CELEX: 31990R3767
Language: en
Date: 1990-12-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3767/90 of 21 December 1990 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

22. 12. 90                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 360/61
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3767/90
                                                      of 21 December 1990
                               fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         which the levies are determined, taking particular account
                                                                     of the supply and demand situation for fresh or chilled
                                                                     meat, the world market price for frozen meat of a category
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               which is competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of
Economic Community,                                                  past experience ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89
of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of                  Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No
the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as amended by              2668/80, the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be based
Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article           inter alia on the prices shown in the customs documents
 10 thereof,                                                        which accompany products imported from non-member
                                                                     countries or on other information concerning the export
                                                                     prices applied by those non-member countries ; whereas
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,              offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing
                                                                     possibilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities
                                                                    and offer prices which, in view of general price move­
Whereas, pursuant to Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No            ments or other information available, may be considered
3013/89, a levy is applicable to the products falling within         not to be representative of actual price trends in the
CN      codes      0204 30 00,      0204 41 00,     0204 42 10,
                                                                     country of origin are to be disregarded ;
0204 42 30 ,     0204 42 50,        0204 42 90,     0204 43 00,
0204 50 51 ,     0204 50 53 ,       0204 50 55,     0204 50 59,
0204 50 71 and 0204 50 79 listed in Annex II to that
Regulation ;                                                        Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origin­
                                                                     ating in or coming from one or more non-member coun­
                                                                     tries if exports of the said products are made at abnor­
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No               mally low prices ;
3013/89, the levy on frozen carcases and halfcarcases is to
be equal to the difference between :
                                                                    Whereas the levy on the meat falling within CN codes
(a) the basic price multiplied by a coefficient representing         0204 30 00,      0204 41 00,     0204 42 1 0,   0204 42 30,
    the relationship existing in the Community between               0204 42 50,      0204 42 90,     0204 43 00,    0204 50 51 ,
    the price of fresh meat of a category competitive with          0204 50 53,     0204 50 55, 0204 50 59, 0204 50 71 and
    the frozen meat in question, presented in the same              0204 50 79 listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
    form, and the average price of fresh and chilled sheep           3013/89 is to be equal to the levy determined for frozen
    carcases, and
                                                                     carcases, multiplied by a standard coefficient fixed for
(b) the Community free-at-frontier offer price for the said          each of the products in question ; whereas these coeffi­
    frozen meat ;                                                    cients are fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     2668 /80 ;
Whereas the seasonally-adjusted basic price for the 1990
marketing year is fixed in Article 2 of Council Regulation
                                                                    Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations
(EEC) No 1248/89 (3) ; whereas the coefficient referred to
                                                                     arising from international agreements concluded by the
in Article 2 (1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 is              Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,
fixed in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 (4),          account should be taken of the voluntary restraint
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3939/87 (*) ;
                                                                    arrangements made by the Community with certain
                                                                     non-member countries ;
Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is
determined in the light of the most representative
purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quantity,          Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (6), lays
recorded over the period from the 21st day of the                   down the arrangements applicable on agricultural
preceding month to the 20th day of the month during                  products and certain goods resulting from the processing
                                                                     of agricultural products originating in the African, Carib­
(•) OJ No  L  289,  7. 10. 1989, p. 1 .                              bean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and
0   OJ No  L  353,  17. 12. 1990, p. 23.                             territories ;
0   OJ No  L  129,  11 . 5. 1989, p. 10.
(4) OJ No  L  276,  20. 10. 1980, p. 39.
0   OJ No  L  373,  31 . 12. 1987, p. 1 .                           0 OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
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Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of ieach         Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­
month for each week during the following month ;                  mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the informa­
whereas they are applicable from Monday to Sunday ;               tion and quotations known to the Commission, the levies
whereas they can be altered within that period if neces­          on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
sary ;                                                            other than frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex
                                                                  to this Regulation,
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     tion 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 corrective factor provided for in                            Article 1
     the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
     tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (l), as last amended by Regula­
                                                                  The import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
     tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (2),                                   shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
     average of the ecu rates published in the Official
    Journal of the European Communities, C series, over                                   Article 2
     a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
     cient referred to in the preceding indent ;                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 January 1991 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 21 December 1990.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
O OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9 .
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                                                                    ANNEX
                        to the Commission Regulation of 21 December 1990 fixing the import levies on frozen
                                                          sheepmeat and goatmeat (1)
                                                                                                                                      (ECU/100 kg)
                                           Week No 1                Week No 2                     Week No 3                    Week No 4
            CN code                         from 7 to                from 14 to                    from 21 to              from 28 January to
                                         13 January 1991          20 January 1991               27 January 1991              3 February 1991
           0204 30 00                        183,293                   190,103                       197,685                    202,740
           0204 41 00                        183,293                   190,103                       1.97,685                   202,740
           0204 4210                         128,305                   133,072                       138,380                     141,918
           0204 42 30                        201,622                   209,113                       217,454                    223,014
           0204 42 50                        238,281                   247,134                       256,991                    263,562
           0204 42 90                        238,281                   247,134                       256,991                    263,562
           0204 43 00                        333,593                   345,987                       359,787                    368,987
           0204 50 51                        183,293                   190,103                       197,685                     202,740
           0204 50 53                        128,305                   133,072                       138,380                     141,918
           0204 50 55                        201,622                   209,113                       217,454                     223,014
           0204 50 59                        238,281                   247,134                       256,991                     263,562
           0204 50 71                        238,281                   247,134                       256,991                     263,562
           0204 50 79                        333,593                   345,987                       359,787                     368,987
(') 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, (EEC) No 715/90 and (EEC) No 753/90 and Commission Regulations (EEC) No 19/82, (EEC) No 3652/89, (EEC) No 3989/89, (EEC) No 479/90
    and (EEC) No 952/90.