CELEX: 31988R4025
Language: en
Date: 1988-12-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 4025/88 of 21 December 1988 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

No L 355/ 16                          Official Journal of the European Communities                               23 . 12 . 88
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 4025/88
                                                 '  of 21 December 1988
                            fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                     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 which is
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of past experi­
Economic Community,                                             ence ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,                                                       Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                2668/80, the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be based
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80             inter alia on the prices shown in the customs documents
of 27 June 1980 on the common organization of the               which accompany products imported from non-member
market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last amended by        countries or on other information concerning the export
Regulation (EEC) No 111 5/88 (2), and in particular the         prices applied by those non-member countries ; whereas
first paragraph of Article 11 thereof,                          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
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,         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 ;
Whereas under Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
1837/80 a levy is applicable to the products falling within
subheadings       0204 30 00,    0204 41 00,     0204 4210,
0204 42 30,      0204 42 50,     0204 42 90,     0204 43 00,    Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origina­
0204 50 51 ,     0204 50 53,     0204 50 55,      0204 50 59,   ting in or coming from one or more non-member coun­
0204 50 71 and 0204 50 79 listed in Annex I to that             tries if exports of the said products are made at abnor­
Regulation ;                                                    mally low prices ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No
1 837/80, the levy on frozen carcases and halfcarcases is to    Whereas the levy on the meat falling within subheadings
                                                                0204 30 00,      0204 41 00,     0204 42 1Q,    0204 42 30,
be equal to the difference between :
                                                                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
(a) the basic price multiplied by a coefficient representing    0204 50 79 listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No
     the relationship existing in the Community between
     the price of fresh meat of a category competitive with      1837/80 is to be equal to the levy determined for frozen
     the frozen meat in question, presented in the same         carcases, multiplied by a standard coefficient fixed for
     form, and the average price of fresh and chilled sheep     each of the products in question ; whereas these coeffi­
     carcases, and                                               cients are fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                2668/80 :
(b) the Community free-at-frontier offer price for the said
     frozen meat ;
                                                                Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations
Whereas the basic price for the 1989 marketing year is          arising from international agreements concluded by the
fixed in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,
2265/88 (3) ; whereas the coefficient referred to in Article    account should be taken of the voluntary restraint arran­
13 (1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is fixed in          gements made by the Community with certain non-­
Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 (4) ;               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 regards quality and quantity,       amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1821 /87 (*), 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
                                                                 products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
                                                                 States or in the overseas countries and territories ;
(') OJ No L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 110, 29. 4. 1988, p. 36.
(3) OJ No L 199, 26. 7. 1988, p. 14.                             0 OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4.
(4) OJ No L 276, 20. 10. 1980, p. 39.                            («) OJ No L 172, 30. 6. 1987, p. 102.
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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 coefficient provided for in the                               Article 1
      last paragraph of Article 3 (b) of Council Regulation
     (EEC) No 1 676/85 ('), as last amended by Regulation
     (EEC) No 1636/87 (2),
                                                                  The import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                                  shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
     these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­                               Article 2
     tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
     previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ;              This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 January 1989.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 21 December 1988 .
                                                                           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
                        to the Commission Regulation of 21 December 1988 fixing the import levies on frozen
                                                           sheepmeat and goatmeat (')
                                                                                                                                       (ECU/100 kg)
                                  Week No 1              Week No 2              Week No 3               Week No 4                 Week No 5
         CN code                   from 2 to              from 9 to             from 16 to               from 23 to           from 30 January to
                                8 January 1989         15 January 1989        22 January 1989         29 January 1989           5 February 1989
       0204 30 00                   191,305                197,680                205,278                  210,340                 216,723
       0204 41 00                   191,305                197,680                205,278                  210,340                 216,723
       0204 42 10                   133,914                 138,376                143,695                 147,238                  151,706
       0204 42 30                   210,436                217,448                225,806                  231,374                 238,395
       0204 42 50                   248,697                256,984                266,861                  273,442                 281,740
       0204 42 90                   248,697                256,984                266,861                  273,442                 281,740
       0204 43 00                   348,175                359,778                373,606                  382,819                 394,436
       0204 50 51                   191,305                197,680                205,278                  210,340                 216,723
       0204 50 53                   133,914                 138,376                143,695                 147,238                  151,706
       0204 50 55                   210,436                217,448                225,806                  231,374                 238,395
       0204 50 59                   248,697                256,984                266,861                  273,442                 281,740
       0204 50 71                   248,697                256,984                 266,861                 273,442                 281,740
       0204 50 79                   348,175                3 59,778               373,606                  382,819                 394,436
(') The levy applicable is limited to the amount bound under GAIT 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.
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