CELEX: 31986R1977
Language: en
Date: 1986-06-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1977/86 of 26 June 1986 fixing the import levies on live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen

No L 170/44                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                  27. 6 . 86
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1977/86
                                                      of 26 June 1986
                      fixing the import levies on live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      or less than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the
                                                                 following percentage of the basic levy :
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                             (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or equal
                                                                      to 98 % of the guide price ;
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and              (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 % and
 Portugal,                                                            more than or equal to 96 % of the guide price ;
                                                                 (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 % and
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of               more than or equal to 90 % 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) 114 % where the market price is less than 90 % of
 No 3768/85 (2), and in particular Article 12 (8) thereof,            the guide price ;
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,         Whereas pursuant to Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                 No 805/68 the basic levy on the meat specified in
Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68            sections (a), (c) and (d) of the Annex hereto is equal to the
a levy is applicable to the products specified in Article 1      basic levy determined for bovine animals, multiplied by a
                                                                 standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in
( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12 fixes the
                                                                 question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed by
amount of the levy applicable by reference to a percen­
                                                                 Commission Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 of 18 March
tage of the basic levy ;
                                                                 1977 laying down rules for the application of levies on
                                                                 beef and veal and amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68
Whereas in respect of bovine animals the basic levy is           on the Common Customs Tariff (3), as last amended by
determined on the basis of the difference -between the
                                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 31 14/83 (4) ;
guide price and the Community free-at-frontier offer
price plus the amount of the customs duty ; whereas the
 Community free-at-frontier offer price is determined in         Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals to be
the light of the most representative purchasing possibili­       applied from 12 May 1986 were fixed by Council Regula­
ties, as regards quality and quantity, recorded over a           tion (EEC) No 1345/86 0 ;
certain period for bovine animals and for the fresh or
chilled meat specified in section (a) of the Annex to the        Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 stipulates that the
said Regulation under subheadings 02.01 A II a) 1 to 3,          basic levy is to be calculated according to the method set
account being taken in particular of the position with           out in its Article 3 and on the basis of all the representa­
respect to supply and demand, of world market prices for         tive free-at-frontier offer prices of the Community deter­
frozen meat of a category which is competitive with fresh        mined for the products of each of the categories and cuts
or chilled meat and of past experience ;                         specified in Article 2 and established principally by
                                                                 reference ' to the prices specified in the customs docu­
Whereas if it is found that the price of adult bovine            ments accompanying products imported from third coun­
animals on representative Community markets is higher            tries or from other information concerning export prices
than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the follo­      obtaining in those third countries ;
wing percentage of the basic levy :
                                                                 Whereas, however, offer prices that do not correspond to
(a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal to         real purchasing possibilities or that relate to unrepresenta­
      102 % of the guide price ;                                 tive quantitities should not be taken into account ;
(b) 50 % where the market price is more than 1 02 % and          whereas offer prices should also be excluded when the
      less than or equal to 1 04 % of the guide price ;          movement of prices in general or the information avai­
                                                                 lable suggests that they are unrepresentative of the true
(c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 % and           trend of prices in the country of origin ;
      less than or equal to 106% of the guide price ;
(d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 % of             Whereas in cases where for one or more categories of
      the guide price ;                                          bovine animals or cuts of meat a free-at-frontier offer
                                                                 price cannot be established, the most recent available
Whereas if it is found that the price of adult bovine            price should be used for the calculation ;
animals on representative Community markets is equal to
                                                                 (3) OJ No L 75, 23 . 3 . 1977, p. 10.
(') OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.                            (<) OJ No L 303, 5. 11 . 1983, p. 16.
Ì2) OJ No L 362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8.                             4 OJ No L 119, 8. 5. 1986.
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Whereas if the free-at-frontier offer price differs by less       of the United Kingdom shall be corrected by the amount
than 0,60 ECU per 100 kilograms of live weight from that          of the premium granted to producers under Regulation
previously used for the calculation of the levy, the latter       (EEC) No 1311 /85 (3) ; whereas the representative markets,
price should be retained ;                                        categories and qualities of products and weighting coeffi­
                                                                  cients are fixed in Annex II to Commission Regulation
                                                                  (EEC) No 610/77 of 18 March 1977 on the determination
Whereas pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)            of prices of adult bovine animals on representative
No 805/68 a special basic levy is determined for certain          Community markets and the survey of prices of certain
third countries on the basis of the difference between the
                                                                  other cattle in the Community (4), as last amended by
guide price and the average price recorded over a certain         Regulation (EEC) No 1969/86 Is);
period plus the amount of the customs duty ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 611 /77 of 18              Whereas, for Member States with several representative
March 1977 ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                 markets, the price of each category and quality is equal to
925/77 (2), provides that the special levy on products origi­     the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each of
nating in and coming from Austria, Sweden and Switzer­            those markets ; whereas, for representative markets held
land should be determined on the basis of the weighted            several times in one period of seven days, the price of
average of the prices of adult bovine animals recorded on         each category and quality is equal to the arithmetic mean
the representative markets of those third countries ;             of the prices recorded on each market day ; whereas in
whereas the weighting coefficients and representative             respect of Italy the price of each category and quantity is
markets are specified in the Annexes to Regulation (EEC)          equal to the average, weighted by the special weighting
No 611 /77 ;                                                      coefficients fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                  610/77, of the prices recorded in the surplus and deficit
                                                                  zones ; whereas the price recorded in the surplus zone is
Whereas the average price is not to be used for calcula­          equal to the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on
ting the special levy unless it is at least 1,21 ECU per 100      each of the markets within that zone ; whereas in respect
kilograms of live weight more than the free-at-frontier           of the United Kingdom the weighted average prices of
