CELEX: 31986R0924
Language: en
Date: 1986-03-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 924/86 of 26 March 1986 fixing the import levies on live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen

27. 3 . 86                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 84/25
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 924/86
                                                     of 26 March 1986
                    fixing the import levies on live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or equal
                                                                      to 98 % of the guide price ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                 (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 % and
                                                                      more than or equal to 96 % of the guide price ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and               (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 % and
Portugal,                                                             more than or equal to 90 % of the guide price ;
                                                                 (d) 114 % where the market price is less than 90 % of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of                the guide price ;
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 3768/85 (2), and in particular Article 12 (8) thereof,        Whereas pursuant to Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                 No 805/68 the basic levy on the meat specified in
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,          sections (a), (c) and (d) of the Annex hereto is equal to the
                                                                 basic levy determined for bovine animals, multiplied by a
Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68            standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in
a levy is applicable to the products specified in Article 1      question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed by
(1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12 fixes the       Commission Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 of 18 March
amount of the levy applicable by reference to a percen­          1977 laying down rules for the application of levies on
tage of the basic levy ;                                         beef and veal and amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68
                                                                 on the Common Customs Tariff (3), as last amended by
Whereas in respect of bovine animals the basic levy is           Regulation (EEC) No 31 14/83 (4) ;
determined on the basis of the difference between the
guide price and the Community free-at-frontier offer             Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals to be
price plus the amount of the customs duty ; whereas the
Community free-at-frontier offer price is determined in
                                                                 applied from 27 May 1985 were fixed by Council Regula­
the light of the most representative purchasing possibili­       tion (EEC) No 1308/85 of 23 May 1985 Q, as extended by
                                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 915/86 (6);
ties, as regards quality and quantity, recorded over a
certain period for bovine animals and for the fresh or
chilled meat specified in section (a) of the Annex to the        Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 stipulates that the
said Regulation under subheadings 02.01 A II a) 1 to 3,          basic levy is to be calculated according to the method set
account being taken in particular of the position with           out in its Article 3 and on the basis of all the representa­
respect to supply and demand, of world market prices for         tive free-at-frontier offer prices of the Community deter­
frozen meat of a category which is competitive with fresh        mined for the products of each of the categories and cuts
or chilled meat and of past experience ;                         specified in Article 2 and established principally by
                                                                 reference to the prices specified in the customs docu­
Whereas if it is found that the price of adult bovine             ments accompanying products imported from third coun­
animals on representative Community markets is higher             tries or from other information concerning export prices
than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the follo­      obtaining in those third countries ;
wing percentage of the basic levy :
(a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal to         Whereas, however, offer prices that do not correspond to
      102% of the guide price ;                                   real purchasing possibilities or that relate to unrepresenta­
                                                                  tive quantitities should not be taken into account ;
(b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 % and            whereas offer prices should also be excluded when the
     less than or equal to 104 % of the guide price ;
                                                                  movement of prices in general or the information avai­
(c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 % and            lable suggests that they are unrepresentative of the true
     less than or equal to 106% of the guide price ;              trend of prices in the country of origin ;
(d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 % of
     the guide price ;                                            Whereas in cases where for one or more categories of
                                                                  bovine animals or cuts of meat a free-at-frontier offer
Whereas if it is found that the price of adult bovine             price cannot be established, the most recent available
 animals on representative Community markets is equal to          price should be used for the calculation ;
 or less than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the
 following percentage of the basic levy :
                                                                  (3) OJ  No L 75, 23 . 3. 1977, p. 10 .
                                                                  (4) OJ  No L 303, 5. 11 . 1983, p. 16.
(') OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.                              0   OJ  No L 137, 27. 5. 1985, p. 16 .
(2 OJ No L 362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 .                             (*) See page 2 of this Official Journal.
