CELEX: 31984R0882
Language: en
Date: 1984-04-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 882/84 of 31 March 1984 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal

1 . 4. 84                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 91 /9
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 882/84
                                                         of 31 March 1984
                                     fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
                                                                     (a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal
 COMMUNITIES,                                                             to 1 02 % of the guide price ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               (b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 %
 Economic Community,                                                      and less than or equal to 104 % of the guide
                                                                          price ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                 (c) 25 % where the market price is more than 1 04 %
of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the                         and less than 106 % of the guide price ;
market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by the Act              (d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 %
of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular Article 1 2                 of the guide price ;
(8) thereof,
                                                                     Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                        animals on representative Community markets is
Committee,                                                           equal to or less than the guide price, the levy appli­
                                                                     cable equals the following percentage of the basic
Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No                       levy :
805/68 a levy is applicable to the products specified in
Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12          (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or
fixes the amount of the levy applicable by reference to                   equal to 98 % of the guide price ;
a percentage of the basic levy ;                                     (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 %
Whereas, in respect of the types of frozen meat listed
                                                                          and more than or equal to 96 % of the guide
                                                                          price ;
in section (b) of the Annex to the said Regulation
under subheading 02.01 A II b) 1 , the basic levy is                 (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 %
determined on the basis of the difference between :                       and more than or equal to 90 % of the guide
                                                                          price ;
— the guide price multiplied by a coefficient repre­                 (d) 114 % where the market price is less than 90 % of
      senting the ratio existing in the Community                         the guide price ;
      between the price of fresh meat of a category
      competitive with the frozen meat in question,                  Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals to
      presented in the same form, and the average price              be applied from 2 April 1984 have been fixed by
      of adult bovine animals, and                                   Council Regulation (EEC) No 868/84 of 31 March
— the Community free-at-frontier offer price for                     1984 0 ;
      frozen meat, plus the amount of the customs duty               Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price for
      and a standard amount representing the specific                frozen meat is determined by reference to the world
      costs of the import operations ;                               market price based on the most representative purcha­
Whereas, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No                           sing possibilities, as regards quality and quantity,
 586/77 of 18 March 1977 laying down rules for the                   recorded over a certain period preceding the fixing of
application of the levies on beef and veal and amen­                 the basic levy, taking into account in particular :
ding Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common                        — foreseeable developments on the market in frozen
Customs Tariff (3), as last amended by Regulation                         meat,
(EEC) No 31 14/83 (4), the abovementioned coefficient,               — the most representative prices on third country
calculated in accordance with the rules laid down in
                                                                          markets for fresh and chilled meat of a category
Article 1 1 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, has                    which is competitive with frozen meat,
been fixed at 1-69 units of account and the standard
amount referred to in Article 11 (2) (b) of the said                 — past experience ;
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)
Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine
                                                                     No 805/68 under subheadings 02.01 A II b) 2 to 4 is
animals on representative Community markets is
higher than the guide price, the levy applicable equals
                                                                     equal to the basic levy fixed for the product falling
                                                                     within subheading 02.01 A II b) 1 , multiplied by a
the following percentage of the basic levy :
                                                                     standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in
                                                                     question ; whereas these coefficients were fixed in
(')  OJ  No  L  148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.                          Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;
O    OJ  No  L  291 , 29 . 11 . 1979, p. 17.
0    OJ  No  L  75, 23 . 3 . 1977, p. 10 .
(«)  OJ  No  L  303, 5. 11 . 1983 , p. 16.                           (0 OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 30.
