CELEX: 31985R2982
Language: en
Date: 1985-10-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2982/85 of 25 October 1985 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal

No L 286/ 14                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          26. 10 . 85
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2982/85
                                                       of 25 October 1985
                                    fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      (a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal
COMMUNITIES,                                                             to 1 02 % of the guide price ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               (b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 %
Economic Community,                                                      and less than or equal to 104 % of the guide
                                                                         price ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                 (c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 %
of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the                        and less than 1 06 % of the guide price ;
market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by the Act             (d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 %
of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular Article 1 2                of the guide price ;
(8) thereof,
                                                                    Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                        animals on representative Community markets is
Committee,                                                          equal to or less than the guide price, the levy appli­
                                                                    cable equals the following percentage of the basic
Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No                      levy :
805/68 a levy is applicable to the products specified in
Article 1 (1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12          (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or
fixes the artiount of the levy applicable by reference to                equal to 98 % of the guide price ;
a percentage of the basic levy ;                                    (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 %
                                                                         and more than or equal to 96 % of the guide
Whereas, in respect of the types of frozen meat listed                   price ;
in section (b) of the Annex to the said Regulation
under subheading 02.01 A II b) 1 , the basic levy is                (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 %
determined on the basis of the difference between :                      and more than or equal to 90 % of the guide
                                                                         price ;
— the guide price multiplied by a coefficient repre­                (d) 114 % where the market price is less than 90 % of
     senting the ratio existing in the Community                         the guide price ;
     between the price of fresh meat of a category
     competitive with the frozen meat in question,                  Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals to
     presented in the same form, and the average price              be applied from 27 May 1985 have been fixed by
     of adult bovine animals, and                                   Council Regulation (EEC) No 1308/85 of 23 May
— the Community free-at-frontier offer price for                    1985 0 ;
     frozen meat, plus the amount of the customs duty               Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price for
     and a standard amount representing the specific                frozen meat is determined by reference to the world
     costs of the import operations ;                               market price based on the most representative purcha­
Whereas, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No                          sing possibilities, as regards quality and quantity,
586/77 of 18 March 1977 laying down rules for the                   recorded over a certain period preceding the fixing of
application of the levies on beef and veal and amen­                the basic levy, taking into account in particular :
ding Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common                       — foreseeable developments on the market in frozen
Customs Tariff (3), as last amended by Regulation                        meat,
(EEC) No 31 14/83 (4), the abovementioned coefficient,              — the most representative prices on third country
calculated in accordance with the rules laid down in                     markets for fresh and chilled meat of a category
Article 11 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 , has                   which is competitive with frozen meat,
been fixed at 1-69 units of account and the standard
                                                                    — past experience ;
amount referred to in Article 1 1 (2) (b) of the said
Regulation has been fixed at 6,65 ECU ;                             Whereas the basic levy on the types of frozen meat
                                                                    listed in section (b) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC)
Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine              No 805/68 under subheadings 02.01 A II b) 2 to 4 is
animals on representative Community markets is                      equal to the basic levy fixed for the product falling
higher than the guide price, the levy applicable equals             within subheading 02.01 A II b) 1 , multiplied by a
the following percentage of the basic levy :                        standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in
                                                                    question ; whereas these coefficients were fixed in
(') OJ  No  L  148, 28. 6. 1968 , p. 24.                            Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;
(2) OJ  No  L  291 , 29. 11 . 1979, p. 17.
(3) OJ  No  L  75, 23 . 3 . 1977, p. 10 .
O   OJ  No  L  303, 5 . 11 . 1983, p. 16 .                          O OJ No L 137, 27. 5 . 1985, p. 16 .
