CELEX: 31985R1191
Language: en
Date: 1985-05-08
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1191/85 of 7 May 1985 fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat

8 . 5. 85                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 123/ 19
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1191/85
                                                        of 7 May 1985
               fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                   other than frozen meat
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    documents which accompany products imported from
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      non-member      countries    or   on other  information
                                                                   concerning the export prices applied by those non­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             member countries ; whereas offer prices which do not
 Economic Community,                                              correspond to actual purchasing possibilities or which
                                                                  relate to unrepresentative quantities and offer prices
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     which, in view of general price movements or other
 1837/80 of 27 June 1980 on the common organization               information available, may be considered not to be
 of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last             representative of actual price trends in the country of
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 871 /84 (2), and in               origin are to be disregarded ;
 particular the first paragraph of Article 11 thereof,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                     Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origi­
 Committee,                                                       nating in or coming from one or more non-member
                                                                  countries if exports of the said products are made at
Whereas, under Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No              abnormally low prices ;
 1837/80, a levy is applicable to the products specified
 in Article 1 (a) of that Regulation ;                            Whereas the levy on live animals within subheading
                                                                  01.04 B and on the meat falling within subheadings
Whereas the levy on products falling within subhead­              02.01 A IV a) 2, 3, 4 and 5 and 02.06 C II a) listed in
 ing 02.01 A IV a) 1 listed in Annex I to Regulation              Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is to be
(EEC) No 1837/80 is to be equal to the difference                 equal to the levy determined for carcases, multiplied
between the seasonally-adjusted basic price and the               by a standard coefficient fixed for each of the products
 Community free-at-frontier offer price ;                         in question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed in
                                                                  Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 ;
Whereas the seasonally-adjusted basic price is fixed in
Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 873/84 (3) for the
 1984/85 marketing year, as last extended by Regula­              Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obliga­
tion (EEC) No 1 1 82/85 (4) ;                                     tions arising from international agreements concluded
                                                                  by the Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas,
Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is             moreover, account should be taken of the voluntary
determined in the light of the most representative                restraint arrangements made by the Community with
purchasing possibilities, as regard quality and quantity,         certain non-member countries ;
recorded over the period from the 21st day of the
preceding month to the 20th day of the month during
which the levies are determined, taking particular                Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (*) lays
account of the supply and demand situation for fresh              down the arrangements applicable on agricultural
or chilled meat, the world market price for frozen                products and certain goods resulting from the proces­
meat of a category which is competitive with fresh or             sing of agricultural products originating in the African,
                                                                  Caribbean and Pacific Sates or in the overseas coun­
chilled meat and of past experience ;
                                                                  tries and territories ;
Whereas the free-at-frontier offer price is to be deter­
mined, if necessary, on the basis of the most represent­          Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of
ative purchasing possibilities recorded for live sheep ;          each month for each week during the following
                                                                  month ; whereas they are applicable from Monday to
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)                Sunday ; whereas they can be altered within that
No 2668/80 (*) the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be        period if necessary ;
based inter alia on the prices shown in the customs
(') OJ  No L 183, 16.   7. 1980, p. 1 .                           Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
(2) OJ  No L 90, 1 . 4.  1984, p. 35.                             levies should be calculated on the following basis :
(3) OJ  No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 42.
(4) See page 1 of this  Official Journal.
0   OJ  No L 276, 20 .  10 . 1980, p. 39 .                        (*) OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4.
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— in the case of currencies which are maintained in           goatmeat other than frozen meat should be as set out
     relation to each other at any given moment within        in the Annex to this Regulation,
     a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
     their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
     provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
     No 974/71 (') as last amended by Regulation (EEC)        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     No 855/84 (2),
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
                                                                                     Article 1
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
     these currencies recorded over a given period in
     relation to the Community currencies referred to         The import levies on live sheep and goats and on
     in the previous indent and the aforesaid coeffi­         sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat shall
                                                              be as set out in the Annex hereto.
     cient ;
Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­
mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the infor­                              Article 2
mation and quotations known to the Commission, the
levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and           This Regulation shall enter into force on 13 May 1985.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 7 May 1985.
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                       Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                          Vice-President
0 OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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                                                        ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 7 May 198S fixing the import levies on live sheep and
                        goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat
                                                                                               (ECU/100 kg)
                                  CCT                                         Week No 7
                               heading No                               from 13 to 19 May 1985
          01.04 B                                                               89,300 (')
          02.01 A IV a) 1                                                     190,000 (2)
                         2                                                    1 33,000 0
                         3                                                    209,000 (2)
                         4                                                    247,000 (2)
                         5 aa)                                                247,000 (2)
                           bb)                                                345,800 (2)
          02.06 C II a) 1                                                     247,000 (3)
                         2                                                    345,800 (3)
          (') The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulations (EEC) No
              3658/84 and (EEC) No 486/85 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.
          (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 3658/84 and (EEC) No 486/85 and
              Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.
          (3) The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No
              486/85 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.