CELEX: 31992R0455
Language: en
Date: 1992-02-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 455/92 of 26 February 1992 fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat

No L 52/34                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 27. 2. 92
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                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 455/92
                                                        of 26 February 1992
                    fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                      other than frozen meat
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         which accompany products imported from non-member
                                                                     countries or on other information concerning the export
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               prices applied by those non-member countries ; whereas
 Economic Community,                                                 offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing
                                                                     possibilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89                and offer prices which, in view of general price move­
 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of                  ments or other information available, may be considered
 the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as amended by             not to be representative of actual price trends in the
 Regulation (EEC) No 1741 /91 (2), Article 10 thereof,               country of origin are to be disregarded ;
 Whereas, under Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                 Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origina­
 3013/89, a levy is applicable to the products falling within        ting in or coming from one or more non-member coun­
 CN codes codes 0204 10 00, 0204 21 00, 0204 22 10,                  tries if exports of the said products are made at abnor­
 0204 22 30,      0204 22 50,        0204 22 90,     0204 23 00,     mally low prices ;
 0204 50 1 1 ,    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
 Regulation ;                                                        Whereas the levy on live animals within CN codes
                                                                     0104 10 90 and 0104 20 90 and on the meat falling within
Whereas, in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation                 CN codes codes 020410 00, 0204 21 00, 0204 22 10,
(EEC) No 3013/89, the levy on fresh or chilled carcases              0204 22 30,      0204 22 50,     0204 22 90,    0204 23 00,
and half-carcases is to be equal to the difference between           0204 50 11 ,     0204 50 13,     0204 50 15,    0204 50 19,
 the seasonally adjusted basic price and the Community               0204 50 31 , 0204 50 39, 0210 90 11 and 0210 90 19 listed
 free-at-frontier offer price ;                                      in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 is to be
                                                                     equal to the levy determined for carcases, multiplied by a
Whereas the seasonally-adjusted basic price is fixed in              standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in
Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1742/91 (3) for             question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed in Annex I
the 1992 marketing year ;                                            to Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 ;
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 (% 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
ative purchasing possibilities recorded for live sheep ;             States or in the overseas countries and territories ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No
2668/80 (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                       Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1) of Council Decision
3939/87 (*), the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be based       91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
 inter alia on the prices shown in the customs documents             overseas countries and territories with the European
                                                                     Economic Community (8), no levies shall apply on
                                                                     imports of products originating in the overseas countries
(') OJ  No  L  289,  7. 10. 1989, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L  163,  26. 6. 1991 , p. 41 .
(3) OJ  No  L  163,  26. 6. 1991 , p. 42.                            («) OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
0   OJ  No  L  276,  20. 10. 1980, p. 39.                            o OJ No L 58, 5. 3. 1991 , p. 1 .
O   OJ  No  L  373,  31 . 12. 1987, p. 1 .                           (8) OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
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 and territories ; whereas, however, pursuant to Article 101      — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
(4) of the abovementioned Decision, a special amount                  average of the ecu rates published in the Official
shall be charged on imports of certain products origina­              Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
 ting in the overseas countries and territories in order to           a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
 prevent products originating from these countries and                cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
 territories from receiving more favourable treatment than
similar products imported from Spain or Portugal into the         Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­
 Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ;                   mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the informa­
                                                                  tion and quotations known to the Commission, the levies
Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each          on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
month for each week during the following month ;                  other than frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex
whereas they are applicable from Monday to Sunday ;               to this Regulation,
whereas they can be altered within that period if neces­
sary ;
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :                                             Article 1
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                  The import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheep­
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band         meat and goatmeat other than frozen meat shall be as set
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central        out in the Annex hereto.
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
     the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of to Council                                Article 2
     Regulation (EEC) No 1 676/85 ('), as last amended by
     Regulation (EEC) No 2205/90 (2),                             This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 March 1992.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 26 February 1992.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 164, 24. 6, 1985, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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                                                                          ANNEX
                      to the Commission Regulation of 26 February 1992 fixing the import levies on live sheep
                                  and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat (4)
                                                                                                                                           (ECU/100 kg)
                                   Week No 9                 Week No 10               Week No 11            Week No 12               Week No 13
         CN code                    from 2 to                 from 9 to                from 16 to            from 23 to             from 30 March
                                  8 March 1992              15 March 1992            22 March 1992         29 March 1992           to 5 April 1992
      0104 10 90 (')                 101,492                   102,620                   103,311               103,311                  102,878
      0104 20 90 (')                 101,492                   102,620                   103,311               103,311                  102,878
      0204 10 00 0                   215,940                   218,340                   219,810               219,810                 218,890
      0204 21 00 (2)                 215,940                   218,340                   219,810               219,810                 218,890
      0204 22 10 (2)                 151,158                   152,838                   153,867               153,867                 153,223
      0204 22 30 0                   237,534                   240,174                   241,791               241,791                 240,779
      0204 22 50 (2)                 280,722                   283,842                   285,753               285,753                 284,557
      0204 22 90 0                   280,722                   283,842                   285,753               285,753 .               284,557
      0204 23 00 (2)                 393,011                   397,379                   400,054               400,054                 398,380
      0204 50 11 (2)                 215,940                   218,340                   219,810               219,810                 218,890
      0204 50 13 (2)                 151,158                   152,838                   153,867               153,867                 153,223
      0204 50 15 0                   237,534                   240,174                   241,791               241,791                 240,779
      0204 50 19 0                   280,722                   283,842                   285,753               285,753                 284,557
      0204 50 31 0                   280,722                   283,842                   285,753               285,753                 284,557
      0204 50 39 0                   393,011                   397,379                   400,054               400,054                 398,380
      0210 90 1 1 0                  280,722                   283,842                   285,753               285,753                 284,557
      0210 90 19 0                   393,011                   397,379                   400,054               400,054                 398,380
(') 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 GATT 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.
(*) No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.