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Whereas, for the purpose of fixing the free-at-frontier        special weighting coefficients fixed in Annex II to
offer prices, offer prices that do not correspond to real      Regulation (EEC) No 610/77, of the prices recorded in
purchasing possibilities or that relate to unrepresenta­       the surplus and deficit zones ; whereas the price
tive quantities should not be taken into account ;             recorded in the surplus zone is equal to the arithmetic
whereas offer prices should also be excluded when the          mean of the prices recorded on each of the markets
movement of prices in general or the information               within that zone ; whereas in respect of the United
available gives reason to believe that they are unrepre­       Kingdom the weighted average prices of adult bovine
sentative of the true trend of prices in the country of        animals recorded on the representative markets of
origin ;                                                       Great Britain on the one hand and Northern Ireland
                                                               on 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           Whereas prices for the different categories and quali­
per 100 kilograms from that previously used for the            ties not obtained from prices which are 'live weight
calculation of the levy, the latter price should be            excluding tax', are multiplied by the live weight
retained ;                                                     conversion coefficients fixed in Annex II to the said
                                                               Regulation and, in the case of Italy, are first increased
                                                               or reduced by the corrective amounts fixed in the said
                                                               Annex ;
Whereas pursuant to Article 1 2 (6) of Regulation (EEC)
No 805/68 the price of adult bovine animals on repre­
sentative Community markets is the price established           Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary
on the basis of prices recorded over a period to be            or health reasons for example, adopt measures affec­
determined on the representative market or markets of          ting the normal trend of prices recorded on their
each Member State for the various categories of adult          markets, the Commission may disregard the prices
bovine animals or of meat from such animals, taking            recorded on the market or markets in question, or use
into account the size of each of these categories and          the latest prices recorded on the market or markets in
the relative size of the bovine herd of each Member            question before the entry into force of such measures ;
State ;
                                                               Whereas, in the absence of information, prices
                                                               recorded on representative Community markets are
                                                               determined mainly by reference to the most recently
Whereas the prices of adult bovine animals recorded            recorded prices ;
on the representative market or markets of each
Member State are equal to the average, weighted by
the relevant coefficients, of the prices for the various       Whereas, for such period as the price of adult bovine
qualities of adult bovine animals or meat of such              animals recorded on representative Community
animals over a period of seven days in that Member             markets differs by less than 0,24 ECU per 100 kilo­
State at a particular wholesale marketing stage ;              grams of live weight from the price previously used,
whereas the representative markets, categories and             the latter is retained ;
qualities of products and weighting coefficients are
fixed in Annex II to Commission Regulation (EEC)               Whereas the levies must be so fixed that obligations
No 610/77 of 18 March 1977 on the determination of             arising from international agreements concluded by
prices of adult bovine animals on representative               the Community continue to be fulfilled ;
Community markets and the survey of prices of
certain other cattle in the Community ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1483/83 (2) ;                   Whereas the various cuts of frozen meat are defined in
                                                               Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;
Whereas, for Member States with several representative         Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation
markets, the price of each category and quality is equal       (EEC) No 805/68, the nomenclature provided for in
to the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each          this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
                                                               Customs Tariff ;
of those markets ; for representative markets held
several times in one period of seven days, the price of
each category and quality is equal to the arithmetic           Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of
mean of the prices recorded on each market day ;               each month and are applicable from the first Monday
whereas in respect of Italy the price of each category         of the following month ; whereas these levies may be
and quality is equal to the average, weighted by the           altered in the period between two fixings where the
                                                               basic levy is altered, or in these case of changes in the
                                                               prices recorded on Community representative
(') OJ No L 77, 25. 3 . 1977, p. 1 .                           markets :
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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,           levies on frozen beef and veal should be as set out in
levies should be calculated on the following basis :          the Annex hereto.
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
     relation to each other at any given moment within
     a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
     provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
     No 974/71 ,
                                                                                     Article 1
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                              The import levies on frozen beef and veal shall be as
     these currencies in relation to the Community            set out in the Annex hereto.
     currencies referred to in the previous indent and
     the aforesaid coefficient ;
Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the afore­                               Article 2
mentioned Regulations, and in particular to the infor­
mation and quotations known to the Commission, the            This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 April 1984.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 31 March 1984.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                          Poul DALSAGER
                                                                   Member of the Commission
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                                                            ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 31 March 1984 fixing the import levies on frozen beef
                                      and veal (') for the period beginning 2 April 1984
                                                                                                       (ECU / 100 kg)
                                            CCT heading No                                          Levy
            \                                                                                 — Net weight —
             02.01   A II b) 1                                                                    194,446
             02.01   A II b) 2                                                                    155.558(a)
             02.01   All b) 3                                                                     243,058
             02.01   All b) 4 aa)                                                                 291,670
             02.01   A lib) 4 bb) 11                                                              243,058 (a)
             02.01   A II b) 4 bb) 22 (b)                                                         243,058 (a)
             02.01   A II b) 4 bb) 33                                                             334,448 (a)
              (') In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 435/80, 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 .
             (a) Where products are imported under the conditions set out in Article 14 of Council Regulation
                  (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 and in provisions adopted for its application, the levy is totally
                  or partially suspended in accordance with those provisions.
             (b) Entry under this subheading is subject to the production of a certificate issued on conditions laid
                  down by the competent authorities of the European Communities.