CELEX: 31981R3375
Language: en
Date: 1981-11-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3375/81 of 26 November 1981 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal

No L 340 / 22                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           27. 11 . 81
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3375/81
                                                        of 26 November 1981
                                       fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        (a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal
COMMUNITIES,                                                               to 102 % of the guide price ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 (b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 %
Economic Community,                                                        and less than or equal to 104% of the guide
                                                                           price ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                   (c) 25 % where the market price is more than 1 04 %
of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the                          and less than 106 % of the guide price ;
market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by the Act               (d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 %
of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular Article 12                   of the guide price ;
(8) thereof,
                                                                      Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                          animals on representative Community markets is
Committee,                                                            equal to or less than the guide price, the levy appli­
                                                                      cable equals the following percentage of the basic
Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      levy :
805/68 a levy is applicable to the products specified in
Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12           (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or
fixes the amount of the levy applicable by reference to                    equal to 98 % of the guide price ;
a percentage of the basic levy ;                                      (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 %
                                                                           and more than or equal to 96 % of the guide
Whereas, in respect of the types of frozen meat listed                      price ;
in section (b) of the Annex to the said Regulation
under subheading 02.01 A II b) 1 , the basic levy is                  (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 %
determined on the basis of the difference between :                         and more than or equal to 90 % of the guide
                                                                            price ;
— the guide price multiplied by a coefficient repre­                  (d) 114 % where the market price is less than 90 % of
    senting the ratio existing in the Community                             the guide price ;
    between the price of fresh meat of a category
     competitive with the frozen meat in question,                    Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals to
     presented in the same form, and the average price                 be applied from 7 December 1981 have been fixed by
     of adult bovine animals , and                                     Council Regulation (EEC) No 898 /81 of 1 April
— the Community free-at-frontier offer price for                       1981 O ;
     frozen meat, plus the amount of the customs duty                  Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price for
     and a standard amount representing the specific                   frozen meat is determined by reference to the world
     costs of the import operations ;                                  market price based on the most representative purcha­
Whereas, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No                             sing possibilities, as regards quality and quantity,
 586/77 of 18 March 1977 laying down rules for the                     recorded over a certain period preceding the fixing of
application of the levies on beef and veal and amen­                   the basic levy, taking into account in particular :
ding Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common                          — foreseeable developments on the market in frozen
Customs Tariff ('), as last amended by Regulation                           meat,
(EEC) No 882/79 (4), the abovementioned coefficient,                   — the most representative prices on third country
calculated in accordance with the rules laid down in
                                                                            markets for fresh and chilled meat of a category
Article 11 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 , has                      which is competitive with frozen meat,
been fixed at 169 units of account and the standard
                                                                       — past experience ;
 amount referred to in Article 1 1 (2) (b) of the said
 Regulation has been fixed at 6-65 ECU ;                               Whereas the basic levy on the types of frozen meat
                                                                       listed in section (b) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC)
 Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine                No 805/68 under subheadings 02.01 A II b) 2 to 4 is
 animals on representative Community markets is                        equal to the basic levy fixed for the product falling
 higher than the guide price, the levy applicable equals               within subheading 02.01 A II b) 1 , multiplied by a
 the following percentage of the basic levy :                          standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in
                                                                       question ; whereas these coefficients were fixed in
(') OJ  No   L   148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 24 .                        Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;
(2) OJ  No   L  291 , 29 . 11 . 1979 , p . 17 .
O   OJ  No   L  75, 23 . 3 . 1977, p . 10 .
(4) OJ  No   L   111 , 4. 5 . 1979 , p . 14.                           o OJ No L 90 , 4. 4. 1981 , p . 24.
