CELEX: 31994R3166
Language: en
Date: 1994-12-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 3166/94 of 22 December 1994 fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat

23 . 12. 94                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 335/ 17
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3166/94
                                                      of 22 December 1994
                   fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                     other than frozen meat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         which accompany products imported from non-member
                                                                    countries or on other information concerning the export
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              prices applied by those non-member countries ; whereas
Community,                                                          offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing
                                                                    possibilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89                and offer prices which, in view of general price move­
of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of                  ments or other information available, may be considered
the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat 0, as last                     not to be representative of actual price trends in the
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1886/94 0, Article 10                 country of origin are to be disregarded ;
thereof,
                                                                    Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origina­
Whereas, under Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                 ting in or coming from one or more non-member coun­
3013/89, a levy is applicable to the products falling within        tries if exports of the said products are made at abnor­
CN codes codes 020410 00, 0204 21 00, 0204 2210,                    mally low prices ;
0204 22 30,      0204 22 50,       0204 22 90,      0204 23 00,
0204 50 1 1 ,    0204 50 1 3,      0204 50 1 5,     0204 50 1 9,
0204 50 31 and 0204 50 39 listed in Annex II of that                Whereas the levy on live animals within CN codes
Regulation ;                                                        0104 10 90 and 0104 20 90 and on the meat falling within
                                                                    CN codes codes 0204 10 00, 0204 21 00, 0204 22 10,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation                0204 22 30,       0204 22 50,    0204 22 90,    0204 23 00,
(EEC) No 3013/89, the levy on fresh or chilled carcases             0204 50 11 ,      0204 50 13,    0204 50 15,    0204 50 19,
and half-carcases is to be equal to the difference between          0204 50 31 , 0204 50 39, 0210 90 11 and 0210 90 19 listed
the seasonally adjusted basic price and the Community               in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 is to be
free-at-frontier offer price ;                                      equal to the levy determined for carcases, multiplied by a
                                                                    standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in
Whereas the seasonally-adjusted basic price is fixed in             question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed in Annex I
Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1887/94 0 for               to Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 ;
the 1995 marketing year ;
                                                                    Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations
Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is               arising from international agreements concluded by the
determined in the light of the most representative                  Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,
purchasing possibilities, as regard quality and quantity,           account should be taken of the voluntary restraint arran­
recorded over the period from the 21st day of the prece­            gements made by the Community with certain non­
ding month to the 20th day of the month during which                member countries ;
the levies are determined, taking particular account of the
supply and demand situation for fresh or chilled meat, the
world market price for frozen meat of a category which is           Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 0, as last
competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of past experi­          amended by Regulation (EC) No 2484/94 0, lays down
ence ;                                                              the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
                                                                    certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
Whereas the free-at-frontier offer price is to be deter­            products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
mined, if necessary, on the basis of the most represent­            States or in the overseas countries and territories ;
ative purchasing possibilities recorded for live sheep ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No               Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
2668/80 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                 91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
3890/92 0, the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be based        overseas countries and territories with the European
inter alia on the prices shown in the customs documents             Economic Community (8), no levies shall apply on
                                                                    imports of products originating in the overseas countries
                                                                    and territories :
0)  OJ  No  L 289,  7. 10. 1989, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 197,  30. 7. 1994, p. 30.
(3) OJ  No  L 197,  30. 7. 1994, p. 31 .                            (*) OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
(4) OJ  No  L 276,  20. 10. 1980, p. 39.                            O OJ No L 265, 15. 10. 1994, p. 3.
Is) OJ No L 391 , 31 . 12. 1992, p. 51 .                            (") OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
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Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each          on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
month for each week during the following month ;                  other than frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex
whereas they are applicable from Monday to Sunday ;               to this Regulation,
whereas they can be altered within that period if neces­
sary ;
Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 ('), as
amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (2), are used to
convert amounts expressed in third country currencies                                     Article 1
and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
                                                                  The import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheep­
whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
                                                                  meat and goatmeat other than frozen meat shall be as set
                                                                  out in the Annex hereto.
lation (EEC) No 1068/93 0, as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 547/94 (4) ;
Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­                                    Article 2
mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the informa­
tion and quotations known to the Commission, the levies           This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 January 1995.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 22 December 1994.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             Rene STEICHEN
                                                                       Member of the Commission
0  OJ  No  L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
0  OJ  No  L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32.
O  OJ  No  L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
0  OJ  No  L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 .
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                                                                           ANNEX
                      to the Commission Regulation of 22 December 1994 fixing the import levies on live sheep
                                  and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat (4)
                                                                                                                                           (ECU/100 kg)
                                   Week No 1                  Week No 2                Week No 3             Week No 4                 Week No 5
         CN code                    from 2 to                  from 9 to               from 16 to             from 23 to            from 30 January
                                 8 January 1995             15 January 1995         22 January 1995        29 January 1995        to 5 February 1995
      0104 10 30 (!)                   59,479                    60,846                   62,440                 63,577                  64,714
      0104 10 80 0)                    59,479                    60,846                   62,440                 63,577                  64,714
      0104 20 90 (')                   59,479                    60,846                   62,440                 63,577                  64,714
      0204 10 00 0                   126,550                    129,460                  132,850                135,270                 137,690
      0204 21 00 (2)                 126,550                    129,460                  132,850                135,270                 137,690
      0204 22 10 (2)                   88,585                    90,622                   92,995                 94,689                  96,383
      0204 22 30 (2)                 139,205                    142,406                  146,135                148,797                 151,459
      0204 22 50 (2)                 164,515                    168,298                  172,705                175,851                 178,997
      0204 22 90 (2)                 164,515                    168,298                  172,705                175,851                 178,997
      0204 23 00 (2)                 230,321                    235,617                  241,787                246,191                 250,596
      0204 50 1 1 (2)                126,550                    129,460                  132,850                135,270                 137,690
      0204 50 1 3 (2)                  88,585                    90,622                   92,995                 94,689                  96,383
      0204 50 15 (2)                 139,205                    142,406                  146,135                148,797                 151,459
      0204 50 19 (2)                 164,515                    168,298                  172,705                175,851                 178,997
      0204 50 31 (2)                 164,515                    168,298                  172,705                175,851                 178,997
      0204 50 39 (2)                 230,321                    235,617                 241,787                246,191                  250,596
      0210 90 11 0                   164,515                    168,298                  172,705                175,851                 178,997
      0210 90 19 (3)                 230,321                    235,617                 241,787                246,191                  250,596
(') The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulations (EEC) No 3643/85, (EEC) No 715/90 and (EC) No 3609/93 and
    Commission Regulations (EEC) No 19/82 and (EC) No 3581 /93.
(2) 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
    3643/85, (EEC) No 715/90 and (EC) No 3609/93 and Commission Regulations (EEC) No 19/82 and (EC) No 3581 /93.
(3) The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.
(4) No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.