CELEX: 31995R0176
Language: en
Date: 1995-01-31 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 176/95 of 31 January 1995 fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat

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                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 176/95
                                                        of 31 January 1995
                    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
                                                                    and offer prices which, in view of general price move­
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89                ments or other information available, may be considered
 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of                  not to be representative of actual price trends in the
 the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last                  country of origin are to be disregarded ;
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 1886/94 (2), Article 10
 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 11 ,     0204 50 13,       0204 50 15,     0204 50 19,
 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 020410 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
                                                                    question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed in Annex I
Whereas the seasonally-adjusted basic price is fixed in             to Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 ;
Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1887/94 (3) for
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 (*), as last
competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of past experi­          amended by Regulation (EC) No 2484/94 f), 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 (*), 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 ;
(') OJ  No  L  289,  7. 10. 1989, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L  197,  30. 7. 1994, p. 30.
0   OJ  No  L  197,  30. 7. 1994, p. 31 .                           O OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
0   OJ  No  L  276,  20. 10. 1980, p. 39.                           f) OJ No L 265, 15. 10. 1994, p. 3.
Is) OJ No L 391 , 31 . 12. 1992, p. 51 .                            (8) 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 last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 (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 ;
whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
                                                                   The import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheep­
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 (3), as last amended by Regula­
tion (EC) No 1 57/95 (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 6 February 1995.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 31 January 1995.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(')  OJ  No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(2)  OJ  No L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
(3)  OJ  No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(4)  See page 1 of this Official Journal
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                                                                           ANNEX
                      to the Commission Regulation of 31 January 1995 fixing the import levies on live sheep
                                  and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat (4)
                                                                                                                                          (ECU/100 kg)
                                            Week No 6                      Week No 7                   Week No 8                   Week No 9
             CN code                         from 6 to                     from 13 to                   from 20 to          from 27 February 1995 to
                                          12 February 1995              19 February 1995             26 February 1995             5 March 1995
          010410 30 (')                         79,511                        80,884                       82,258                     83,359
          0104 10 80 (')                        79,511                        80,884                       82,258                     83,359
          0104 20 90 (')                        79,511                        80,884                       82,258                     83,359
          0204 10 00 (2)                      169,172                        172,094                      175,016                    177,359
          0204 21 00 (2)                      169,172                        172,094                      175,016                    177,359
          0204 22 10 (2)                      118,420                        120,466                      122,511                    124,151
          0204 22 30 (2)                      186,089                        189,303                      192,518                    195,095
          0204 22 50 (2)                      219,924                        223,722                      227,521                    230,567
          0204 22 90 (2)                      219,924                        223,722                      227,521                    230,567
          0204 23 00 (2)                      307,893                        313,211                     318,529                     322,793
          0204 50 11 (2)                      169,172                        172,094                      175,016                    177,359
          0204 50 13 (2)                      118,420                        120,466                      122,511                    124,151
          0204 50 15 (2)                      186,089                        189,303                      192,518                    195,095
          0204 50 19 (2)                      219,924                       223,722                      227,521                     230,567
          0204 50 31 0                        219,924                       223,722                      227,521                     230,567
          0204 50 39 (2)                      307,893                       313,211                      318,529                     322,793
          0210 90 11 (3)                      219,924                       223,722                      227,521                     230,567
          0210 90 19 (3)                      307,893                       313,211                      318,529                     322,793
(') The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down by Council Regulations (EEC) No 3643/85, (EEC) No 715/90 and (EC) No 3234/94 and
    Commission Regulations (EEC) No 19/82 and (EC) No 3242/94.
(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 3234/94 and Commission Regulations (EEC) No 19/82 and (EC) No 3242/94.
(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.
C) No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.