CELEX: 31985R2984
Language: en
Date: 1985-10-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2984/85 of 25 October 1985 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

26. 10 . 85                             Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 286/21
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2984/85
                                                     of 25 October 1985
                             fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    or chilled meat, the world market price for frozen
COMMUNITIES,                                                      meat of a category which is competitive with fresh or
                                                                  chilled meat and of past experience ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                               Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                  No 2668/80, the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be
                                                                  based inter alia on the prices shown in the customs
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      documents which accompany products imported from
1837/80 of 27 June 1980 on the common organization                non-member       countries     or   on     other  information
of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last              concerning the export prices applied by those non­
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1312/85 (2), and in                member countries ; whereas offer prices which do not
particular the first paragraph of Article 1 1 thereof,            correspond to actual purchasing possibilities or which
                                                                  relate to unrepresentative quantities and offer prices
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                      which, in view of general price movements or other
Committee,                                                        information available, may be considered not to be
                                                                  representative of actual price trends in the country of
                                                                  origin are to be disregarded ;
Whereas under Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
1837/80 a levy is applicable to the products falling
within subheading 02.01 A IV b) listed in Annex I to              Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origi­
that Regulation ;                                                 nating in or coming from one or more non-member
                                                                  countries if exports of the said products are made at
                                                                  abnormally low prices ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EEC)
No 1837/80, the levy on frozen carcases and half­                 Whereas the levy on the meat falling within subhead­
carcases is to be equal to the difference between :               ings 02.01 A IV b) 2, 3, 4 and 5 listed in Annex I to
                                                                  Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is to be equal to the
(a) the basic price multiplied by a coefficient represen­          levy determined for frozen carcases, multiplied by a
     ting the relationship existing in the Community              standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in
     between the price of fresh meat of a category                question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed in
     competitive with the frozen meat in question,                Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 ;
     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 for the 1985/86 marketing                  certain non-member countries ;
year is fixed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
 1313/85 (3) ; whereas the coefficient referred to in
Article 13 (1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is              Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (*), as
 fixed in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                     amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2903/85 (6), lays
 2668 /80 (4) ;                                                    down the arrangements applicable on agricultural
                                                                   products and certain goods resulting from the proces­
                                                                   sing of agricultural products originating in the African,
 Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is             Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas coun­
 determined in the light of the most representative                tries and territories ;
 purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quan­
 tity, recorded over the period from the 21st day of the           Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of
 preceding month to the 20th day of the month during                each month for each week during the following
 which the levies are determined, taking particular
                                                                    month ; whereas they are applicable from Monday to
 account of the supply and demand situation for fresh               Sunday ; whereas they can be altered within that
                                                                    period if necessary ;
 (■) OJ  No  L  183 , 16 . 7. 1980, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ  No  L  137,  27.  5. 1985, p. 22.
 (3) OJ  No  L  137,  27.  5. 1985, p. 23.                          0 OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4.
 (4) OJ  No  L  276,  20.  10. 1980, p. 39.                         (<• OJ No L 279 , 19 . 10 . 1985, p. 5 .
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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,           levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and
levies should be calculated on the following basis :          goatmeat other than frozen meat should be as set out
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in           in the Annex to this Regulation,
     relation to each other at any given moment within
     a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
     their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
                                                              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     provided for in Article 2b (2) of Council Regula­
     tion (EEC) No 974/71 ('), as last amended by Regu­
     lation (EEC) No 855/84 (2),
                                                                                     Article 1
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
     these currencies recorded over a given period in
                                                              The import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                              shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
     relation to the Community currencies referred to
     in the previous indent and the aforesaid coeffi­
   < cient ;
                                                                                     Article 2
Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­
mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the infor­       This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 November
mation and quotations known to the Commission, the            1985 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 25 October 1985 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                        Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                           Vice-President
(■) OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
 2 OJ No L 90 , 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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                                                            ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 25 October 1985 fixing the import levies on frozen sheep­
                                                      meat and goatmeat
                                                                                                                  (ECU/100 kg)
             CCT                     Week No 32             Week No 33             Week No 34               Week No 35
           heading                     from 4 to             from 11 to             from 18 to         from 25 November to
              No                 10 November 1985 (')    17 November 1985 (')  24 November 1985 (')      1 December 1985 (')
02.01 A IV b) 1                           95,853                97,705                101,238                 105,468
               2                          67,097                68,394                 70,867                  73,828
               3                        105,438                107,476                111,362                 116,015
               4                        124,609                127,017                131,609                 137,108
               5 aa)                    124,609                127,017                131,609                 137,108
                 bb)                    174,452                177,823                184,253                 191,952
(') 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 3658/84 and (EEC) No 486/85 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.