CELEX: 31991R1651
Language: en
Date: 1991-06-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1651/91 of 14 June 1991 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal

15. 6. 91                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 151 / 13
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1651/91
                                                       of 14 June 1991
                                    fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       (a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal to
                                                                      102 % of the guide price ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            (b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 % and
 Economic Community,                                                  less than or equal to 104% of the guide price ;
                                                                  (c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 % and
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of               less than or equal to 106% of the guide price ;
 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
 in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)        (d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 % of
 No 1628/91 (2), and in particular Article 12 (8) thereof,            the guide price ;
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,          Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine
                                                                  animals on representative Community markets is equal to
                                                                  or less than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the
Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68             following percentage of the basic levy :
 a levy is applicable to the products specified in Article 1
 (1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12 fixes the       (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or equal
 amount of the levy applicable by reference to a percent­             to 98 % of the guide price ;
 age of the basic levy ;
                                                                  (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 % and
                                                                      more than or equal to 96 % of the guide price ;
Whereas, in respect of the types of frozen meat listed in
 section (b) of the Annex to the said Regulation under CN         (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 % and
 codes 0202 10 00 and 0202 20 10, the basic levy is deter­            more than or equal to 90 % of the guide price ;
 mined on the basis of the difference between :
                                                                  (d) 114 % where the market price is less than 90 % of
                                                                      the guide price ;
— the guide price multiplied by a coefficient represent­
      ing the ratio existing in the Community between the
      price of fresh meat of a category competitive with the      Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals for the
      frozen meat in question, presented in the same form,        1991 /92 marketing year have been fixed by Council
      and the average price of adult bovine animals, and          Regulation (EEC) No 1629/91 Q ;
— the Community free-at-frontier offer price for frozen
      meat, plus the amount of the customs duty and a stan­       Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price for
      dard amount representing the specific costs of the          frozen meat is determined by reference to the world
      import operations ;
                                                                  market price based on the most representative purchasing
                                                                  possibilities, as regards quality and quantity, recorded over
Whereas, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 of              a certain period preceding the fixing of the basic levy,
 18 March 1977 laying down rules for the application of           taking into account in particular :
the levies on beef and veal and amending Regulation
(EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (3), as              — foreseeable developments on the market in frozen
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3988/87 (4), the                  meat,
abovementioned coefficient, calculated in accordance with
the rules laid down in Article 11 (2) (a) of Regulation           — the most representative prices on third country
(EEC) No 805/68, has been fixed at 1,69 units of account              markets for fresh and chilled meat of a category which
and the standard amount referred to in Article 11 (2) (b)             is competitive with frozen meat,
of the said Regulation has been fixed at ECU 6,65 ;               — past experience ;
Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine            Whereas the basic levy on the types of frozen meat listed
animals on representative Community markets is higher             in section (b) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No
than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the fol­         805/68     under     CN    codes    0202 20 50,   0202 20 90,
lowing percentage of the basic levy :                             0202 30 10, 0202 30 50 and 0202 30 90 is equal to the
                                                                  basic levy fixed for the products falling within CN codes
(<) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.                              0202 10 00 and 0202 20 10, multiplied by a standard
(2) OJ No L 150, 15. 6. 1991 , p. 16.