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Whereas if the free-at-frontier offer price differs by less         corrected by the amount of the premium granted to
 than 0,60 ECU per 1 00 kilograms of live weight from that          producers under Regulation (EEC) No 131 1 /85 (3) ;
 previously used for the calculation of the levy, the latter        whereas the representative markets, categories and quali­
 price should be retained ;                                         ties of products and weighting coefficients are fixed in
                                                                   Annex II to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 610/77 of
                                                                    18 March 1977 on the determination of prices of adult
Whereas pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)             bovine animals on representative Community markets
 No 805/68 a special basic levy is determined for certain          and the survey of prices of certain other cattle in the
third countries on the basis of the difference between the
                                                                    Community (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
guide price and the average price recorded over a certain          3815/85 0 ;
period plus the amount of the customs duty ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 611 /77 of 18               Whereas, for Member States with several representative
March 1977 ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                  markets, the price of each category and quality is equal to
925/77 (2), provides that the special levy on products origi­      the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each of
nating in and coming from Austria, Sweden and Switzer­             those markets ; whereas, for representative markets held
land should be determined on the basis of the weighted             several times in one period of seven days, the price of
average of the prices of adult bovine animals recorded on          each category and quality is equal to the arithmetic mean
the representative markets of those third countries ;              of the prices recorded on each market day ; whereas in
whereas the weighting coefficients and representative              respect of Italy the price of each category and quantity is
markets are specified in the Annexes to Regulation (EEC)           equal to the average, weighted by the special weighting
No 611 /77 ;                                                       coefficients fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   610/77, of the prices recorded in the surplus and deficit
                                                                   zones ; whereas the price recorded in the surplus zone is
Whereas the average price is not to be used for calcula­           equal to the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on
ting the special levy unless it is at least 1,21 ECU per 100       each of the markets within that zone ; whereas in respect
kilograms of live weight more than the free-at-frontier            of the United Kingdom the weighted average prices of
offer price determined in accordance with Article 10 (2) of        adult bovine animals recorded on the representative
Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 ;                                       markets of Great Britain on the one hand and Northern
                                                                   Ireland on the other are adjusted by the coefficient fixed
                                                                   in the abovementioned Annex II ;
Whereas if the average price differs by less than 0,60 ECU
per 100 kilograms of live weight from that previously
used to calculate the levy, the latter may be retained ;
                                                                   Whereas prices for the different categories and qualities
                                                                   not obtained from prices which are 'live weight excluding
Whereas in cases where one or more of the abovemen­                tax' are multiplied by the live weight conversion coeffi­
tioned third countries adopt, for reasons of health for            cients fixed in Annex II to the said Regulation and, in the
example, measures affecting the prices recorded on their           case of Italy, are first increased or reduced by the correc­
markets, the Commission may use the latest prices                  tive amounts fixed in the said Annex :
recorded before the entry into force of such measures ;
                                                                   Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary or
Whereas pursuant to Article 12 (6) of Regulation (EEC)             health reasons for example, adopt measures affecting the
No 805/68 the price of adult bovine animals on represen­           normal trend of prices recorded on their markets the
tative Community markets is th price established on the            Commission may disregard the prices recorded on the
basis of prices recorded over a priod to be determined on          market or markets in question, or use the latest prices
the representative market or markets of each Member                recorded on the market or markets in question before the
State in respect of the various categories of adult bovine         entry into force of such measures ;
animals or of meat from such animals, after taking into
account the size of each of these categories and the rela­
tive size of the bovine herd of each Member State ;
                                                                   Whereas, in the absence of information, prices recorded
                                                                   on representative Community markets are determined
Whereas the prices of adult bovine animals recorded on             mainly by reference to the most recently recorded^ prices ;
the representative market or markets of each Member
State are equal to the average, weighted by the appropriate
coefficients, of the prices for the various qualities of adult     Whereas for such period as the price of adult bovine
bovine animals or meat of such animals over a period of            animals recorded on representative Community markets
seven days in that Member State at a particular wholesale          differs by less then 0,24 ECU per 100 kilograms of live
marketing stage , whereas, until 6 April 1986, the price of        weight from the price previously used, the latter is
adult bovine animals recorded on the representative                retained ;
market or markets of the United Kingdom shall be
                                                                   (3) OJ No L 137, 27. 5. 1985, p. 20.