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c Whereas, for the purpose of fixing the free-at-frontier            special weighting coefficients fixed in Annex II to
  offer prices, offer prices that do not correspond to real          Regulation (EEC) No 610/77, of , the prices recorded in
  purchasing possibilities or that relate to unrepresenta­           the surplus and deficit zones ; whereas the price
  tive quantities should not be taken into account ;                 recorded in the surplus zone is equal to the arithmetic
  whereas offer prices should also be excluded when the              mean of the prices recorded on each of the markets
  movement of prices in general or the information                   within that zone ; whereas in respect of the United
  available gives reason to believe that they are unrepre­           Kingdom the weighted average prices of adult bovine
  sentative of the true trend of prices in the country of            animals recorded on the representative markets of
  origin ;                                                           Great Britain on the one hand and Northern Ireland
                                                                     on 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               Whereas prices for the different categories and quali­
  per 100 kilograms from that previously used for the                ties not obtained from prices which are 'live weight
  calculation of the levy, the latter price should be                excluding tax', are multiplied by the live weight
  retained :                                                         conversion coefficients fixed in Annex II to the said
                                                                     Regulation and, in the case of Italy, are first increased
                                                                     or reduced by the corrective amounts fixed in the said
                                                                     Annex ;
  Whereas pursuant to Article 1 2 (6) of Regulation (EEC)
   No 805/68 the price of adult bovine animals on repre­
  sentative Community markets is the price established               Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary
  on the basis of prices recorded over a period to be                 or health reasons for example, adopt measures affec­
  determined on the representative market or markets of               ting the normal trend of prices recorded on their
  each Member State for the various categories of adult               markets, the Commission may disregard the prices
  bovine animals or of meat from such animals, taking                 recorded on the market or markets in question , or use
                                                                      the latest prices recorded on the market or markets in
   into account the size of each of these categories and
   the relative size of the bovine herd of each Member                question before the entry into force of such measures ;
   State ;
                                                                      Whereas, in the absence of information, prices
                                                                      recorded on representative Community markets are
                                                                      determined mainly by reference to the most recently
   Whereas the prices of adult bovine animals recorded                recorded prices ;
   on the representative market or markets of each
   Member State are equal to the average, weighted by
   the relevant coefficients, of the prices for the various           Whereas, for such period as the price of adult bovine
   qualities of adult bovine animals or meat of such                  animals recorded on representative Community
   animals over a period of seven days in that Member                 markets differs by less than 0-24 ECU per 100 kilo­
   State at a particular wholesale marketing stage ;                  grams of live weight from the price previously used,
   whereas the representative markets, categories and                 the latter is retained ;
   qualities of products and weighting coefficients are
   fixed in Annex II to Commission Regulation (EEC)                   Whereas the levies must be so fixed that obligations
   No 610 /77 of 18 March 1977 on the determination of
                                                                      arising from international agreements concluded by
   prices of adult bovine animals on representative                    the Community continue to be fulfilled ;
   Community markets and the survey of prices of
   certain other cattle in the Community ('), as last
   amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 458 /8 1 (2) ;                    Whereas the various cuts of frozen meat are defined in
                                                                       Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;
    Whereas, for Member States with several representative             Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation
    markets, the price of each category and quality is equal           (EEC) No 805/68 , the nomenclature provided for in
    to the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each              this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
                                                                       Customs Tariff ;
    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 arithmetic               Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of
    mean of the prices recorded on each market day ;                   each month and are applicable from the first Monday
    whereas in respect of Italy the price of each category             of the following month ; whereas these levies may be
    and quality is equal to the average, weighted by the               altered in the period between two fixings where the
                                                                       basic levy is altered, or in these case of changes in the
    (■) OJ No L 77, 25 . 3 . 1977, p . 1 .                             prices recorded on Community representative
     2 OJ No L 259, 12. 9 . 1981 , p. 10 .                             markets ;
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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,          mation and quotations known to the Commission , the
levies should be calculated on the following basis :         levies on frozen beef and veal should be as set out in
                                                             the Annex hereto .
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
    relation to each other at any given moment within
    a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    their effective parity,
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the                               Article 1
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of      The import levies on frozen beef and veal shall be as
    these currencies recorded for a given period in          set out in the Annex hereto .
    relation to the Community currencies referred to
    in the previous indent ;                                                        Article 2
Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the afore­       This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 December
mentioned Regulations, and in particular to the infor­       1981 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 26 November 1981 .
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                         Poul DALSAGER
                                                                   Member of the Commission
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                                                            ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 26 November 1981 fixing the import levies on frozen
                                beef and veal (') for the period beginning 7 December 1981
                                                                                                         (ECU / 100 k<r)
                                            CCT heading No                                           Levy
                                                                                              — Net weight —
             02.01   A II b) 1                                                                    141-599
             02.01   A II b) 2                                                                    1 1 3-280 (a)
             02.01   A II b) 3                                                                    177-000
             02.01   A II b) 4 aa)                                                                212-399
             02.01   A II b) 4 bb) 1 1                                                            177-000 (a)
             02.01   A II b) 4 bb) 22 (b)                                                         177-000 (a)
             02.01   A II b) 4 bb) 33                                                             243-551 (a)
              (') In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 435/80, 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 authorities of the European Communities.