0 OJ No L 75, 23 . 3. 1977, p. 10.
b) OJ No L 376, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 31 .                            0 OJ No L 150, 15. 6. 1991 , p. 18,
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coefficient fixed for each of the products in question ;         prices recorded in the surplus and deficit zones ; whereas
whereas these coefficients were fixed in Annex II to             the price recorded in the surplus zone is equal to the
Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;                                     arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each of the
                                                                 markets within that zone ; whereas in respect of the
                                                                 United Kingdom the weighted average prices of adult
                                                                 bovine animals recorded on the representative markets of
                                                                 Great Britain on the one hand and Northern Ireland on
 Whereas, for the purpose of fixing the free-at-frontier         the other are adjusted by the coefficient fixed in the
offer prices, offer prices that do not correspond to real        abovementioned Annex II ;
purchasing possibilities or that relate to unrepresentative
quantities should not be taken into account ; whereas
offer prices should also be excluded when the movement
of prices in general or the information available gives          Whereas prices for the different categories and qualities
reason to believe that they are unrepresentative of the true     not obtained from prices which are 'live weight excluding
trend of prices in the country of origin ;                       tax', are multiplied by the live weight conversion coeffi­
                                                                 cients fixed in Annex II to the said Regulation and, in the
                                                                 case of Italy, are first increased or reduced by the correc­
                                                                 tive amounts fixed in the said Annex ;
Whereas, where the free-at-frontier offer price for frozen
 meat differs by less than one unit of account per 100 kilo­
grams from that previously used for the calculation of the       Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary or
 levy, the latter price should be retained ;                     health reasons for example, adopt measures affecting the
                                                                 normal trend of prices recorded on their markets, the
                                                                 Commission may disregard the prices recorded on the
                                                                 market or markets in question, or use the latest prices
                                                                 recorded on the market or markets in question before the
Whereas pursuant to Article 12 (6) of Regulation (EEC)           entry into force of such measures ;
 No 805/68 the price of adult bovine animals on represen­
 tative Community markets is the price established on the
basis of prices recorded over a period to be determined on
the representative market or markets of each Member              Whereas, in the absence of information, prices recorded
State for the various categories of adult bovine animals or      on representative Community markets are determined
of meat from such animals, taking into account the size of       mainly by reference to the most recently recorded prices ;
each of these categories and the relative size of the bovine
herd of each Member State :
                                                                 Whereas, for such period as the price of adult bovine
                                                                 animals recorded on representative Community markets
                                                                 differs by less than ECU 0,24 per 100 kilograms of live
Whereas the representative markets, categories and quali­        weight from the price previously used, the latter is
ties of products and weighting coefficients are fixed in         retained :
Annex II to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 610/77 of
 18 March 1977 on the determination of prices of adult
bovine animals on representative Community markets
and the survey of prices of certain other cattle in the          Whereas the levies must be so fixed that obligations
Community ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No            arising from international agreements concluded by the
3784/90 (2) ;                                                    Community continue to be fulfilled ;
                                                                 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (3), as last
Whereas, for Member States with several representative           amended by Regulation (EEC) No 523/91 (4), lays down
markets, the price of each category and quality is equal to      the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each of            certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
those markets ; for representative markets held several          products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
times in one period of seven days, the price of each cat­        States or in the overseas countries and territories :
egory and quality is equal to the arithmetic mean of the
prices recorded on each market day ; whereas in respect of
Italy the price of each category and quality is equal to the
average, weighted by the special weighting coefficients          Whereas the various cuts of frozen meat are defined in
fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 610/77, of the          Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;
(•) OJ No L 77, 25. 3. 1977, p. 1 .                              0 OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
0 OJ No L 364, 28. 12. 1990, p. 21 .                             (4) OJ No L 58, 5. 3. 1991 , p. 1 .
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Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation (EEC)               a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
 No 805/68, the nomenclature provided for in this Regula­             cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
 tion is incorporated in the combined nomenclature ;
                                                                  Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the aforemen­
Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each          tioned Regulations, and in particular to the information
 month and are applicable from the first Monday of the            and quotations known to the Commission, the levies on
 following month ; whereas these levies may be altered in         frozen beef and veal should be as set out in the Annex
 the period between two fixings where the basic levy is           hereto,
 altered, or in these case of changes in the prices recorded
 on Community representative markets ;
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band                                  Article 1
     of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in    The import levies on frozen beef and veal shall be as set
     the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­      out in the Annex.
     tion (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regula­
     tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (2),
— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an                                  Article 2
     average of the ecu rates published in the Official
     Journal of the European Communities, C series, over          This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 June 1991 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 14 June 1991 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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                                                                     ANNEX
                to the Commission Regulation of 14 June 1991 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and
                                                                      veal (')
                                                                                                                      (ECU/ 100 kg)
                                                    CN code                                                       Levy
              l                                                                                           — Net weight —
                                                   0202 10 00                                                (') 198,531
                                                   0202 20 10                                                 (') 198,531
                                                   0202 20 30                                                 0158,825
                                                   0202 20 50                                                 0248,164
                                                   0202 20 90                                                 0 297,797
                                                   0202 30 10                                                 0248,164
                                                   0202 30 50                                                 0248,164
                                                   0202 30 90                                                 0 341,473
                                                   0206 29 91                                                 0 341,473
                (') In accordance with amended Regulation (EEC) No 715/90, levies are not applied to products imported directly
                    into the French overseas departments, originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas
                    countries and territories.