  ') OJ No L 77, 25. 3. 1977, p. 14.                               («) OJ No L 77, 25. 3. 1977, p. 1 .
  2) OJ No L 109, 30. 4. 1977, p. 1 .                              0 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 11 .
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Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations           of changes in the prices recorded on Community repre­
arising from international agreements concluded by the               sentative markets ;
Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,
account should be taken of Council Regulation (EEC) No               Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
314/83 of 24 January 1983 on the conclusion of the                   should be calculated on the following basis :
Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugos­                    tion to each other at any given moment within a band
lavia ('), of Council Regulation (EEC) No 287/82 of 3                     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
February 1982 establishing the arrangements applicable to                 rate, fmultiplied by of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation
imports of products originating in Yugoslavia to take                     (EEC) No 1676/85 (6),
account of the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the
Community (2), and of Council Regulation (EEC) No                    — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
3349/81 of 24 November 1981 providing for a reduction                     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
in the levy applicable to imports into the Community of                   these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
certain beef and veal products originating in and coming                  tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
from Yugoslavia (3) ;                                                     previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (4), last                 Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the aforemen­
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 692/86 (*), lays down                 tioned Regulation, and in particular to the information
the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and             and quotations known to the Commission, the levies on
certain goods resulting from the processing ®f agricultural          live cattle and beef and veal other than frozen meat
products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific           should be as set out in the Annex hereto,
States or in the overseas countries and territories ;
Whereas the various cuts of beef and veal are defined in
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation (EEC)                                         Article 1
No 805/68, the nomenclature provided for in this Regula­
tion is incorporated in the Common Customs Tariff ;                  The import levies on live cattle and beef and veal other
                                                                     than frozen meat shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Whereas the levies and special levies are fixed before the
27th day of each month and are applicable from the first
Monday of the following month ; whereas these levies                                            Article 2
may be altered in the period between two fixings where
the basic levy or special basic levy is altered, or in the case      This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 April 1986.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 26 March 1986.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                    Vice-President
 (') OJ   No L 41 , 14. 2. 1983, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ   No L 30, 6. 2. 1982, p. 1 .
 (}) OJ   No L 339, 26. 11 . 1981 , p. 1 .
 (<) OJ   No L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4.
 0   OJ   No L 63, 5. 3. 1986.                                        (6) OJ No L 164, 24. 6 . 1985, p. 1 .
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                                                          ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 26 March 1986 fixing the import levies on
           live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen for the period beginning
                                                       7 April 1986
                                                                                                     (ECU/100 kg)
                                                                         Austria/Sweden/
                      CCT heading No                 Yugoslavia (')         Switzerland
                                                                                            Other third countries
                                                                        — Live weight —
           01.02 A II (a)                              53,210                27,173               121,319
                                                                        — Net weight —
           02.01 Alia) 1                               101,099               51,628               230,506
           02.01 A II a) 2                              80,879               41,303               184,404
           02.01 A II a) 3                             121,319               61,954               276,607
           02.01 A II a) 4 aa)                                               77,444               345,759
           02.01 A II a) 4 bb)                                               88,584               395,499
           02.06 C I a) 1                                                    77,444               345,759
           02.06 C I a) 2                                                    88,584               395,499
           1 6.02 B III b) 1 aa)                                             88,584               395,499
           (') In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85, levies are not applied to imports into the French
               overseas departments of products originating in the African, Caribbean nad Pacific States or in the
               overseas countries and territories .
           (2) This levy is applicable only to products complying with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
               1725/80 (OJ No L 170, 3 . 7. 1980, p. 4).
           (a) The levy which is to be applied to young male bovine animals, intended for fattening, of a live
               weight of 300 kg or less, imported under the conditions set out in Article 13 of Council Regula­
               tion (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968, and in the provisions adopted for its application, is totally
               or partially suspended in accordance with those provisions.