?asic price and the Community free-
at-frontier offer price ;                                               Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations
                                                                        arising from international agreements concluded by the
Whereas the seasonally-adjusted basic price is fixed in                 Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,
Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1472/86 (3) for                account should be taken of the voluntary restraint arran­
the 1987 marketing year ;                                               gements 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 486/85 (% as last
purchasing possibilities, as regard quality and quantity,               amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1821 /87 (f), lays down
recorded over the period from the 21st day of the prece­                the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
ding month to the 20th day of the month during which                    certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
the levies are determined, taking particular account of the             products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
supply and demand situation for fresh or chilled meat, the              States or in the overseas countries and territories ;
world market price for frozen meat of a category which is
competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of past experi­
ence ;
                                                                        Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each
                                                                        month for each week during the following month ;
Whereas the free-at-frontier offer price is to be deter­                whereas they are applicable from Monday to Sunday ;
mined, if necessary, on the basis of the most represent­                whereas they can be altered within that period if neces­
                                                                        sary ;
ative purchasing possibilities recorded for live sheep ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No                   Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658 /87 of 23
2668 /80 (4) the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be based          July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and
inter alia on the prices shown in the customs documents                 on the Common Customs Tariff Q, introduces, with effect
                                                                        from 1 January 1988 , a new combined nomenclature
(■) OJ   No  L 183 , 16 . 7. 1980 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No  L 79, 21 . 3 . 1987, p. 3 .                                n OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4.
(3) OJ   No  L 133, 21 . 5 . 1986, p. 34.                               O OJ No L 172, 30 . 6 . 1987, p . 102.
 4) OJ   No  L 276, 20 . 10 . 1980 , p. 39 .                            o OJ No L 256, 7 . 9 . 1987, p . 1 .
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which meets the requirements of both the Common                    tion and quotations known to the Commission, the levies
Customs Tariff and the Community's statistics on foreign           on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
trade and which replaces the existing nomenclature ;               other than frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex
whereas the combined nomenclature codes should there­              to this Regulation,
fore be specified, together with the relevant levies ;
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
   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 coefficient provided for in the                                Article 1
     last paragraph of Article 3 (b) of to Council Regulation
     (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regulation           The import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheep­
     (EEC) No 1 636/87 (2),                                        meat and goatmeat other than frozen meat shall be as set
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the              out in the Annexes hereto .
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
     these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
     tion to the Community currencies referred to in the                                    Article 2
     previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ;
Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­             This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 December
mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the informa           1987 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                   Done at Brussels, 25 November 1987.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                Vice-President
(•) OJ No L 164, 24. 6 . 1985, p . 1 .
0 OJ No L 153 , 13 . 6 . 1987, p . 1 .
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                                                                         ANNEX I
                     to the Commission Regulation of 25 November fixing the import levies on live sheep and
                                       goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat
                                                                                                                                           (ECU/100 kg)
               CCT                         Week No 49              (      Week No 50                  Week No 51                   Week No 52
             heading                         from 7 to                     from 14 to                  from 21 to                    from 28 to
                No                       13 December 1987             20 December 1987             27 December 1987             31 December 1987
01.04 B                                      11 1,432 0                    1 15,437 O                  119,436                       122,501 (')
02.01 A IV a) 1                             237,090 (2)                    245,610 (2)                 254,120 (2)                   260,640 (2)
                 2                           165,963 (2)                   171,927 (2)                 177,884 (2)                   182,448 (2)
                 3                          260,799 (2)                    270,171 (2) /               279,532 (2)                   286,704 (2)
                 4                          308,21 7 (2)                   319,293 (2)'                330,356 (2)                   338,832 (2)
                 5 aa)                      308,21 7 (2)                   319,293  (2)                330,356 (2)                   338,832 (2)
                   bb)                      431,504 (2)                    447,010  (2)                462,498 (2)                   474,365 (2)
02.06 C II a) 1                              308,21 7 (3)                  319,293  O                  330,356 (3)                 ' 338,832 (3)
                 2                          431,504 (3)                    447,010  (3)                462,498 (3)                   474,365 (3)
(') The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulations (EEC) No 3643/85 and (EEC) No 486/85 and Commission Regulation
    (EEC) No 19/82.
(2) 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 and (EEC) No 486/85 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.
(3) The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.
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                                                                  ANNEX II
             to the Commission Regulation of 25 November fixing the import levies on live sheep and
                              goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat
                                                                                                                  (ECU/100 kg)
                                                                                             Week No 52
                                     CN code (")
                                                                                      from 1 to 3 January 1988 (').
                                    0104 10 90                                                 122,501 (>)
                                    0104 20 90                                                 122,501 (')
                                    0204 10 00                                                 260,640 (2)
                                    0204 21 00                                                 260,640 (2)
                                    0204 5011                                                  260,640 (2)
                                    0204 22 10                                                 182,448 (2)
                                    0204 50 13                                                 1 82,448 (2)
                                    0204 22 30                                                 286,704 (2)
                                     0204 50 15                                                286,704 (2)
                                     0204 22 50                                                338,832 (2)
                                     0204 50 19                                                338,832 (2)
                                     0204 22 90                                                338,832 (2)
                                     0204 50 31 .                                              338,832 (2)
                                     0204 23 00                                                474,365 (2)
                                     0204 50 39                                                474,365 (2)
                                     0210 90 11                                                338,832 (3)
                                     0210 90 19                                                474,365 (•')
             0 See Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (OJ No L 256, 7 . 9 . 1987, p. 1 ).
             (') The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulations (EEC) No 3643/85 and (EEC)
                 No 486/ 85 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/ 8-2.
             (2) 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 and (EEC) No 486/85 and Commission "Regulation (EEC) No
                 19 / 82 .
             (3) The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 and Commis­
                 sion Regulation (EEC) No 19/ 82.