CELEX: 31990R0814
Language: en
Date: 1990-03-31
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 814/90 of 30 March 1990 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal

31 . 3 . 90                                Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 85/69
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 814/90
                                                          of 30 March 1990
                                        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 ;
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   (c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 % and
 Portugal,                                                                 less than or equal to 106% of the guide price ;
                                                                      (d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 % of
 Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of the                        the guide price ;
 Council of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of
the market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 571 /88 (2), and in particular Article 12 (8)          Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine
 thereof,                                                             animals on representative Community markets is equal to
                                                                      or less than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,              following percentage of the basic levy :
                                                                      (a) 100 % where the market price is more thai) or equal
Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                      to 98 % of the guide price ;
a levy is applicable to the products specified in Article 1
(1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12 fixes the            (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 % and
amount of the levy applicable by reference to a percent­                   more !than or equal to 96% of the guide price ;
age of the basic levy ;                                               (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 % and
                                                                           more than or equal to 90 % 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              (d) 114% where the market price is less than 90 % of
codes 0202 10 00 and 0202 20 10, the basic levy is deter­                  the guide price ;
mined on the basis of the difference between :
                                                                      Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals to be
— the guide price multiplied by a coefficient represent­              applied from 1 May 1989 have been fixed by Council
      ing the ratio existing in the Community between the             Regulation (EEC) No 111 8/89 0 ; whereas Council Regu­
      price of fresh meat of a category competitive with the          lation (EEC) No 788/90 0 has extended the 1989/90
      frozen meat in question, presented in the same form,            marketing year for beef and veal until 29 April 1990 ;
      and the average price of adult bovine animals, and
— the Community free-at-frontier offer price for frozen               Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price for
      meat, plus the amount of the customs duty and a stan­           frozen meat is determined by reference to the world
      dard amount representing the specific costs of the
      import operations ;
                                                                      market price based on the most representative purchasing
                                                                      possibilities, as regards quality and quantity, recorded over
                                                                      a certain period preceding the fixing of the basic levy,
Whereas, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 of                  taking into account in particular :
 18 March 1977 laying down rules for the application of
the levies on beef and veal and amending Regulation                   — foreseeable developments on the market in frozen
(EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (3), as                       meat,
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3988/87 (4), the
abovementioned coefficient, calculated in accordance with             — the most representative prices on third country
the rules laid down in Article 11 (2) (a) of Regulation                    markets for fresh and chilled meat of a category which
(EEC) No 805/68, has been fixed at 1,69 units of account                   is competitive with frozen meat,
and the standard amount referred to in Article 11 (2) (b)             — past experience ;
of the said Regulation has been fixed at ECU 6,65 ;
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
                                                                      0202 10 00 and 0202 20 10, multiplied by a standard
(») OJ    No L  148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.
O   OJ    No L  61 , 4. 3. 1989, p. 43.
(3) OJ    No L  75, 23. 3. 1977, p. 10.                               0 OJ No L 118, 29. 4. 1989, p. 11 .
0   OJ    No L  376, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 31 .                           (*) See page 1 of this Official Journal.
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coefficient fixed for each of the products in question ;           times in one period of seven days, the price of each cat­
whereas these coefficients were fixed in Annex II to               egory and quality is equal to the arithmetic mean of the
Regulation <EEC) No 586/77 ;                                       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
                                                                   fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 610/77, of the
Whereas, for the purpose of fixing the free-at-frontier            prices recorded in the surplus and deficit zones ; whereas
offer prices, offer prices that do not correspond to real          the price recorded in the surplus zone is equal to the
purchasing possibilities or that relate to unrepresentative        arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each of the
quantities should not be taken into account ; whereas              markets within that zone ; whereas in respect of the
offer prices should also be excluded when the movement             United Kingdom the weighted average prices of adult
of prices in general or the information available gives            bovine animals recorded on the representative markets of
reason to believe that they are unrepresentative of the true       Great Britain on the one hand and Northern Ireland on
trend of prices in the country of origin ;                         the other are adjusted by the coefficient fixed in the
                                                                   abovementioned Annex II :
Whereas, where the free-at-frontier offer price for frozen
meat differs by less than one unit of account per 100 kilo­        Whereas prices for the different categories and qualities
grams from that previously used for the calculation of the          not obtained from prices which are 'live weight excluding
levy, the latter price should be retained ;                         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 pursuant to Article 12 (6) of Regulation (EEC)
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         Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary or
the representative market or markets of each Member                 health reasons for example, adopt measures affecting the
State for the various categories of adult bovine animals or         normal trend of prices recorded on their markets, the
of meat from such animals, taking into account the size of          Commission may disregard the prices recorded on the
each of these categories and the relative size of the bovine        market or markets in question, or use the latest prices
herd of each Member State :                                         recorded on the market or markets in question before the
                                                                    entry into force of such measures ;
Whereas the prices of adult bovine animals recorded on              Whereas, in the absence of information, prices recorded
the representative market or markets of each Member                 on representative Community markets are determined
State are equal to the average, weighted by the relevant            mainly by reference to the most recently recorded prices ;
coefficients, of the prices for the various qualities of adult
bovine animals or meat of such animals over a period of
seven days in that Member State at a particular wholesale           Whereas, for such period as the price of adult bovine
marketing stage ; whereas, the price of adult bovine                animals recorded on representative Community markets
animals recorded on the representative market or markets            differs by less than ECU 0,24 per 100 kilograms of live
of the United Kingdom shall be corrected by the amount              weight from the price previously used, the latter is
of the premium granted to producers under Council                   retained ;
Regulation (EEC) No 1 347/86 ('), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 4132/88 (2) ; whereas the representa­
tive markets, categories and qualities of products and
weighting coefficients are fixed in Annex II to Commis­             Whereas the levies must be so fixed that obligations
sion Regulation (EEC) No 610/77 of 18 March 1977 on                 arising from international agreements concluded by the
the determination of prices of adult bovine animals on              Community continue to be fulfilled ;
representative Community markets and the survey of
prices of certain other cattle in the Community (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1646/89 (4) ;                        Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 0 lays
                                                                    down the arrangements applicable on agricultural
                                                                    products and certain goods resulting from the processing
                                                                    of agricultural products originating in the African, Carib­
Whereas, for Member States with several representative              bean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and
markets, the price of each category and quality is equal to         territories :
the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each of
those markets ; for representative markets held several
                                                                    Whereas the various cuts of frozen meat are defined in
(') OJ No   L 119 , 8 . 5. 1986, p. 40 .                             Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;
(2) OJ No   L 362, 30. 12. 1988, p. 4.
(3) OJ No   L 77, 25. 3 . 1977, p. 1 .
 4) OJ No   L 162, 13. 6. 1989, p. 22.                              (*) OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
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Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation (EEC)                tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
 No 805/68, the nomenclature provided for in this Regula­              previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ;
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 1636/87 (2),
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the                                      Article 2
      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
      these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­       This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 April 1990.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    Done at Brussels, 30 March 1990.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(•) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
¥) Oj No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                                  ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 30 March 1990 fixing the import levies on frozen beef
                                                                and veal 0)
                                                                                                                   (ECU/ 100 kg)
                                                  CN code                                                       Levy
           \                                                                                            — Net weight —
                                                0202 10 00                                                    206,835
                                                0202 20 10                                                    206,835
                                                0202 20 30                                                    165,468
                                                0202 20 50                                                    258,544
                                                0202 20 90                                                    310,252
                                                0202 30 10                                                    258,544
                                                0202 30 50                                                    258,544
                                                0202 30 90                                                    355,755
                                                0206 29 91                                                    355,755
             (') In accordance with 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.