CELEX: 31988R0890
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 890/88 of 30 March 1988 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal

No L 88/22                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                    1 . 4. 88
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 890/88
                                                      of 30 March 1988
                                    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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of                  the guide price ;
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)         Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine
No 3905/87 (2), and in particular Article 12 (8) 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 :
Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68             (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or equal
a levy is applicable to the products specified in Article 1             to 98 % of the guide price ;
(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 percen­                 more than or equal to 96 % of the guide price ;
tage 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 :
■— the guide price multiplied by a coefficient represen­          Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals to be
     ting the ratio existing in the Community between the          applied from 6 July 1987 have been fixed by Council
     price of fresh meat of a category competitive with the        Regulation (EEC) No 1891 /87 (*); whereas Council Regu­
     frozen meat in question, presented in the same form,          lation (EEC) No 887/88 of 30 March 1988 (*) has
     and the average price of adult bovine animals, and            extended the. 1987/88 marketing year for beef and veal ;
■— the Community free-at-frontier offer price for frozen
     meat, plus the amount of the customs duty and a stan­         Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price for
     dard amount representing the specific costs of the            frozen meat is determined by reference to the world
     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 1 1 (2) (b)        — past experience ;
 of the said Regulation has been fixed at 6,65 ECU ;
 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
                                                                   805/68      under    CN    codes    0202 20 50,   0202 20 90,
 than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the follo­
 wing 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 coef
 o OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
 0 OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1987, p. 7.
 0 OJ No L 75, 23. 3. 1977, p. 10,                                 Q OJ No L 182, 3. 7. 1987.
 M OJ No L 376, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 31 .                             (*) See page 6 of this Official Journal.
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ficient fixed for each of the products in question ; whereas       times in one period of seven days, the price of each cate­
these coefficients were fixed in Annex II to Regulation            gory and quality is equal to the arithmetic mean of the
(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            Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary or
basis of prices recorded over a period to be determined on
                                                                    health reasons for example, adopt measures affecting the
the representative market or markets of each Member                 normal trend of prices recorded on their markets, the
State for the various categories of adult bovine animals or         Commission may disregard the prices recorded on the
of meat from such animals, taking into account the size of          market or markets in question, or use the latest prices
each of these categories and the relative size of the bovine        recorded on the market or markets in question before the
herd of each Member State ;
                                                                    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 0,24 ECU 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 Regulation                retained ;
(EEC) No 1347/86 ('), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 467/87 (2) ; whereas the representative markets,
categories and qualities of products and weighting coeffi­          Whereas the levies must be so fixed that obligations
cients are fixed in Annex II to Commission Regulation               arising from international agreements concluded by the
(EEC) No 610/77 of 18 March 1977 on the determination               Community continue to be fulfilled ;
of prices of adult bovine animals on representative
Community markets and the survey of prices of certain
other cattle in the Community (3), as last amended by               Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 Q, as last
Regulation (EEC) No 3003/87 (4) ;                                   amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1821 /87 0, lays down
                                                                    the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
                                                                    certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
Whereas, for Member States with several representative              products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
                                                                    States or in the overseas countries and territories ;
markets, the price of each category and quality is equal to
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
                                                                    Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;
(') OJ  No  L  119, 8. 5. 1986, p. 40.
0   OJ  No  L 48, 17.  2. 1987, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No  L 77, 25.  3. 1977, p. 1 .                              O OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4.
0   OJ  No  L 285, 8.  10. 1987, p. 11 .                            M OJ No L 172, 30. 6. 1987, p. 102.
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Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation (EEC)                the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
No 805/68, the nomenclature provided for in this Regula­               tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (2), as last amended by Regula­
tion is incorporated in the combined nomenclature ;                    tion (EEC) No 1636/87 (3),
                                                                 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each               arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
month and are applicable from the first Monday of the                  these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
following month ; whereas these levies may be altered in               tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
the period between two fixings where the basic levy is                 previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ;
altered, or in these case of changes in the prices recorded
on Community representative markets ;                            Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the aforemen­
                                                                 tioned Regulations, and in particular to the information
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23                and quotations known to the Commission, the levies on
July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and         frozen beef and veal should be as set out in the Annex
on the Common Customs Tariff (') introduces, with effect         hereto,
from 1 January 1988, a new combined nomenclature
which meets the requirements of both the Common
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Customs Tariff and the Community's statistics on foreign
trade and which replaces the previous nomenclature ;
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :                    The import levies on frozen beef and veal shall be as set
                                                                 out in the Annex.
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela
    tion to each other at any given moment within a band                                    Article 2
    of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
    rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in    This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 April 1988 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 30 March 1988 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                              Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                 Vice-President
                                                                  o OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(>) OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 .                               (3). OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                                 ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 30 March 1988 fixing the import levies on frozen beef
                                                               and veal 0)
                                                                                                                  (ECU/ 100 kg)
                                                 CN code                                                      Levy
          l                                                                                            — Net weight —
            0202 10 00                                                                                      238,299
            0202 20 10                                                                                      238,299
            0202 20 30                                                                                      190,639
            0202 20 50                                                                                      297,874
            0202 20 90                                                                                      357,448
            0202 30 10                                                                                      297,874
            0202 30 50                                                                                      297,874
            0202 30 90                                                                                      409,873
            0206 29 91                                                                                      409,873
            (') In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85, 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.