CELEX: 31984R1458
Language: en
Date: 1984-05-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1458/84 of 25 May 1984 fixing the import levies on live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen

26. 5. 84                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 140/33
                                COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1458/84
                                                     of 25 May 1984
                   fixing the import levies on live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas if it is found that the price of adult bovine
COMMUNITIES,                                                   animals on representative Community markets is
                                                               equal to or less than the guide price, the levy appli­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          cable equals the following percentage of the basic
Economic Community,                                            levy :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68            (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or
of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the                   equal to 98 % of the guide price ;
market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by the Act        (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 %
of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular Article 12            and more than or equal to 96 % of the guide
(8) thereof,                                                        price ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                   (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 %
 Committee,                                                         and more than or equal to 90 % of the guide
                                                                    price ;
Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No                 (d) 114 % where the market price is less than 90 % of
805/68 a levy is applicable to the products specified in            the guide price ;
Article 1 (1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12
fixes the amount of the levy applicable by reference to
a percentage of the basic levy ;                               Whereas pursuant to Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                               No 805/68 the basic levy on the meat specified in
Whereas in respect of bovine animals the basic levy is         sections (a), (c) and (d) of the Annex hereto is equal to
determined on the basis of the difference between the          the basic levy determined for bovine animals, multi­
guide price and the Community free-at-frontier offer           plied by a standard coefficient fixed for each of the
price plus the amount of the customs duty ; whereas            products in question ; whereas these coefficients are
the Community free-at-frontier offer price is deter­           fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 of
mined in the light of the most representative purcha­           18 March 1977 laying down rules for the application
sing possibilities, as regards quality and quantity,           of levies on beef and veal and amending Regulation
recorded over a certain period for bovine animals and          (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (3),
for the fresh or chilled meat specified in section (a) of      as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 31 14/83 (4) ;
the Annex to the said Regulation under subheadings
02.01 A II a) 1 to 3, account being taken in particular        Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals to
of the position with respect to supply and demand, of          be applied from 2 April 1984 were fixed by Council
world market prices for frozen meat of a category              Regulation (EEC) No 868/84 of 31 March 1984 (*);
which is competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of
past experience ;                                              Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 stipulates that
                                                               the basic levy is to be calculated according to the
Whereas if it is found that the price of adult bovine          method set out in its Article 3 and on the basis of all
animals on representative Community markets is                 the representative free-at-frontier offer prices of the
higher than the guide price, the levy applicable equals        Community determined for the products of each of
the following percentage of the basic levy :                   the categories and cuts specified in Article 2 and
(a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal          established principally by reference to the prices speci­
     to 102 % of the guide price ;                             fied in the customs documents accompanying
(b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 %             products imported from third countries or from other
     and less than or equal to 104 % of the guide              information concerning export prices obtaining in
                                                               those third countries ;
     price ;
(c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 %
     and less ,than or equal to 106 % of the guide             Whereas, however, offer prices that do not correspond
                                                               to real purchasing possibilities or that relate to unre­
     price ;
                                                               presentative quantitities should not be taken into
(d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 %              account ; whereas offer prices should also be excluded
     of the guide price ;
                                                               o 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.
O OJ No L 291 , 19. 11 . 1979, p. 17.                          Is) OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 30.
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when the movement of prices in general or the infor­         on the basis of prices recorded over a priod to be
mation available suggests that they are unrepresenta­        determined on the representative market or markets of
tive of the true trend of prices in the country of           each Member State in respect of the various categories
origin ;                                                     of adult bovine animals or of meat from such animals,
                                                             after taking into account the size of each of these cate­
                                                             gories and the relative size of the bovine herd of each
Whereas in cases where for one or more categories of         Member State :
bovine animals or cuts of meat a free-at-frontier offer
price cannot be established, the most recent available
price should be used for the calculation ;
                                                             Whereas the prices of adult bovine animals recorded
Whereas if the free-at-frontier offer price differs by       on the representative market or markets of each
less than 0,60 ECU per 100 kilograms of live weight          Member State are equal to the average, weighted by
from that previously used for the calculation of the         the appropriate coefficients, of the prices for the
levy, the latter price should be retained ;                  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 marketing
Whereas pursuant to Article 1 0 (3) of Regulation (EEC)      stage ; whereas the representative markets, categories
No 805/68 a special basic levy is determined for             and qualities of products and weighting coefficients
certain third countries on the basis of the difference
                                                             are fixed in Annex II to Commission Regulation
between the guide price and the average price                (EEC) No 610/77 of 18 March 1977 on the determina­
recorded over a certain period plus the amount of the        tion of prices of adult bovine animals on representa­
customs duty ;                                               tive Community markets and the survey of prices of
                                                             certain other cattle in the Community (3), as last
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 611 /77 of            amended by Regulation (EEC) No 841 /84 (4)\
 18 March 1977 ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 925/77 (2), provides that the special levy on
 products originating in and coming from Austria,
Sweden and Switzerland should be determined on the           Whereas, for Member States with several representative
 basis of the weighted average of the prices of adult        markets, the price of each category and quality is equal
bovine animals recorded on the representative markets        to the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each
 of those third countries ; whereas the weighting coeffi­    of those markets ; whereas, for representative markets
 cients and representative markets are specified in the      held several times in one period of seven days, the
Annexes to Regulation (EEC) No 611 /77 ;                      price of each category and quality is equal to the arith­
                                                             metic mean of the prices recorded on each market
