CELEX: 31987R0224
Language: en
Date: 1987-01-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 224/87 of 26 January 1987 fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat

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                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 224/87
                                                      of 26 January 1987
                 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
Economic Community,                                               offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing
                                                                  possibilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                and offer prices which, in view of general price move­
Portugal,                                                         ments or other information available, may be considered
                                                                  not to be representative of actual price trends in the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80
                                                                  country of origin are to be disregarded ;
of 27 June 1980 on the common organization of the
market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last amended by          Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origina­
Regulation (EEC) No 882/86 (2), and in particular the first       ting in or coming from one or more non-member coun­
paragraph of Article 11 thereof,                                  tries if exports of the said products are made at abnor­
                                                                  mally low prices ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
Whereas, under Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No              Whereas the levy on live animals within subheading
1837/80, a levy is applicable to the products specified in        01.04 B and on the meat falling within subheadings 02.01
Article 1 (a) of that Regulation ;                                A IV a) 2, 3, 4 and 5 and 02.06 C II a) listed in Annex I to
                                                                  Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is to be equal to the levy
Whereas the levy on products falling within subheading            determined for carcases, multiplied by a standard coeffi­
02.01 A IV a) 1 listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No          cient fixed for each of the products in question ; whereas
1837/80 is to be equal to the difference between the              these coefficients are fixed in Annex I to Regulation
seasonally-adjusted basic price and the Community free­           (EEC) No 2668/80 ;
at-frontier offer price ;
                                                                  Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations
Whereas the seasonally-adjusted basic price is fixed in
                                                                  arising from international agreements concluded by the
Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1472/86 (3) for          Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,
the 1987 marketing year ;                                         account should be taken of the voluntary restraint arran­
                                                                  gements made by the Community with certain non­
Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is             member countries ;
determined in the light of the most representative
purchasing possibilities, as regard quality and quantity,
recorded over the period from the 21st day of the prece­          Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (*), as last
ding month to the 20th day of the month during which              amended by Regulation (EEC) No 73/87 (*), lays down the
the levies are determined, taking particular account of the       arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
supply and demand situation for fresh or chilled meat, the        certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
world market price for frozen meat of a category which is         products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of past experi­        States or in the overseas countries and territories ;
ence ;
Whereas the free-at-frontier offer price is to be deter­          Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each
mined, if necessary, on the basis of the most represent­          month for each week during the following month ;
ative purchasing possibilities recorded for live sheep ;          whereas they are applicable from Monday to Sunday ;
                                                                  whereas they can be altered within that period if neces­
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No             sary ;
2668/80 (4) the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be based
inter alia on the prices shown in the customs documents
                                                                  Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
                                                                  should be calculated on the following basis :
(') OJ No L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 82, 27. 3. 1986, p. 3.
(3) OJ No L 133, 21 . 5. 1986, p. 34.                             0 OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4.
n OI No L 276, 20. 10 . 1980, p. 3!                               ¥) OJ No L 11 , 13. 1 . 1987, p. 23.
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— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­         on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
    tion to each other at any given moment within a band          other than frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex
    of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central         to this Regulation,
    rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the
    last paragraph of Article 3 (b) of to Council Regulation
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    (EEC) No 1676/85 0,
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the                                     Article 1
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
    these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­        The import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheep­
    tion to the Community currencies referred to in the           meat and goatmeat other than frozen meat shall be as set
    previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ;               out in the Annex hereto.
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 2 February 1987.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 26 January 1987.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                               Vice-President
(') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
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                                                                          ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 26 January 1987 fixing the import levies on live sheep
                                   and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat
                                                                                                                                          (ECU/100 kg)
              CCT                           Week No 5                     Week No 6                    Week No 7                    Week No 8
             heading                         from 2 to                     from 9 to                   from 16 to               from 23 February
               No                         8 February 1987              15 February 1987             22 February 1987             to 1 March 1987
01.04 B                                      129,546 0                     132,667 (')                 134,420 (')                  135,680 (')
02.01 A IV a) 1                             275,630 (2)                    282,270 (2)                 286,000 (2)                  288,680 (2)
                 2                           192,941 (2)                   197,589 (2)                 200,200 (2)                  202,076 (2)
                 3                          303,193 (2)                    310,497 (2)                 314,600 (2)                  317,548 (2)
                 4                          358,319 (2)                    366,951 (2)                 371,800 (2)                  375,284 (2)
                 5 aa)                      358,319 (2)                    366,95 1 (2)                371,800 (2)                  375,284 (2)
                   bb)                       501,647 (2)                   513,731 (2)                 520,520 (2)                  525,398 (2)
02.06 C II a) 1                              358,319 (3)                   366,951 J3)                 371,800 (3)                  375,284 (3)
                 2                           501,647 (3)                   513,731 (3)                 520,520 (3)                  525,398 (3)
(') The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulations (EEC) No 3643/85 and (EEC) No 486/85 and Commission Regulation
    (EEC) No 19/82.
(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 and (EEC) No 486/85 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.
(3) The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.