CELEX: 31985R0950
Language: en
Date: 1985-04-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 950/85 of 11 April 1985 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

12. 4. 85                              Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 102/ 11
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 950/85
                                                      of 11 April 1985
                            fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   or chilled meat, the world market price for frozen
COMMUNITIES,                                                     meat of a category which is competitive with fresh or
                                                                 chilled meat and of past experience ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                              Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                 No 2668/80, the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     based inter alia on the prices shown in the customs
1837/80 of 27 June 1980 on the common organization               documents which accompany products imported from
of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last              non-member       countries  or   on  other   information
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 871 /84 (2), and in                concerning the export prices applied by those non­
particular the first paragraph of Article 11 thereof,             member countries ; whereas offer prices which do not
                                                                  correspond to actual purchasing possibilities or which
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                      relate to unrepresentative quantities and offer prices
Committee,                                                        which, in view of general price movements or other
                                                                  information available, may be considered not to be
Whereas under Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No               representative of actual price trends in the country of
1837/80 a levy is applicable to the products falling              origin are to be disregarded ;
within subheading 02.01 A IV b) listed in Annex I to
that Regulation ;                                                 Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origi­
                                                                  nating in or coming from one or more non-member
Whereas, pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EEC)               countries if exports of the said products are made at
No 1837/80, the levy on frozen carcases and half­                 abnormally low prices ;
carcases is to be equal to the difference between :
(a) the basic price multiplied by a coefficient represen­         Whereas the levy on the meat falling within subhead­
     ting the relationship existing in the Community              ings 02.01 A IV b) 2, 3, 4 and 5 listed in Annex I to
     between the price of fresh meat of a category                Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is to be equal to the
     competitive with the frozen meat in question,                levy determined for frozen carcases, multiplied by a
                                                                  standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in
      presented in the same form, and the average price
     of fresh and chilled sheep carcases, and                      question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed in
                                                                  Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 ;
(b) the Community free-at-frontier offer price for the
     said frozen meat ;
                                                                  Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obliga­
                                                                   tions arising from international agreements concluded
Whereas the basic price for the 1984/85 marketing                  by the Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas,
 year is fixed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No                 moreover, account should be taken of the voluntary
 873/84 (3), as last extended by Regulation (EEC) No               restraint arrangements made by the Community with
 929/85 (4) ; whereas the coefficient referred to in               certain non-member countries ;
 Article 13 (1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is
 fixed in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
 2668/80 0 ;                                                       Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (*) lays
                                                                   down the arrangements applicable on agricultural
 Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is             products and certain goods resulting from the proces­
 determined in the light of the most representative                sing of agricultural products originating in the African,
                                                                   Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas coun­
 purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quan­
                                                                   tries and territories ;
 tity, 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 the levies are fixed before the 27th day of
 account of the supply and demand situation for fresh              each month for each week during the following
                                                                   month ; whereas they are applicable from Monday to
 (') OJ  No  L 183, 16.   7. 1980, p. 1 .                          Sunday ; whereas they can be altered within that
 (2) OJ  No  L 90, 1 . 4.  1984, p. 35.                            period if necessary ;
 P)  OJ  No  L 90, 1 . 4.  1984, p. 42.
 (4) OJ  No  L 101 , 11 . 4. 1985, p. 1 .
 0   OJ  No  L 276, 20 .  10 . 1980, p. 39 .                       0 OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4.
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 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,            levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and
 levies should be calculated on the following basis :           goatmeat other than frozen meat should be as set out
 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in            in the Annex to this Regulation,
     relation 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 coefficient          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     provided for in Article 2b (2) of Council Regula­
     tion (EEC) No 974/71 ('), as last amended by Regu­
     lation (EEC) No 855/84 (2),
                                                                                       Article 1
 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
     arithmetic m,ean of the spot market rates of each of
     these currencies recorded over a given period in
                                                                The import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                                shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
     relation to the Community currencies referred to
     in the previous indent and the aforesaid coeffi­
     cient ;
                                                                                       Article 2
Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­
 mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the infor­        This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 April
 mation and quotations known to the Commission, the             1985 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 11 April 1985.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                             Vice-President
(') OJ No L 106, 12. 5, 1971 , p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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                                                         ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 11 April 1985 fixing the import levies on frozen
                                                sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                                                                 (ECU/100 kg)
                           CCT
                                                          Week No 3                    Week No 4
                         heading                   from 15 to 21 April 1985 (') from 22 to 28 April 1985 (')
                            No
          02.01 A IV b) 1                                   153,250                      153,250
                         2                                   107,275                     107,275
                         3                                   168,575                     168,575
                         4                                   199,225                     199,225
                         5 aa)                               199,225                     199,225
                           bb)                              278,915                      278,915
          (') 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 3658/84 and (EEC) No 486/85 and
              Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.