offer price determined in accordance with Article 10 (2) of       adult bovine animals recorded on the representative
                                                                  markets of Great Britain on the one hand and Northern
Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 ;
                                                                  Ireland on the other are adjusted by the coefficient fixed
                                                                  in the abovementioned Annex II ;
Whereas if the average price differs by less than 0,60 ECU
per 100 kilograms of live weight from that previously
used to calculate the levy, the latter may be retained ;          Whereas prices for the different categories and qualities
                                                                  not obtained from prices which are iive weight excluding
                                                                  tax' are multiplied by the live weight conversion coeffi­
Whereas in cases where one or more of the abovemen­
                                                                  cients fixed in Annex II to the said Regulation and, in the
tioned third countries adopt, for reasons of health for           case of Italy, are first increased or reduced by the correc­
example, measures affecting the prices recorded on their          tive amounts fixed in the said Annex :
markets, the Commission may use the latest prices
recorded before the entry into force of such measures ;
                                                                  Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary or
Whereas pursuant to Article 12 (6) of Regulation (EEC)            health reasons for example, adopt measures affecting the
No 805/68 the price of adult bovine animals on represen­          normal trend of prices recorded on their markets the
tative Community markets is.th price established on the           Commission may disregard the prices recorded on the
basis of prices recorded over a priod to be determined on         market or markets in question, or use the latest prices
the representative market or markets of each Member               recorded on the market or markets in question before the
State in respect of the various categories of adult bovine        entry into force of such measures ;
animals or of meat from such animals, after taking into
account the size of each of these categories and the rela­
tive size of the bovine herd of each Member State ;               Whereas, in the absence of information, prices recorded
                                                                  on representative Community markets are determined
                                                                  mainly by reference to the most recently recorded prices ;
Whereas the prices of adult bovine animals recorded on
the representative market or markets of each Member
State are equal to the average, weighted by the appropriate       Whereas for such period as the price of adult bovine
coefficients, of the prices for the various qualities of adult     animals recorded on representative Community markets
bovine animals or meat of such animals over a period of            differs by less then 0,24 ECU per 100 kilograms of live
seven days in that Member State at a particular wholesale          weight from the price previously used, the latter is
 marketing stage ; whereas, the price of adult bovine              retained :
animals recorded on the representative market or markets
                                                                   0 OJ No L 137, 27. 5. 1985, p. 20.
(') OJ No L 77, 25. 3. 1977, p. 14.                                (4) OJ No L 77, 25. 3. 1977, p. 1 .
 2) OJ No L 109, 30. 4. 1977, p. 1 .                               (4 See page 24 of this Official Journal.
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Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations            of changes in the prices recorded on Community repre­
 arising from international agreements concluded by the               sentative markets ;
 Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,
 account should be taken of Council Regulation (EEC) No              Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
 314/83 of 24 January 1983 on the conclusion of the                   should be calculated on the following basis :
 Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic                 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
 Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugos­                   tion to each other at any given moment within a band
 lavia ('), of Council Regulation (EEC) No 287/82 of 3                    of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
 February 1982 establishing the arrangements applicable to                rate, fmultiplied by of Article 3 (1 ) of Regulation
 imports of products originating in Yugoslavia to take                    (EEC) No 1676/85 (<%
 account of the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the
 Community (2), and of Council Regulation (EEC) No                   — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 3349/81 of 24 November 1981 providing for a reduction                    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
 in the levy applicable to imports into the Community of                  these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
 certain beef and veal products originating in and coming                 tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
 from Yugoslavia (3) ;                                                    previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (4), last                 Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the aforemen­
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 692/86 (*), lays down                 tioned Regulation, and in particular to the information
the arrangement? applicable on agricultural products and             and quotations known to the Commission, the levies on
                                                                     live cattle and beef and veal other than frozen meat
certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific           should be as set out in the Annex hereto,
States or in the overseas countries and territories ;
Whereas the various cuts of beef and veal are defined in
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation (EEC)                                         Article 1
No 805/68 , the nomenclature provided for in this Regula­
tion is incorporated in the Common Customs Tariff ;                  The import levies on live cattle and beef and veal other
                                                                     than frozen meat shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Whereas the levies and special levies are fixed before the
27th day of each month and are applicable from the first
Monday of the following month ; whereas these levies                                            Article 2
may be altered in the period between two fixings where
the basic levy or special basic levy is altered, or in the case      This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 July 1986.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    Done at Brussels, 26 June 1986.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                    Vice-President
(') OJ   No  L 41 , 14. 2. 1983, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No  L 30, 6. 2. 1982, p. 1 .
(3) OJ   No  L 339, 26. 11 . 1981 , p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No  L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4.
0   OJ   No  L 63, 5. 3. 1986.                                       (*) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
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                                                         ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 26 June 1986 fixing the import levies on
          live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen for the period beginning
                                                       7 July 1986
                                                                                                    (ECU/100 kg)
                                                                        Austria/Sweden/
                     CCT heading No                 Yugoslavia (2)                         Other third countries
                                                                           Switzerland
                                                                       — Live weight —
          01.02 A II (a)                              53,210                 38,449              121,319
                                                                       — Net weight —
          02.01 A II a) 1                             101,099                73,053              230,506
          02.01 A II a) 2                              80,879                58,442              184,404
          02.01 A II a) 3                             121,319                87,662              276,607
          02.01 A II a) 4 aa)                                               109,579              345,759
          02.01 A II a) 4 bb)                                               125,343              395,499
          02.06 C I a) 1                                                    109,579              345,759
          02.06 C I a) 2                                                    125,343              395,499
           16.02 B III b) 1 aa)                                             125,343              395,499
          (') In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85, levies are not applied to imports into the French
              overseas departments of products originating in the African, Caribbean nad 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.