CELEX: 31991R0773
Language: en
Date: 1991-03-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 773/91 of 27 March 1991 fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat

No L 81 /68                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                28 . 3 . 91
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 773/91
                                                       of 27 March 1991
                 fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                    other than frozen meat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         inter alia on the prices shown in the customs documents
                                                                   which accompany products imported from non-member
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              countries or on other information concerning the export
Economic Community,                                                prices applied by those non-member countries ; whereas
                                                                   offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89               possibilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities
of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of                 and offer prices which, in view of general price move­
the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as amended by            ments or other information available, may be considered
Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (2), Article 10 thereof,               not to be representative of actual price trends in the
                                                                   country of origin are to be disregarded ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                   Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origina­
Whereas, under Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                ting in or coming from one or more non-member coun­
3013/89, a levy is applicable to the products falling within       tries if exports of the said products are made at abnor­
CN codes codes 0204 10 00, 0204 21 00, 0204 22 10,
                                                                   mally low prices ;
0204 22 30,      0204 22 50,       0204 22 90,     0204 23 00,
0204 50 11 ,     0204 50 1 3,      0204 50 1 5,    0204 50 1 9,
0204 50 31 and 0204 50 39 listed in Annex II of that
                                                                   Whereas the levy on live animals within CN codes
Regulation ;                                                       0104 10 90 and 0104 20 90 and on the meat falling within
                                                                    CN codes codes 0204 10 00, 0204 21 00, 0204 22 10,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation               0204 22 30,      0204 22 50,      0204 22 90,   0204 23 00,
(EEC) No 3013/89, the levy on fresh or chilled carcases            0204 50 1 1 ,    0204 50 1 3,     0204 50 1 5,  0204 50 1 9,
and half-carcases is to be equal to the difference between         0204 50 31 , 0204 50 39, 0210 90 1 1 and 0210 90 19 listed
the seasonally adjusted basic price and the Community               in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 is to be
free-at-frontier offer price ;                                      equal to the levy determined for carcases, multiplied by a
                                                                   standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in
Whereas the seasonally-adjusted basic price is fixed in            question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed in Annex I
Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1248/89 (3) for            to Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 ;
the 1990 marketing year ;
Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is              Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations
determined in the light of the most representative                  arising from international agreements concluded by the
purchasing possibilities, as regard quality and quantity,           Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,
recorded over the period from the 21st day of the prece­            account should be taken of the voluntary restraint arran­
ding month to the 20th day of the month during which               gements made by the Community with certain non
the levies are determined, taking particular account of the         member countries ;
supply and demand situation for fresh or chilled meat, the
world market price for frozen meat of a category which is
competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of past experi­         Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (6), as last
ence ;                                                              amended by Regulation (EEC) No 523/91 Q, lays down
                                                                    the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
Whereas the free-at-frontier offer price is to be deter­            certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
mined, if necessary, on the basis of the most represent­            products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
                                                                    States or in the overseas countries and territories ;
ative purchasing possibilities recorded for live sheep ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No               Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each
2668/80 (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                      month for each week during the following month ;
3939/87 (*), the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be based      whereas they are applicable from Monday to Sunday ;
                                                                    whereas they can be altered within that period if neces­
(') OJ No  L  289, 7. 10 . 1989, p. 1 .                             sary ;
0   OJ No  L  353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23
(') OJ No  L  129, 11 . 5. 1989, p. 10.
(4) OJ No  L  276, 20 . 10 . 1980, p. 35                            (6) OJ No L 84, 30. 3 . 1990, p. 85 .
0   OJ No  L  373, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 1 .                            0 OJ No L 58, 5. 3. 1991 , p. 1 .
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 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies        on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
 should be calculated on the following basis :                     other than frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex
 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­         to 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 corrective factor provided for in    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
      the last subparagraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of to Council
      Regulation (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by
      Regulation (EEC) No 2205/90 (2),                                                     Article 1
 — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
      average of the ecu rates published in the Official           The import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheep­
     Journal of the European Communities, C series, over           meat and goatmeat other than frozen meat shall be as set
      a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­         out in the Annex hereto.
      cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
 Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­                                    Article 2
 mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the informa­
 tion and quotations known to the Commission, the levies           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1991 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 27 March 1991 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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                                                                          ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 27 March 1991 fixing the import levies on live sheep and
                                       goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat
                                                                                                                                          (ECU/100 kg)
                                   Week No 13               Week No 14                Week No 15            Week No 16              Week No 17
         CN code                    from 1 to                 from 8 to                from 15 to            from 22 to           from 29 April to
                                   7 April 1991             14 April 1991            21 April 1991          28 April 1991            5 May 1991
      0104 10 90 (')                 119,272                   118,981                   118,736               117,669                 116,076
      0104 20 90 (')                 119,272                   118,981                   118,736               117,669                 116,076
      0204 10 00 0                   253,770                   253,150                   252,630               250,360                 246,970
      0204 21 00 (2)                 253,770                   253,150                   252,630               250,360                 246,970
      0204 22 10 (2)                 177,639                   177,205                   176,841               175,252                 172,879
      0204 22 30 (2)                 279,147                   278,465                   277,893               275,396                 271,667
      0204 22 50 (2)                 329,901                   329,095                   328,419               325,468                 321,061
      0204 22 90 (2)                 329,901                   329,095                   328,419               325,468                 321,061
      0204 23 00 (2)                 461,861                   460,733                   459,787               455,655                 449,485
      0204 50 11 (2)                 253,770                   253,150                   252,630               250,360                 246,970
      0204 50 13 (2)                 177,639                   177,205                   176,841               175,252                 172,879
      0204 50 15 (2)                 279,147                   278,465                   277,893               275,396                 271,667
      0204 50 19 (2)                 329,901                   329,095                   328,419               325,468                 321,061
      0204 50 31 (2)                 329,901                   329,095                   328,419               325,468                 321,061
      0204 50 39 (2)             1   461,861                   460,733                   459,787               455,655                 449,485
      0210 90 11 O                   329,901                   329,095                   328,419               325,468                 321,061
      0210 90 19 (3)                 461,861                   460,733                   459,787               455,655                 449,485
(') The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulations (EEC) No 3643/85, (EEC) No 715/90 and (EEC) No 1373/90 and
    Commission Regulations (EEC) No 19/82, (EEC) No 1249/90, (EEC) No 1580/90 and (EEC) No 2085/90.
(2) 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, (EEC) No 715/90 and (EEC) No 753/90 and Commission Regulations (EEC) No 19/82, (EEC) No 3652/89, (EEC) No 3989/89, (EEC) No 479/90
    and (EEC) No 952/90.
(3) The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.