CELEX: 31987R1947
Language: en
Date: 1987-07-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1947/87 of 3 July 1987 fixing the import levies on live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen

No L 185/48                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                    4. 7. 87
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1947/87
                                                        of 3 July 1987
                     fixing the import levies on live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        or less than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the
                                                                   following percentage of the basic levy :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or equal
                                                                         to 98 % of the guide price ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 % and
Portugal,                                                                more than or equal to 96 % of the guide price ;
                                                                   (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 % and
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of                   more than or equal to 90 % of the guide price ;
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)          (d) 114 % where the market price is less than 90 % of
No 467/87 (2), and in particular Article 12 (8) thereof,                 the guide price ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,            Whereas pursuant to Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                    No 805/68 the basic levy on the meat specified in
Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68              sections (a), (c) and (d) of the Annex hereto is equal to the
a levy is applicable to the products specified in Article 1        basic levy determined for bovine animals, multiplied by a
( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12 fixes the         standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in
amount of the levy applicable by reference to a percen­             question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed by
tage of the basic levy ;                                            Commission Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 of 18 March
                                                                    1977 laying down rules for the application of levies on
                                                                    beef and veal and amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68
Whereas in respect of bovine animals the basic levy is              on the Common Customs Tariff (3), as last amended by
determined on the basis of the difference between the
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 311 /83 (4);
guide price and the Community free-at-frontier offer
price plus the amount of the customs duty ; whereas the
Community free-at-frontier offer price is determined in             Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals to be
the light of the most representative purchasing possibili­          applied from 6 July 1987 were fixed by Council Regula­
ties, as regards quality and quantity, recorded over a              tion (EEC) No 1891 /870 ;
certain period for bovine animals and for the fresh or
chilled meat specified in section (a) of the Annex to the           Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 stipulates that the
said Regulation under subheadings 02.01 A II a) 1 to 3 ,            basic levy is to be calculated according to the method set
account being taken in particular of the position with              out in its Article 3 and on the basis of all the representa­
respect to supply and demand, of world market prices for            tive free-at-frontier offer prices of the Community deter­
frozen meat of a category which is competitive with fresh           mined for the products of each of the categories and cuts
or chilled meat and of past experience ;                            specified in Article 2 and established principally by
                                                                    reference to the prices specified in the customs docu­
Whereas if it is found that the price of adult bovine               ments accompanying products imported from third coun­
 animals on representative Community markets is higher              tries or from other information concerning export prices
 than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the follo­        obtaining in those third countries ;
wing percentage of the basic levy :
                                                                    Whereas, however, offer prices that do not correspond to
 (a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal to           real purchasing possibilities or that relate to unrepresenta­
       102 % of the guide price ;                                    tive quantitities should not be taken into account ;
 (b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 % and             whereas offer prices should also be excluded when the
       less than or equal to 104 % of the guide price ;              movement of prices in general or the information avai­
 (c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 % and              lable suggests that they are unrepresentative of the true
                                                                     trend of prices in the country of origin ;
       less than or equal to 106 % of the guide price ;
 (d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 % of               Whereas in cases where for one or more categories of
       the guide price ;                                             bovine animals or cuts of meat a free-at-frontier offer
                                                                     price cannot be established, the most recent available
 Whereas if it is found that the price of adult bovine               price should be used for the calculation ;
 animals on representative Community markets is equal to
                                                                      3) OJ No L 75, 23 . 3 . 1977, p. 10.
 (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.                              (<) OJ No L 303, 5. 11 . 1983, p. 16.
 (2) OJ No L 48 , 17 . 2. 1987, p . 1 .                              0 OJ No L 182, 3 . 7. 1987.
