CELEX: 31983R3336
Language: en
Date: 1983-11-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3336/83 of 25 November 1983 fixing the import levies on live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen

26 . 11 . 83                          Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 330/21
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3336/83
                                                  of 25 November 1983
                    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                  (d) 114 % where the market price is less than 90 % of
805/68 a levy is applicable to the products specified in             the guide price ;
Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12
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 31 14/83 (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 23 May 1983 were fixed by Council
world market prices for frozen meat of a category                Regulation (EEC) No 1213/83 of 17 May 1983 (*) ;
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 102% of the guide price ;                               fied    in  the    customs     documents  accompanying
                                                                 products imported from third countries or from other
(b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 %               information concerning export prices obtaining in
      and less than or equal to 104 % of the guide               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 not 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 ;
                                                                 (3) OJ No L 75, 23. 3. 1977, p. 10.
 (•) OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.                          (4) OJ No L 303, 5. 11 . 1983, p. 16.
 (2) OJ No L 291 , 19 . 11 . 1979, p. 17.                        0 OJ No L 132, 21 . 5. 1983, p. 12.
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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
Whereas pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)         Member State at a particular wholesale marketing
No 805/68 a special basic levy is determined for
                                                               stage ; whereas the representative markets, categories
certain third countries on the basis of the difference         and qualities of products and weighting coefficients
between the guide price and the average price
                                                               are fixed in Annex II to Commission Regulation
                                                               (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 1483/83 (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.                          (3) OJ No L 77, 25 . 3 . 1977, p. 1 .
 2) OJ No L 109 , 30 . 4. 1977, p. 1 .                         h) OJ No L 151 , 9. 6. 1983, p. 31 .
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   Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary              Whereas the levies and special levies are fixed before
   or health reasons for example, adopt measures affec­             the 27th day of each month and are applicable from
   ting the normal trend of prices recorded on their                the first Monday of the following month ; whereas
   markets the Commission may disregard the prices                  these levies may be altered in the period between two
   recorded on the market or markets in question, or use            fixings where the basic levy or special basic levy is
   the latest prices recorded on the market or markets in           altered, or in the case of changes in the prices
   question before the entry into force of such measures ;          recorded on Community representative markets ;
  Whereas, in the absence of information, prices                    Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
  recorded on representative Community markets are                  levies should be calculated on the following basis :
  determined mainly by reference to the most recently
  recorded prices ;                                                — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                        relation to each other at any given moment within
  Whereas for such period as the price of adult bovine                  a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
  animals recorded on representative Community                          their central rate,
  markets differs by less then 0-24 ECU per 100 kilo­
  grams of live weight from the price previously used,             — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
  the latter is retained ;                                              arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                        these currencies recorded for a given period in
  Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obliga­                relation to the Community currencies referred to
  tions arising from international agreements concluded                 in the previous indent ;
  by the Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas,
  moreover, account should be taken of Council Regula­             Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the afore­
  tion (EEC) No 1272/80 of 22 May 1980 on the conclu­              mentioned Regulation, and in particular to the infor­
  sion of the Interim Agreement between the European               mation and quotations known to the Commission, the
  Economic Community and the Socialist Federal                     levies on live cattle and beef and veal other than
 Republic of Yugoslavia on trade and trade coopera­                frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex hereto,
 tion ('), of Council Regulation (EEC) No 438/81 of 20
 January 1981 establishing the arrangements applicable
 to imports originating in Yugoslavia consequent upon
 the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the Euro­               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 pean Economic Community (2), as amended by Regu­
 lation (EEC) No 2927/81 (3), and of Council Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 3349/81 of 24 November 1981 provi­                                           Article 1
 ding for a reduction in the levy applicable to imports
 into the Community of certain beef and veal products             The import levies on live cattle and beef and veal
 originating in and coming from Yugoslavia (4) ;                  other than frozen meat shall be as set out in the
                                                                  Annex hereto .
 Whereas the various cuts of beef and veal are defined
 in Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation                                          Article 2
 (EEC) No 805/68 , the nomenclature provided for in
 this Regulation is incorporated in the Common                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 December
 Customs Tariff ;                                                  1983 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 25 November 1983 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                Poul DALSAGER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(>) OJ No L 130, 27. 5. 1980, p. 1 .
I1) OJ No L 53, 27. 2. 1981 , p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 293, 13 . 10. 1981 , p. 1 .
 <) OJ No L 339, 26 . 11 . 1981 , p. 1 .
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                                                          ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 25 November 1983 fixing the import levies on
          live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen (') for the period beginning
                                                    5 December 1983
                                                                                                     (ECU/100 kg)
                                                                         Austria/Sweden/.
                      CCT heading No                Yugoslavia (2)           Switzerland
                                                                                            Other third countries
                                                                        — Live weight —
          01.02 A II (a)                                50,185                 13,697             114,422
                                                                        — ' Net weight —
          02.01 A II a) 1                              95,352                 26,025              217,401
          02.01 A II a) 2                              76,281                 20,820              173,921
          02.01 A II a) 3                             114,422               - 31,229              260,882
          02.01 A II a) 4 aa)                            —
                                                                              39,037              326,103
          02.01 A II a) 4 bb)                            —
                                                                              44,653              373,015
          02.06 C I a) 1                                 —
                                                                              39,037              326,103
          02.06 C I a) 2                                 —
                                                                              44,653              373,015
          16.02 B III b) 1 aa)                           —
                                                                              44,653              373,015
          (') 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.