CELEX: 31980R2670
Language: en
Date: 1980-10-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2670/80 of 17 October 1980 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

20 . 10 . 80                          Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 276/45
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2670/80
                                                    of 17 October 1980
                            fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)
COMMUNITIES,                                                     No 2668/80, the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be
                                                                 based inter alia on the prices shown in the customs
                                                                 documents which accompany products imported from
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            non-member        countries   or on   other  information
Economic Community,                                              concerning the export prices applied by those non­
                                                                 member countries ; whereas offer prices which do not
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     correspond to actual purchasing possibilities or which
1837/80 of 27 June 1980 on the common organiza­                  relate to unrepresentative quantities and offer prices
tion of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ( !), and           which, in view of general price movements or other
in particular the first paragraph of Article 11 thereof,         information available, may be considered not to be
                                                                 representative of actual price trends in the country of
                                                                 origin are to be disregarded ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary
Committee,
                                                                 Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origi­
Whereas under Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No              nating in or coming from one or more non-member
 1837/80 a levy is applicable to the products falling            countries if exports of the said products are made at
within subheading 02.01 A IV b) listed in Annex I to             abnormally low prices ;
that Regulation ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EEC)              Whereas the levy on the meat falling within subhead­
 No 1837/80, the levy on frozen carcases and half­               ings 02.01 A IV b) 2, 3, 4 and 5 listed in Annex I to
carcases is to be equal to the difference between :              Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is to be equal to the
                                                                 levy determined for frozen carcases, multiplied by a
(a) the basic price multiplied by a coefficient repre­           standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in
      senting the relationship existing in the Commu­            question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed in
      nity between the price of fresh meat of a category         Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 ;
      competitive with the frozen meat in question,
      presented in the same form, and the average price
      of fresh and chilled sheep carcases, and
                                                                 Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obliga­
 (b) the Community free-at-frontier offer price for the           tions arising from international agreements concluded
      said frozen meat ;                                          by the Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas,
                                                                  moreover, account should be taken of the voluntary
                                                                  restraint arrangements made by the Community with
 Whereas the basic price or the 1980/81 marketing                 certain non-member countries :
 year is fixed in Article 31 of Regulation (EEC) No
  1837/80 ; whereas the coefficient referred to in Article
  13 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is fixed in
 Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 (2) ;               Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of
                                                                  each month for each week during the following
                                                                  month ; whereas they are applicable from Monday to
 Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is            Sunday ; whereas they can be altered within that
 determined in the light of the most representative               period if necessary ;
  purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quan­
  tity, recorded over the period from the 21st day of the
  preceding month to the 20th day of the month during
  which the levies are determined, taking particular              Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
  account of the supply and demand situation for fresh            levies should be calculated on the following basis ;
  or chilled meat, the world market price for frozen
  meat of a category which is competitive with fresh or
  chilled meat and of past experience ;                           — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                       relation to each other at any given moment within
  0) OJ No L 183, 16. 7. 1980 , p. 1 .                                 a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
  (2) See page 39 of this Official Journal.                            their effective parity,
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— in the case of other currencies, an exchange based         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of
    each of those currencies recorded for a given                                   Article 1
    period in relation to the Community currencies
    referred to in the previous indent ;                     The import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                             shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­
mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the infor­
mation and quotations known to the Commission, the                                  Article 2
levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and
goatmeat other than frozen meat should be as set out         This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 October
in the Annex to this Regulation,                             1980 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 17 October 1980 .
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                       Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                          Vice-President
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                                                           ANNEX
           to Commission Regulation of 17 October 1980 fixing the import levies on frozen sheep­
                                                    meat and goatmeat
                                                                                                (ECU/100 kg)
                                                                              Week No 29     Week No 30
                   CCT                                                          from 20    from 27 October
                heading No                       Description                 to 26 October  to 2 November
                                                                                 1980 (')       1980 (»)
           02.01 A IV b)       Meat of sheep or goats, frozen :
                               1 . Carcases or half-carcases                    54000           53-250
                               2. Short forequarters                            37-800          37-275
                               3 . Chines and/or best ends                       59-400         58-575
                               4. Legs                                           70-200         69-225
                               5. Other :
                                   (aa) Unboned (bone-in)                        70-200         69-225
           I                       (bb) Boned or boneless                        98-280         96-915
           (') The levy applicable is limited to the amount bound under GATT or in the conditions laid down
               in the voluntary restraint agreements Or those laid down in Commission Regulations (EEC) No
               2664/80 and (EEC) No 2665/80.