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Whereas if the free-at-frontier offer price differs by less        of the premium granted to producers under Regulation
than 0,60 ECU per 100 kilograms of live weight from that           (EEC) No 1347/86 (3), as last amended by Regulation
previously used for the calculation of the levy, the latter        (EEC) No 467/87 (4) ; whereas the representative markets,
price should be retained ;                                         categories and qualities of products and weighting coeffi­
                                                                   cients are fixed in Annex II to Commission Regulation
                                                                   (EEC) No 610/77 of 18 March 1977 on the determination
Whereas pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)             of prices of adult bovine animals on representative
No 805/68 a special basic levy is determined for certain            Community markets and the survey of prices of certain
third countries on the basis of the difference between the
                                                                    other cattle in the Community ^, as last amended by
guide price and the average price recorded over a certain           Regulation (EEC) No 1616/87 («) ;
period plus the amount of the customs duty ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 611 /77 of 18                Whereas, for Member States with several representative
March 1977 ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   markets, the price of each category and quality is equal to
 925/77 (2), provides that the special levy on products origi­      the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each of
 nating in and coming from Austria, Sweden and Switzer­             those markets ; whereas, for representative markets held
 land should be determined on the basis of the weighted             several times in one period of seven days, the price of
 average of the prices of adult bovine animals recorded on          each category and quality is equal to the arithmetic mean
 the representative markets of those third countries ;              of the prices recorded on each market day ; whereas in
 whereas the weighting coefficients and representative              respect of Italy the price of each category and quantity is
 markets are specified in the Annexes to Regulation (EEC)           equal to the average, weighted by the special weighting
 No 611 /77 ;                                                       coefficients fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    610/77, of the prices recorded in the surplus and deficit
                                                                    zones ; whereas the price recorded in the surplus zone is
 Whereas the average price is not to be used for calcula­           equal to the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on
 ting the special levy unless it is at least 1,21 ECU per 100       each of the markets within that zone ; whereas in respect
 kilograms of live weight more than the free-at-frontier            of the United Kingdom the weighted average prices of
 offer price determined in accordance with Article 10 (2) of        adult bovine animals recorded on the representative
 Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 ;                                       markets of Great Britain on the one hand and Northern
                                                                    Ireland on the other are adjusted by the coefficient fixed
                                                                    in the abovementioned Annex II :
 Whereas if the average price differs by less than 0,60 ECU
 per 100 kilograms of live weight from that previously
 used to calculate the levy, the latter may be retained ;           Whereas prices for the different categories and qualities
                                                                    not obtained from prices which are 'live weight excluding
 Whereas in cases where one or more of the abovemen­                tax' are multiplied by the live weight conversion coeffi­
 tioned third countries adopt, for reasons of health for             cients fixed in Annex II to the said Regulation and, in the
 example, measures affecting the prices recorded on their           case of Italy, are first increased or reduced by the correc­
 markets, the Commission may use the latest prices                   tive amounts fixed in the said Annex ;
 recorded before the entry into force of such measures ;
                                                                    Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary or
 Whereas pursuant to Article 12 (6) of Regulation (EEC)              health reasons for example, adopt measures affecting the
  No 805/68 the price of adult bovine animals on represen­           normal trend of prices recorded on their markets the
 tative Community markets is the price established on the            Commission may disregard the prices recorded on the
 basis of prices recorded over a period to be determined on          market or markets in question, or use the latest prices
 the representative market or markets of each Member                 recorded on the market or markets in question before the
 State in respect of the various categories of adult bovine          entry into force of such measures ;
 animals or of meat from such animals, after taking into
 account the size of each of these categories and the rela­
 tive size of the bovine herd of each Member State ;                 Whereas, in the absence of information, prices recorded
                                                                     on representative Community markets are determined
                                                                     mainly by reference to the most recently recorded prices ;
 Whereas the prices of adult bovine animals recorded on
  the representative market or markets of each Member
  State are equal to the average, weighted by the appropriate        Whereas for such period as the price of adult bovine
  coefficients, of the prices for the various qualities of adult     animals recorded on representative Community markets
  bovine animals or meat of such animals over a period of            differs by less then 0,24 ECU per 100 kilograms of live
  seven days in that Member State at a particular wholesale          weight from the price previously used, the latter is
  marketing stage ; whereas, the price of adult bovine               retained :
  animals recorded on the representative market or markets
  of the United Kingdom shall be corrected by the amount
                                                                     (3) OJ No L 119, 8. 5. 1986, p. 40.
