CELEX: 31985R1192
Language: en
Date: 1985-05-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1192/85 of 7 May 1985 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

No L 123/22                        Official Journal of the European Communities                               8 . 5. 85
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1192/85
                                                     of 7 May 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
                                                               levy determined for frozen carcases, multiplied by a
      competitive with the frozen meat in question,
                                                               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
 1 1 82/85 (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
0 OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 35.                              period if necessary ;
(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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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,            mation and quotations known to the Commission, the
levies should be calculated on the following basis :           levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and
— 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 Council Regula­          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    tion (EEC) No 974/71 ('), as last amended by Regu­
    lation (EEC) 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           The import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
     relation to the Community currencies referred to          shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
     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 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
(■) 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 7 May 1985 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat
                                                      and goatmeat
                                                                                                  (ECU/100 kg)
                                  CCT                                         Week No 7
                                heading                                from 13 to 19 May 1985 (')
                                   No
          02.01 A IV b) 1                                                       142,750
                         2                                                       99,925
                         3                                                      157,025
                         4                                                      185,575
                         5 aa)                                                  185,575
                           bb)                                                  259,805
          (') 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.