CELEX: 31981R2785
Language: en
Date: 1981-09-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2785/81 of 25 September 1981 fixing the import levies on live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen

No L 271 /36                          Official Journal of the European Communities                              26. 9 . 81
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2785/81
                                                  of 25 September 1981
                    fixing the import levies on live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas if it is found that the price of adult bovine
COMMUNITIES,                                                    animals on representative Community markets is
                                                                equal to or less than the guide price, the levy appli­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          cable equals the following percentage of the basic
 Economic Community,                                            levy :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68            (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or
of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the                    equal to 98 % of the guide price ;
market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by the Act         (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 %
of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular Article 1 2
                                                                     and more than or equal to 96 % of the guide
(8) thereof,
                                                                     price ;
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                   (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 %
 Committee,                                                          and more than or equal to 90 % of the guide
                                                                     price ;
Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No
805/68 a levy is applicable to the products specified in        (d) 114 % where the market price is less than 90 % of
Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12          the guide price ;
fixes the amount of the levy applicable by reference to
a percentage of the basic levy ;                                Whereas pursuant to Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                No 805/68 the basic levy on the meat specified in
Whereas in respect of bovine animals the basic levy is          sections (a), (c) and (d) of the Annex hereto is equal to
determined on the basis of the difference between the           the basic levy determined for bovine animals, multi­
guide price and the Community free-at-frontier offer            plied by a standard coefficient fixed for each of the
price plus the amount of the customs duty ; whereas             products in question ; whereas these coefficients are
the Community free-at-frontier offer price is deter­            fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 of
mined in the light of the most representative purcha­            18 March 1977 laying down rules for the application
sing possibilities, as regards quality and quantity,            of levies on beef and veal and amending Regulation
recorded over a certain period for bovine animals and           (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (3),
for the fresh or chilled meat specified in section (a) of       as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 882/79 (4) ;
the Annex to the said Regulation under subheadings
02.01 A II a) 1 to 3, account being taken in particular         Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals to
of the position with respect to supply and demand, of           be applied from 6 April 1981 were fixed by Council
world market prices for frozen meat of a category               Regulation (EEC) No 898/81 of 1 April 1981 (5) ;
which is competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of
past experience ;                                               Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 stipulates that
                                                                the basic levy is to be calculated according to the
Whereas if it is found that the price of adult bovine           method set out in its Article 3 and on the basis of all
animals on representative Community markets is                  the representative free-at-frontier offer prices of the
higher than the guide price, the levy applicable equals         Community determined for the products of each of
the following percentage of the basic levy :                    the categories and cuts specified in Article 2 and
(a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal           established principally by reference to the prices speci­
     to 1 02 % of the guide price ;                             fied in the customs documents accompanying
(b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 %              products imported from third countries or from other
     and less than or equal to 104 % of the guide               information concerning export prices obtaining in
                                                                those third countries ;
     price ;
(c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 %              Whereas, however, offer prices that do not correspond
     and less than or equal to 106 % of the guide
                                                                to real purchasing possibilities or that relate to unre­
     price ;
                                                                presentative quantitities should npt be taken into
(d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 %               account ; whereas offer prices should also be excluded
     of the guide price ;
                                                                O OJ No L 75, 23. 3. 1977, p. 10.
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.                         (4) OJ No L 111 , 4. 5. 1979, p. 14.
O OJ No L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979, p. 17.                          0 OJ No L 90, 4. 4. 1981 .
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 when the movement of prices in general or the infor­            on the basis of prices recorded over a priod to be
  mation available suggests that they are unrepresenta­          determined on the representative market or markets of
  tive of the true trend of prices in the country of            each Member State in respect of the various categories
 origin ; .                                                     of adult bovine animals or of meat from such animals,
                                                                after taking into account the size of each of these cate­
                                                                gories and the relative size of the bovine herd of each
 Whereas in cases where for one or more categories of           Member State ;
 bovine animals or cuts of meat a free-at-frontier offer
 price cannot be established, the most recent available
 price should be used for the calculation ;
                                                                 whereas the prices of adult bovine animals recorded
 Whereas if the free-at-frontier offer price differs by         on the representative market or markets of each
 less than 0-60 ECU per 100 kilograms of live weight            Member State are equal to the average, weighted by
 from that previously used for the calculation of the           the appropriate coefficients, of the prices for the
 levy, the latter price should be retained ;                    various qualities of adult bovine animals or meat of
                                                                such animals over a period of seven days in that
                                                                Member State ac a particular wholesale marketing
 Whereas pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)         stage ; whereas the representative markets, categories
 No 805/68 a special basic levy is determined for               and qualities of products and weighting coefficients
 certain third countries on the basis of the difference
                                                                are fixed in Annex II to Commission Regulation
 between the guide price and the average price                  (EEC) No 610/77 of 18 March 1977 on the determina­
 recorded over a certain period plus the amount of the          tion of prices of adult bovine animals on representa­
 customs duty ;
                                                                tive Community markets and the survey of prices of
                                                                certain other cattle in the Community (3), as last
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 611 /77 of              amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1458/81 (4) ;
 18 March 1977 ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 925/77 (2), provides that the special levy on
 products originating in and coming from Austria,
 Sweden and Switzerland should be determined on the             Whereas, for Member States with several representative
 basis of the weighted average of the prices of adult           markets, the price of each category and quality is equal
