CELEX: 31987R1509
Language: en
Date: 1987-05-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1509/87 of 27 May 1987 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal

30 . 5. 87                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 141 /33
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1509/87
                                                           of 27 May 1987
                                        fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          (a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal to
                                                                           102 % of the guide price ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                (b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 % and
 Economic Community,                                                       less than or equal to 104 % of the guide price ;
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   (c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 % and
 Portugal,                                                                 less than 106% of the guide price ;
                                                                      (d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 % of
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of                    the guide price ;
 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
 in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)            Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine
 No 467/87 (2), and in particular Article 12 (8) thereof,
                                                                      animals on representative Community markets is equal to
                                                                      or less than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,              following percentage of the basic levy :
 Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or equal
 a levy is applicable to the products specified in Article 1               to 98 % of the guide price ;
 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12 fixes the
 amount of the levy applicable by reference to a percen­              (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 % and
 tage of the basic levy ;                                                  more than or equal to 96 % of the guide price ;
                                                                      (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 % and
 Whereas, in respect of the types of frozen meat listed in                 more than or equal to 90 % of the guide price ;
 section (b) of the Annex to the said Regulation under                (d) 114 % where the market price is less than 90 % of
 subheading 02.01 A II b) 1 , the basic levy is determined                 the guide price ;
 on the basis of the difference between :
— the guide price multiplied by a coefficient represen­               Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals to be
       ting the ratio existing in the Community between the           applied from 12 May 1986 have been fixed by Council
       price of fresh meat of a category competitive with the         Regulation (EEC) No 1345/86 Is) ; whereas Council Regu­
       frozen meat in question, presented in the same form,           lation (EEC) No 1497/87 (*) has extended the 1986/87
       and the average price of adult bovine animals, and             marketing year for beef and veal ;
— 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
Whereas, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 of                  a certain period preceding the fixing of the basic levy,
 18 March 1977 laying down rules for the application of               taking into account in particular :
 the levies on beef and veal and amending Regulation
(EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (3), as                  — foreseeable developments on the market in frozen
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 31 14/83 (4), the                      meat,
abovementioned coefficient, calculated in accordance with
the rules laid down in Article 11 (2) (a) of Regulation               — the most representative prices on third country
(EEC) No 805/68, has been fixed at 1 -69 units of account                  markets for fresh and chilled meat of a category which
and the standard amount referred to in Article 11 (2) (b)                  is competitive with frozen meat,
of the said Regulation has been fixed at 6,65 ECU ;                   — past experience ;
Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine
animals on representative Community markets is higher                 Whereas the basic levy on the types of frozen meat listed
 than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the follo­          in section (b) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No
wing percentage of the basic levy :                                   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
                                                                      ding 02.01 A II b) 1 , multiplied by a standard coefficient
(>)   OJ  No  L  148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.
O     OJ  No  L 48, 17. 2. 1987, p. 1 .
O     OJ  No  L 75, 23. 3 . 1977, p. 10.                              O OJ No L 119, 8 . 5. 1986, p. 37.
(4)   OJ  No  L 303, 5. 11 . 1983, p. 16.                             (6) See page 2 of this Official Journal.
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fixed for each pf 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 die
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
offej 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 2322/86 (4) ;                                 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1306/87 (*), 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 ;
o   OJ No   L 119, 8 . S. 1986, p. 40.
0   OJ No   L 48, 17. 2. 1987, p. 1 .
0   OJ No   L 77, 25. 3. 1977, p. 1 .                             0 OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4.
O   OJ No   L 202, 25. 7. 1986, p. 17.                            M OJ No L 124, 13. 5. 1987, p. 5.
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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
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in    The import levies on frozen beef and veal shall be as set
                                                                  out in the Annex hereto.
     the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
     tion (EEC) No 1676/85 ('),
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the                                     Article 2
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
     these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1987.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                   Done at Brussels, 27 May 1987.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                               Vice-President
 ') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
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                                                                    ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 27 May 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                                                                                 193,155
             02.01   A II b) 2                                                                                 154,524 (a)
             02.01   A II b) 3                                                                                 241,444
             02.01   A II b) 4 aa)                                                                            289,732
             02.01   A lib) 4 bb) 11                                                                           241.444(a)
             02.01   A lib) 4 bb) 22 (b)                                                                       241.444(a)
             02.01   A II b) 4 bb) 33                                                                          332,226 (a)
             (l) 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.