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Whereas, for the purpose of fixing the free-at-frontier        mean of the prices recorded on each of the markets
offer prices, offer prices that do not correspond to real      within that zone ; whereas in respect of the United
purchasing possibilities or that relate to unrepresenta­       Kingdom the weighted average prices of adult bovine
tive quantities should not be taken into account ;             animals recorded on the representative markets of
whereas offer prices should also be excluded when the          Great Britain on the one hand and Northern Ireland
movement of prices in general or the information               on the other are adjusted by the coefficient fixed in
available gives reason to believe that they are unrepre­       the abovementioned Annex II ;
sentative of the true trend of prices in the country of
origin ;                                                       Whereas prices for the different categories and quali­
                                                               ties not obtained from prices which are 'live weight
Whereas, where the free-at-frontier offer price for            excluding tax', are multiplied by the live weight
frozen meat differs by less than one unit of account           conversion coefficients fixed in Annex II to the said
per 100 kilograms from that previously used for the            Regulation and, in the case of Italy, ere first increased
calculation of the levy, the latter price should be            or reduced by the corrective amounts fixed in the said
retained ;                                                     Annex ;
Whereas pursuant to Article 12 (6) of Regulation (EEC)
No 805/68 the price of adult bovine animals on repre­          Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary
sentative Community markets is the price established           or health reasons for example, adopt measures affec­
on the basis of prices recorded over a period to be            ting the normal trend of prices recorded on their
determined on the representative market or markets of          markets, the Commission may disregard the prices
each Member State for the various categories of adult          recorded on the market or markets in question, or use
bovine animals or of meat from such animals, taking            the latest prices recorded on the market or markets in
into account the size of each of these categories and          question before the entry into force of such measures ;
the relative size of the bovine herd of each Member
                                                               Whereas, in the absence of information, prices
State ;                                                        recorded on representative Community markets are
Whereas the prices of adult bovine animals recorded            determined mainly by reference to the most recently
on the representative market or markets of each                recorded prices ;
Member State are equal to the average, weighted by
the relevant coefficients, of the prices for the various       Whereas, for such period as the price of adult bovine
qualities of adult bovine animals or meat of such              animals recorded on representative Community
animals over a period of seven days in that Member             markets differs by less than 0,24 ECU per 100 kilo­
State at a particular wholesale marketing stage ;              grams of live weight from the price previously used,
                                                               the latter is retained ;
whereas, until 6 April 1986, the price of adult bovine
animals recorded on the representative market or               Whereas the levies must be so fixed that obligations
markets of the United Kingdom shall be corrected by            arising from international agreements concluded by
the amount of the premium granted to producers                 the Community continue to be fulfilled ;
under Regulation (EEC) No 131 1 /85 ('); whereas the
representative markets, categories and qualities of            Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (4),
products and weighting coefficients are fixed in Annex         amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2903/85 (5), lays
II to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 610/77 of 18              down the arrangements applicable on agricultural
March 1977 on the determination of prices of adult             products and certain goods resulting from the proces­
bovine animals on representative Community markets             sing of agricultural products originating in the African,
and the survey of prices of certain other cattle in the        Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas coun­
Community (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)             tries and territories ;
 No 1511 /85 (3);
                                                               Whereas the various cuts of frozen meat are defined in
Whereas, for Member States with several representative         Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;
 markets, the price of each category and quality is equal
 to the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each         Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation
of those markets ; for representative markets held             (EEC) No 805/68, the nomenclature provided for in
 several times in one period of seven days, the price of        this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
 each category and quality is equal to the arithmetic           Customs Tariff ;
 mean of the prices recorded on each market day ;               Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of
 whereas in respect of Italy the price of each category
 and quality is equal to the average, weighted by the           each month and are applicable from the first Monday
 special weighting coefficients fixed in Annex II to            of the following month ; whereas these levies may be
 Regulation (EEC) No 610/77, of the prices recorded in          altered in the period between two fixings where the
 the surplus and deficit zones ; whereas the price              basic levy is altered, or in these case of changes in the
 recorded in the surplus zone is equal to the arithmetic        prices recorded on Community representative
                                                                markets ;
 (') OJ No L 137, 27. 5. 1985, p. 20.
 (2) OJ No L 77, 25. 3. 1977, p. 1 .                            (*) OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4.
 (3) OJ No L 146, 5 . 6. 1985, p. 6.                            n OJ No L 279, 19. 10. 1985, p. 5.
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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,             mation and quotations known to the Commission, the
levies should be calculated on the following basis :            levies on frozen beef and veal should be as set out in
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in             the Annex hereto,
     relation . 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 coefficient          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     provided for in Article 2b (2) of Council Regula­
     tion (EEC) No 974/71 ('), as last amended by Regu­
     lation (EEC) No 855/84 (2),                                                       Article 1
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of        The import levies on frozen beef and veal shall be as
     these currencies recorded over a given period in           set out in the Annex hereto.
     relation to the Community currencies referred to
     in the previous indent and the aforesaid coeffi­
     cient ;                                                                           Article 2
Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the afore­          This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 November
mentioned Regulations, and in particular to the infor           1985 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 25 October 1985.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                             Vice-President
(') OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
(A OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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                                                            ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 25 October 1985 fixing the import levies on frozen beef
                                   and veal (') for the period beginning 4 November 1985
                                                                                                       (ECU / 100 kg)
                                           CCT heading No                                           Levy
                                                                                              — Net weight —
             02.01   A lib) 1                                                                    230,091
             02.01   A lib) 2                                                                    184,072 (a)
             02.01   A II b) 3                                                                   287,614
             02.01   A II b) 4 aa)                                                              345,136
             02.01   A lib) 4 bb) 11                                                             287,614 (a)
             02.01   A lib) 4 bb) 22 (b)                                                         287,614 (a)
             02.01   A II b) 4 bb) 33                                                            395,756 (a)
              (') 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 .
             (a) Where products are imported under the conditions set out in Article 14 of Council Regulation
                  (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 and in provisions adopted for its application, the levy is totally
                  or partially suspended in accordance with those provisions.
             (b) Entry under this subheading is subject to the production of a certificate issued on conditions laid
                  down by the competent authorities of the European Communities .