                                                                     (<) OJ No L 48, 17. 2. 1987, p. 1 .
  (') OJ No L 77, 25. 3. 1977, p. 14.                                0 OJ No L 77, 25. 3. 1977, p. 1 .
  (2 OJ No L 109, 30. 4. 1977, p. 1 .                                M OJ No L 150, 11 . 6. 1987, p. 22.
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Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations          the basic levy or special basic levy is altered, or in the case
arising from international agreements concluded by the              of changes in the prices recorded on Community repre­
Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,             sentative markets ;
account should be taken of Council Regulation (EEC) No
314/83 of 24 January 1983 on the conclusion of the
                                                                    Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
                                                                     should be calculated on the following basis :
Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic
Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugos­               — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
lavia ('), of Council Regulation (EEC) No 287/82 of 3                      tion to each other at any given moment within a band
February 1982 establishing the arrangements applicable to                  of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
imports of products originating in Yugoslavia to take                      rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the
account of the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the                   last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regulation
Community (2), and of Council Regulation (EEC) No                          (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as amended by Regulation
3349/81 of 24 November 1981 providing for a reduction                      (EEC) No 1636/87 0,
in the levy applicable to imports into the Community of              — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
certain beef and veal products originating in and coming                   arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
from Yugoslavia (3) ;                                                      these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
                                                                           tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (4), last                       previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient,
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1306/87 (*), lays down
 the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and            Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the aforemen­
 certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural         tioned Regulation, and in particular to the information
 products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific          and quotations known to the Commission, the levies on
 States or in the overseas countries and territories ;               live cattle and beef and veal other than frozen meat
                                                                     should be as set out in the Annex hereto,
 Whereas the various cuts of beef and veal are defined in
 Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation (EEC)                                         Article 1
 No 805/68 , the nomenclature provided for in this Regula­
 tion is incorporated in the Common Customs Tariff ;                 The import levies on live cattle and beef and veal other
                                                                      than frozen meat shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
 Whereas the levies and special levies are fixed before the
 27th day of each month and are applicable from the first                                        Article 2
 Monday of the following month ; whereas these levies
 may be altered in the period between two fixings where               This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 July 1987.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                     Done at Brussels, 3 July 1987.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                     Vice-President
  (») OJ  No  L 41 , 14. 2. 1983, p. 1 .
  0   OJ  No  L 30, 6. 2. 1982, p. 1 .
  (3) OJ  No  L 339, 26. 11 . 1981 , p. 1
  O   OJ  No  L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4.                               (*) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
  0   OJ  No  L 124, 13. 5. 1987, p. 5.                                O OJ No L 153 , 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                                ANNEX
         to the          Commission       Regulation of 3 July               1987    fixing the import levies on
                                  live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen (')
                                                                                                                 (ECU/100 kg)
                                                                                 Austria/Sweden /
                        CCT heading No                    Yugoslavia (2)                               Other third countries
                                                                                    Switzerland
                                                                                   Live weight —
         01.02 A II (a)                                       50,310                   42,490                 114,707
                                                                                 — Net weight —
         02.01 A II a) 1                                      95,589                   80,731                 217.943
         02.01 A II a) 2                                      76,471                   64,584                  174,354
         02.01 A II a) 3                                    114,707                    96,877                 261,532
         02.01 A II a) 4 aa)                                                          121,097                 326,914
          02.01 A II a) 4 bb)                                                         138,518                 373.944
          02.06 C I a) 1                                                              121,097                 326,914
          02.06 C I a) 2                                                              138,518                 373,944
          16.02 B III b) 1 aa)                                                        138,518                 373,944
         (') 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 nad Pacific States or in the overseas countries and
              territories .
          (*) This levy is applicable only to products complying with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1725/80 (OJ No
              L 170, 3. 7. 1980, p. 4).
          (a) The levy which is to be applied to young male bovine animals, intended for fattening, of a live weight of 300 kg
              or less, imported under the conditions set out in Article 13 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, and in the
              provisions adopted for its application, is totally or partially suspended in accordance with those provisions.