CELEX: 31994R1524
Language: en
Date: 1994-06-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1524/94 of 29 June 1994 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal

30 . 6 . 94                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 162/ 55
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1524/94
                                                          of 29 June 1994
                                       fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          (c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 % and
                                                                          less than or equal to 106% of the guide price ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               (d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 % of
 Community,                                                               the guide price ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of
 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market               Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine
 in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC)            animals on representative Community markets is equal to
 No 1096/94 (2), and in particular Article 12 (8) thereof,           or less than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the
                                                                     following percentage of the basic levy :
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No
 805/68, a levy is applicable to the products specified in           (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or equal
 Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12              to 98 % of the guide price ;
 fixes the amount of the levy applicable by reference to 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 price ;
 Whereas, in respect of the types of frozen meat listed in           (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 % and
 section (b) of the Annex to the said Regulation under CN                 more than or equal to 90 % of the guide price ;
 codes 0202 10 00 and 0202 20 10, the basic levy is deter­
 mined on the basis of the difference between :                      (d) 114 % where the market price is less than 90 % of
                                                                          the guide price ;
— the guide price multiplied by a coefficient represent­
     ing the ratio existing in the Community between the
     price of fresh meat of a category competitive with the          Whereas the Council has not to date adopted the guide
     frozen meat in question, presented in the same form,            prices for adult bovine animals for the 1994/95 marketing
     and the average price of adult bovine animals, and              year, which commences on 1 July 1994 ; whereas the
                                                                     price factors determined by Commission Regulation (EC)
— the Community free-at-frontier offer price for frozen               No 1519/94 (5) should accordingly be taken into account
     meat, plus the amount of the customs duty and a stan­           for the calculation of the levies in order to ensure that the
     dard amount representing the specific costs of the              import arrangements continue to operate in the sector
     import operations ;                                             concerned ;
Whereas, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 of
 18 March 1977 laying down rules for the application of              Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price for
 the levies on beef and veal and amending Regulation                 frozen meat is determined by reference to the world
(EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (3), as                 market price based on the most representative purchasing
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3661 /92 (4), the               possibilities, as regards quality and quantity, recorded over
abovementioned coefficient, calculated in accordance with            a certain period preceding the fixing of the basic levy,
the rules laid down in Article 11 (2) (a) of Regulation              taking into account in particular :
(EEC) No 805/68, has been fixed at 1,69 units of account
and the standard amount referred to in Article 11 (2) (b)            — foreseeable developments on the market in frozen
of the said Regulation has been fixed at ECU 6,65 ;                       meat,
                                                                     — the most representative prices on third country
Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine                    markets for fresh and chilled meat of a category which
animals on representative Community markets is higher                     is competitive with frozen meat,
than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the fol­
lowing percentage of the basic levy :                                — past experience ;
(a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal to
     102% of the guide price ;                                       Whereas the basic levy on the types of frozen meat listed
                                                                     in section (b) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No
(b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 % and               805/68     under     CN    codes    0202 20 50,   0202 20 90,
     less than or equal to 104 % of the guide price ;                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
(2) OJ   No L   121 , 12. 5. 1994, p. 9.
(3) OJ   No L   75, 23. 3. 1977, p. 10.
O   OJ   No L   370, 19. 12. 1992, p. 16.                            (*) See page 45 of this Official Journal.
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coefficient fixed for each of the products in question ;        Whereas prices for the different categories and qualities
whereas these coefficients were fixed in Annex II to            not obtained from prices which are 'live weight excluding
Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;                                    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
Whereas, for the purpose of fixing the free-at-frontier         tive amounts fixed in the said Annex ;
offer prices, offer prices that do not correspond to real
purchasing possibilities or that relate to unrepresentative
quantities should not be taken into account ; whereas           Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary or
offer prices should also be excluded when the movement           health reasons for example, adopt measures affecting the
of prices in general or the information available gives          normal trend of prices recorded on their markets, the
reason to believe that they are unrepresentative of the true     Commission may disregard the prices recorded on the
trend of prices in the country of origin ;                       market or markets in question, or use the latest prices
                                                                 recorded on the market or markets in question before the
                                                                 entry into force of such measures ;
Whereas, where the free-at-frontier offer price for frozen
meat differs by less than one unit of account per 100 kilo­
grams from that previously used for the calculation of the
levy, the latter price should be retained ;                      Whereas, in the absence of information, prices recorded
                                                                 on representative Community markets are determined
                                                                 mainly by reference to the most recently recorded prices ;
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, for such period as the price of adult bovine
basis of prices recorded over a period to be determined on       animals recorded on representative Community markets
the representative market or markets of each Member              differs by less than ECU 0,24 per 100 kilograms of live
State for the various categories of adult bovine animals or      weight from the price previously used, the latter is
of meat from such animals, taking into account the size of       retained ;
each of these categories and the relative size of the bovine
herd of each Member State ;
                                                                 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (3), as last
Whereas the representative markets, categories and quali­        amended by Regulation (EC) No 235/94 (4), lays down the
ties of products and weighting coefficients are fixed in         arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
Annex II to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 610/77 of             certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
 18 March 1977 on the determination of prices of adult           products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
                                                                 States ;
bovine animals on representative Community markets
and the survey of prices of certain other cattle in the
 Community ('), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