 bovine animals recorded on the representative markets          to the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each
 of those third countries ; whereas the weighting coeffi­       of those markets ; whereas, for representative markets
 cients and representative markets are specified in the         held several times in one period of seven days, the
Annexes to Regulation (EEC) No 611 /77 ;                        price of each category and quality is equal to the arith­
                                                                metic mean of the prices recorded on each market
Whereas the average price is not to be used for calcu­          day ; whereas in respect of Italy the price of each cate­
 lating the special levy unless it is at least 1-21 ECU        gory and quantity is equal to the average, weighted by
                                                                the special weighting coefficients fixed in Annex II to
 per 100 kilograms of live weight more than the free­
at-frontier offer price determined in accordance with           Regulation (EEC) No 610/77, of the prices recorded in
Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 ;                  the surplus and deficit zones ; whereas the price
                                                                recorded in the surplus zone is equal to the arithmetic
                                                                mean of the prices recorded on each of the markets
Whereas if the average price differs by less than 0-60         within that zone ; whereas in respect of the United
 ECU per 100 kilograms of live weight from that                 Kingdom the weighted average prices of adult bovine
previously used to calculate the levy, the latter may be       animals recorded on the representative markets of
retained ;                                                     Great Britain on the one hand and Northern Ireland
                                                               on the other are adjusted by the coefficient fixed in
                                                               the abovementioned Annex II ;
Whereas in cases where one or more of the abovemen­
tioned third countries adopt, for reasons of health for
example, measures affecting the prices recorded on
their markets, the Commission may use the latest
prices recorded before the entry into force of such            Whereas prices for the different categories and quali­
measures ;
                                                               ties not obtained from prices which are 'live weight
                                                               excluding tax' are multiplied by the live weight
                                                               conversion coefficients fixed in Annex II to the said
Whereas pursuant to Article 1 2 (6) of Regulation (EEC)        Regulation and, in the case of Italy, are first increased
No 805/68 the price of adult bovine animals on repre­          or reduced by the corrective amounts fixed in the said
sentative Community markets is th price established            Annex ;
(') 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 .                           (4) OJ No L 142, 28 . 5. 1981 , p. 98 .
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 Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary           the first Monday of the following month ; whereas
 or health reasons for example, adopt measures affec­           these levies may be altered in the period between two
 ting the normal trend of prices recorded on their              fixings where the basic levy or special basic levy is
 markets the Commission may disregard the prices                altered, or in the case of changes in the prices
 recorded on the market or markets in question, or use          recorded on Community representative markets ;
 the latest prices recorded on the market or markets in
 question before the entry into force of such measures ;        Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
                                                                levies should be calculated on the following basis :
 Whereas, in the absence of information, prices                 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
 recorded on representative Community markets are                   relation to each other at any given moment within
 determined mainly by reference to the most recently                a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
 recorded prices ;                                                  their effective parity,
 Whereas for such period as the price of adult bovine           — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 animals recorded on representative Community                       arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 markets differs by less then 0*24 ECU per 100 kilo­                these currencies recorded for a given period in
 grams of live weight from the price previously used,               relation to the Community currencies referred to
 the latter is retained ;                                           in the previous indent ;
 Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obliga­         Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the afore­
 tions arising from international agreements concluded          mentioned Regulation, and in particular to the infor­
 by the Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas,           mation and quotations known to the Commission, the
                                                                levies on live cattle and beef and veal other than
 moreover, account should be taken of Council Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 1272/80 of 22 May 1980 on the conclu­            frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex hereto,
 sion of the Interim Agreement between the European
 Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Repu­             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 blic of Yugoslavia on trade and trade cooperation (') ;
Whereas the various cuts of beef and veal are defined                                   Article 1
 in Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;
                                                                The import levies on live cattle and beef and veal
Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation               other than frozen meat shall be as set out in the
(EEC) No 805/68 , the nomenclature provided for in              Annex hereto .
 this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
 Customs Tariff ;                                                                       Article 2
Whereas the levies and special levies are fi^ed before          This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 Octoper
the 27th day of each month and are applicable from              1981 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 25 September 1981 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            Poul DALSAGER
                                                                     Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 130 , 27. 5. 1980, p. 1 .
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                                                           ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 25 September 1981 fixing the import levies on
           live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen (') for the period beginning
                                                      5 October 1981
                                                                                                      (ECU/100 kg)
                                                                          Austria/Sweden /
                       CCT heading No                 Yugoslavia (2)         Switzerland
                                                                                             Other third countries
                                                                         — Live weight —
           01.02 A II (a)                                61-578                 10-202               77-999
                                                                         — Net weight —
           02.01 Alia) 1                               116-998                  19-384             148-198
           02.01 A II a) 2                               93-598                 15-507             118-558
           02.01 A II a) 3                             140-398                  23-261             177-838
           02.01 A II a) 4 aa)                                                  29-076             222-297
           02.01 A II a) 4 bb)                                                  33-259             254-276
           02.06 C I a) l·                                                      29-076             222-297
           02.06 C I a) 2                                                     , 33-259             254-276
           16.02 B III b) 1 aa)                                                 33-259             254-276
           (') In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 435/80, levies are not applied to imports into the French
                overseas departments of products originating in the African, Caribbean and 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.