CELEX: 31991R3741
Language: en
Date: 1991-12-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3741/91 of 20 December 1991 fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat

No L 352/30                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                21 . 12. 91
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3741/91
                                                      of 20 December 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 1741 /91 (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, under Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                 Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origina­
                                                                    ting in or coming from one or more non-member coun­
3013/89, a levy is applicable to the products falling within
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
                                                                    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 2210,
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 11 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 1742/91 (3) for            to Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 ;
the 1992 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 (J), 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               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 ;
O   OJ No  L  163, 26. 6. 1991 , p. 41 .
0   OJ No  L  163, 26. 6. 1991 , p. 42.
(4) OJ No  L  276, 20. 10. 1980, p. 39.                             (6) OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
0   OJ No   L 373, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 1 .                            O 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 6 January 1992.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 20 December 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 20 December 1991 fixing the import levies on live sheep
                                   and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat
                                                                                                                                          (ECU/100 kg)
                                            Week No 1                     Week No 2                    Week No 3                   Week No 4
            CN code                          from 6 to                     from 13 to                   from 20 to             from 27 January to
                                          12 January 1992              19 January 1992               26 January 1992             2 February 1992
         010410 90 (')                          85,620                        89,526                       94,183                     97,285
         0104 20 90 0                           85,620                        89,526                       94,183                     97,285
         0204 10 00 (2)                       182,170                        190,480                      200,390                   206,990
         0204 21 00 (2)                       182,170                        190,480                      200,390                   206,990
         0204 22 10 (2)                       127,519                        133,336                      140,273                    144,893
          0204 22 30 (2)                      200,387                        209,528                      220,429                   227,689
          0204 22 50 (2)                      236,821                        247,624                      260,507                   269,087
          0204 22 90 (2)                      236,821                        247,624                      260,507                   269,087
          0204 23 00 (2)                      331,549                        346,674                      364,710                   376,722
          0204 50 11 (2)                      182,170                        190,480                      200,390                    206,990
          0204 50 13 (2)                      127,519                        133,336                      140,273                    144,893
          0204 50 15 (2)                      200,387                        209,528                      220,429                    227,689
          0204 50 19 (2)                      236,821                        247,624                      260,507                    269,087
          0204 50 31 (2)                      236,821                        247,624                      260,507                    269,087
          0204 50 39 (2)                      331,549                        346,674                      364,710                    376,722
          0210 90 11 (3)                      236,821                        247,624                      260,507                    269,087
          0210 90 19 (3)                      331,549                        346,674                      364,710                    376,722
(') The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down by 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.