                                                              day ; whereas in respect of Italy the price of each cate­
Whereas the average price is not to be used for calcu­       gory and quantity is equal to the average, weighted by
 lating the special levy unless it is at least 1*21 ECU       the special weighting coefficients fixed in Annex II to
 per 100 kilograms of live weight more than the free­         Regulation (EEC) No 610/77, of the prices recorded in
 at-frontier offer price determined in accordance with
 Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 ;               the surplus and deficit zones ; whereas the price
                                                              recorded in the surplus zone is equal to the arithmetic
                                                              mean of the prices recorded on each of the markets
Whereas if the average price differs by less than 0,60       within that zone ; whereas in respect of the United
 ECU per 100 kilograms of live weight from that               Kingdom the weighted average prices of adult bovine
 previously used to calculate the levy, the latter may be     animals recorded on the representative markets of
 retained ;                                                   Great Britain on the one hand and Northern Ireland
                                                              on the other are adjusted by the coefficient fixed in
                                                              the abovementioned Annex II :
 Whereas in cases where one or more of the abovemen­
 tioned third countries adopt, for reasons of health for
 example, measures affecting the prices recorded on
 their markets, the Commission may use the latest
 prices recorded before the entry into force of such          Whereas prices for the different categories and quali­
 measures ;
                                                              ties not obtained from prices which are 'live weight
                                                              excluding tax' are multiplied by the live weight
                                                              conversion coefficients fixed in Annex II to the said
 Whereas pursuant to Article 12 (6) of Regulation (EEC)       Regulation and, in the case of Italy, are first increased
 No 805/68 the price of adult bovine animals on repre­        or reduced by the corrective amounts fixed in the said
 sentative Community markets is th price established          Annex ;
(■) OJ No L 77, 25. 3 . 1977, p. 14.                          O OJ No L 77, 25. 3. 1977, p. 1 .
O OJ No L 109, 30 . 4. 1977, p. 1 .                           (4) OJ No L 88 , 31 . 3 . 1984, p. 55.
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Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary           Whereas the levies and special levies are fixed before
or health reasons for example, adopt measures affec­           the 27th day of each month and are applicable from
ting the normal trend of prices recorded on their              the first Monday of the following month ; whereas
markets the Commission may disregard the prices                these levies may be altered in the period between two
recorded on the market or markets in question, or use          fixings where the basic levy or special basic levy is
the latest prices recorded on the market or markets in         altered, or in the case of changes in the prices
question before the entry into force of such measures ;        recorded on Community representative markets ;
Whereas, in the absence of information, prices                 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
recorded on representative Community markets are               levies should be calculated on the following basis :
determined mainly by reference to the most recently
                                                               — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
recorded prices ;
                                                                   relation to each other at any given moment within
Whereas for such period as the price of adult bovine               a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
animals recorded on representative Community                       their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
markets differs by less then 0,24 ECU per 100 kilo­                provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)
grams of live weight from the price previously used,               No 974/71 ,
the latter is retained ;
                                                               — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obliga­             arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
tions arising from international agreements concluded              these currencies in relation to the Community
by the Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas,               currencies referred to in the previous indent and
moreover, account should be taken of Council Regula­               the aforesaid coefficient ;
tion (EEC) No 314/83 of 24 January 1983 on the
conclusion of the Cooperation Agreement between the            Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the afore­
European Economic Community and the Socialist                  mentioned Regulation, and in particular to the infor­
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ('), of Council Regula­         mation and quotations known to the Commission, the
                                                               levies on live cattle and beef and veal other than
tion (EEC) No 287/82 of 3 February 1982 establishing
the arrangements applicable to imports of products             frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex hereto,
originating in Yugoslavia to take account of the acces­
sion of the Hellenic Republic to the Community (2),
and of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3349/81 of 24               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
November 1981 providing for a reduction in the levy
applicable to imports into the Community of certain
                                                                                      Article 1
beef and veal products originating in and coming from
Yugoslavia (3) ;
                                                               The import levies on live cattle and beef and veal
Whereas the various cuts of beef and veal are defined          other than frozen meat shall be as set out in the
in Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;                                Annex hereto.
Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation
(EEC) No 805/68, the nomenclature provided for in                                     Article 2
this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
Customs Tariff :                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 June 1984.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 25 May 1984.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                           Poul DALSAGER
                                                                     Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 41 , 14. 2. 1983, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 30, 6. 2. 1982, p. 1 .
O OJ No L 339, 26. 11 . 1981 , p. 1 .
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                                                          ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 25 May 1984 fixing the import levies on
          live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen (') for the period beginning
                                                        4 June 1984
                                                                                                       (ECU/100 kg)
                                                                          Austria/Sweden/
                       CCT heading No                Yugoslavia (*)          Switzerland
                                                                                              Other third countries
          \                                                              — Live weight —
          01.02 A II (a)                                 50,887               21,179                116,022
                                                                         — Net weight —
          02.01 A II a) 1                                96,686               40,240                220,443
          02.01 A II a) 2                                77,348               32,192                176,353
          02.01 A II a) 3                              116,023                48,288                264,531
          02.01 A II a) 4 aa)                                                 60,360                330,664
          02.01 A II a) 4 bb)                                                 69,043                378,233
          02.06 C I a) 1                                                      60,360                330,664
          02.06 C I a) 2                                                      69,043                378,233
           1 6.02 B III b) 1 aa)                                              69,043                378,233
          (') In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 435/80, levies are not applied to imports into the French
                overseas departments of products originating in the African, Caribbean and 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 1 3 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.