CELEX: 31988R1944
Language: en
Date: 1988-07-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1944/88 of 1 July 1988 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal

No L 170/34                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                    2. 7. 88
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1944/88
                                                            of 1 July 1988
                                      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                 (a) 75 % where the market price, is less than or equal to
Economic Community,                                                        102% of the guide price ;
                                                                      (b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 % and
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                         less than or equal to 1 04 % of the guide price ;
Portugal,                                                             (c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 % and
                                                                           less than or equal to 106% of the guide price ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of                (d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 % of
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market                      the guide price ;
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 3905/87 (2), and in particular Article 12 (8) thereof,             Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine
                                                                      animals on representative Community markets is equal to
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,               or less than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the
                                                                      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           (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 % and
amount of the levy applicable by reference to a percen­                    more than or equal to 96 % of the guide price ;
tage of the basic levy ;
                                                                      (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 % and
                                                                            more than or equal to 90 % of the guide price ;
Whereas, in respect of the types of frozen meat listed in             (d) 114 % where the market price is less than 90 % of
section (b) of the Annex to the said Regulation under CN
codes 0202 10 00 and 0202 20 10, the basic levy is deter­                   the guide price ;
mined on the basis of the difference between :
                                                                      Whereas the Council has not to date adopted the prices
                                                                       for the 1988/89 marketing year, which commences
— the guide price multiplied by a coefficient represen­                on 1 July 1988 ; whereas the price factors determined
      ting the ratio existing in the Community between the
                                                                       by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1936/88 (*) should
      price of fresh meat of a category competitive with the           accordingly be taken into account for the calculation of
      frozen meat in question, presented in the same form,
                                                                       the levies in order to ensure that the import arrangements
      and the average price of adult bovine animals, and
                                                                       continue to operate in the sector concerned ;
— 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                    — 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 3988/87 (4), the
 abovementioned coefficient, calculated in accordance with             — the most representative prices on third country
 the rules laid down in Article 11 (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 11 (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
                                                                       in section (b) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine                 805/68     under     CN    codes    0202 20 50,   0202 20 90 ,
 animals pn representative Community markets is higher                 0202 30 10, 0202 30 50 and 0202 30 90 is equal to the
                                                                       basic levy fixed for the products falling within CN codes
(')  OJ   No  L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.                               0202 10 00 and 0202 20 10, multiplied by a standard coef­
0    OJ   No  L 370, 30. 12. 1987, p. 7.
(3)  OJ   No  L 75, 23. 3. 1977, p. 10.
  4  OJ   No  L 376, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 31 .                            (*) See page 15 of this Official Journal.
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ficient fixed for each of the products in question ; whereas      times in one period of seven days, the price of each cate­
these coefficients were fixed in Annex II to Regulation           gory and quality is equal to the arithmetic mean of the
(EEC) 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 1547/88 (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.                              0 OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4.
 (4) OJ No  L  139, 4. 6. 1988, p. 22.                             (6) 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 805/68y the nomenclature provided for in this Regula­              previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ;
tion is incorporated in the combined nomenclature ;
                                                                  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
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band                                  Article 1
     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
     the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­      out in the Annex.
     tion (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regula­
     tion (EEC) No 1636/87 (2),
— 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 4 July 1988 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 1 July 1988 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                Vice-President
 (') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p . 1 .
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                                                              ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 1 July 1988 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and
                                                               veal (')
                                                                                                               (ECU / 100 kg)
                                              CN code                                                      Levy
                                                                                                    — Net weight —
                                            0202 10 00                                                   247,875
                                            0202 20 10                                                   247,875
                                            0202 20 30                                                   198,300
                                            0202 20 50                                                   309,844
                                            0202 20 90                                                   371,812
                                            0202 30 10                                                   309,844
                                            0202 30 50                                                   309,844
                                            0202 30 90                                                   426,344
                                            0206 29 91                                                   426,344
         (') 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 .