 1155/94 0 ;                                                     Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3491 /93 (*) and
                                                                 (EC) No 3492/93 (6), on certain procedures for applying
                                                                 the Europe Agreement establishing an association
Whereas, for Member States with several representative           between the European Communities and their Member
markets, the price of each category and quality is equal to      States, of the one part, and the Republics of Hungary and
the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each of            Poland, of the other part, and Council Regulation (EEC)
those markets ; for representative markets held several          No 520/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain rules for
times in one period of seven days, the price of each cat­        applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade­
egory and quality is equal to the arithmetic mean of the         related matters between the European Economic Commu­
prices recorded on each market day ; whereas in respect of       nity and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the
 Italy the price of each category and quality is equal to the    one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of
average, weighted by the special weighting coefficients          the other partf), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 610/77, of the         2235/93 (8), and in particular Article 1 thereof introduce
prices recorded in the surplus and deficit zones ; whereas       arrangements for reducing import levies on certain
the price recorded in the surplus zone is equal to the           products ; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No
arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each of the            1390/94 0 lays down detailed rules for applying the
markets within that zone ; whereas in respect of the             arrangements provided for in these agreements as regards
 United Kingdom the weighted average prices of adult             beef ;
bovine animals recorded on the representative markets of
 Great Britain on the one hand and Northern Ireland on
                                                                 (3) OJ  No  L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
 the other are adjusted by the coefficient fixed in the          (4) OJ  No  L 30, 3. 2. 1994, p. 12.
abovementioned Annex II ;                                        0   OJ  No  L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 1 .
                                                                 0   OJ  No  L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 4.
                                                                 0   OJ  No  L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
(') OJ No L 77, 25. 3. 1977, p. 1 .                              (8) OJ No L 200, 10. 8. 1993, p. 5.
0 OJ No L 129, 21 . 5. 1994, p. 5.                               0 OJ No L 152, 18. 6. 1994, p. 20.
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Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3641 /93 (l) and                 Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
(EC) No 3642/93 (2) on certain rules for applying the                 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 0, as
 Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters                amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (6), are used to
 between the European Economic Community and the                     convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
 European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part,                 and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
 and the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, of the other              conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
 part ; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No                        whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
 1389/94 (3), lays down detailed rules for applying the              tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
 arrangements provided for in these agreements as regards            lation (EEC) No 1068/93 0, amended by Regulation (EC)
 beef ;                                                              No 547/94 (8) ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision            Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the aforemen­
 91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the               tioned Regulations, and in particular to the information
 overseas countries and territories with the European                and quotations known to the Commission, the levies on
                                                                     frozen beef and veal should be as set out in the Annex
 Economic Community (4), no levies shall apply on
 imports of products originating in the overseas countries           hereto,
 and territories ;
 Whereas the various cuts of frozen meat are defined in
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
 No 805/68, the nomenclature provided for in this Regula­                                       Article 1
 tion is incorporated in the combined nomenclature ;
                                                                     The import levies on frozen beef and veal shall be as set
 Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each            out in the Annex.
 month and are applicable from the first Monday of the
 following month ; whereas these levies may be altered in
 the period between two fixings where the basic levy is                                         Article 2
 altered, or in these case of changes in the prices recorded
 on Community representative markets ;                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1994.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                    Done at Brussels, 29 June 1994.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 Rene STEICHEN
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(') OJ   No  L 333,  31 . 12. 1993, p. 16.                           O   OJ No  L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No  L 333,  31 . 12. 1993, p. 17.                           (6) OJ No  L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32.
(3) OJ   No  L 152,  18.  6. 1994, p. 16.                            O   OJ No  L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(4) OJ   No  L 263,  19.  9. 1991 , p. 1 .                           (8) OJ No  L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 .
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                                                                 ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 29 June 1994 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and
                                                                veal (l) (2)
                                                                                                                   (ECU / 100 kg)
                                                  CN code                                                      Levy
                                                                                                        — Net weight —
                                                0202 10 00                                                  153,889 (3)
                                                0202 20 10                                                  153,889 (3)
                                                0202 20 30                                                  123,111 (3)
                                                0202 20 50                                                  192,361 (3)
                                                0202 20 90                                                  230,833 (3)
                                                0202 30 10                                                  192,361 (3)
                                                0202 30 50                                                  192,361 (3)
                                                0202 30 90                                                  264,689 (3)
                                                0206 29 91                                                  264,689
            (') In accordance with amended Regulation (EEC) No 715/90, levies are not applied to products imported directly
                into the French overseas departments, originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States.
            (2) No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
            (3) Products falling within this code, imported from Poland or Hungary under the Agreements concluded between
                those countries and the Community and the Interim Agreements between the Czech Republic, the Slovak Repu­
                blic, Bulgaria, Romania and the Community, and in respect of which EUR.1 certificates issued in accordance
                with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2697/93, amended, or Regulation (EC) No 346/94 have been presented,
                are subject to the levies foreseen in those Regulations.