CELEX: 31989R3869
Language: en
Date: 1989-12-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3869/89 of 21 December 1989 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

No L 374/54                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               22. 12. 89
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3869/89
                                                    of 21 December 1989
                            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 the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,                                                        Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                 2668/80, the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be based
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89              inter alia on the prices shown in the customs documents
of -25 September 1989 on the common organization of              which accompany products imported from non-member
the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (l) and in parti­           countries or on other information concerning the export
cular Article 10 thereof,                                        prices applied by those non-member countries ; whereas
                                                                 offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing
                                                                 possibilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,          and offer prices which, in view of general price move­
                                                                 ments or other information available, may be considered
                                                                 not to be representative of actual price trends in the
Whereas, pursuant to Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No        country of origin are to be disregarded ;
3013/89, a levy is applicable to the products falling within
CN       codes    0204 30 00,      0204 41 00,    0204 4210,
0204 42 30,      0204 42 50,      0204 42 90,     0204 43 00,
0204 50 51 ,     0204 50 53,      0204 50 55,     0204 50 59,    Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origin­
0204 50 71 and 0204 50 79 listed in Annex II to that             ating in or coming from one or more non-member coun­
Regulation ;                                                     tries if exports of the said products are made at abnor­
                                                                  mally low prices ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No
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
                                                                  0204 30 00,     0204 41 00,       0204 4210,    0204 42 30,
                                                                  0204 42 50,     0204 42 90,       0204 43 00,   0204 50 51 ,
(a) the basic price multiplied by a coefficient representing      0204 50 53,   0204 50 55, 0204 50 59, 0204 50 71 and
     the relationship existing in the Community between
                                                                  0204 50 79 listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
     the price of fresh meat of a category competitive with
     the frozen meat in question, presented in the same           3013/89 is to be equal to the levy determined for frozen
     form, and the average price of fresh and chilled sheep       carcases, multiplied by a standard coefficient fixed for
     carcases, and                                                each of the products in question ; whereas these coeffi­
                                                                  cients are fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
(b) the Community free-at-frontier offer price for the said       2668/80 ;
     frozen meat ;
Whereas the seasonally-adjusted basic price for the 1990          Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations
marketing year is fixed in Article 2 of Council Regulation        arising from international agreements concluded by the
(EEC) No 1248/89 (2) ; whereas the coefficient referred to        Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,
in Article 2 (1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 is           account should be taken of the voluntary restraint
 fixed in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 (3),       arrangements made by the Community with certain
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3939/87 (4) ;                   non-member countries ;
Whereas the Community         free-at-frontier offer price is
determined in the light        of the most representative         Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (*), as last
 purchasing possibilities, as  regards quality and quantity,      amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3530/89 (*), lays down
 recorded over the period       from the 21st day of the          the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
 preceding month to the 20th day of the month during              certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
                                                                  products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
                                                                  States or in the overseas countries and territories ;
(') OJ No L 289, 7. 10. 1989, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 129, 11 . 5. 1989, p. 10.
I3) OJ No L 276, 20. 10. 1980, p. 39.                             (0 OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4.
(4) OJ No L 373, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 1 .                            « OJ No L 347, 28. 11 . 1989, p. 3.
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Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each        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 coefficient provided for in the                             Article 1
    last paragraph of Article 3 (1) of Council Regulation
    (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regulation         The import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
    (EEC) No 1636/87 (2),                                       shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
    these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­                              Article 2
    tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
    previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ;             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1990.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                  Done at Brussels, 21 December 1989.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                     Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                                     ANNEX
                        to the Commission Regulation of 21 December 1989 fixing the import levies on frozen
                                                           sheepmeat and goatmeat (')
                                                                                                                                       (ECU/100 kg)
                                  Week No 1              Week No 2              Week No 3               Week No 4                 Week No 5
        CN code                    from 1 to              from 8 to              from 15 to              from 22 to           from 29 January to
                                7 January 1990         14 January 1990        21 January 1990         28 January 1990           6 February 1990
       0204 30 00                   181,305                187,680                 193,028                 197,340                 203,723
       0204 41 00                   181,305                 187,680                193,028                 197,340                 203,723
       0204 42 10                   126,914                 131,376                135,120                 138,138                  142,606
       0204 42 30                   199,436                206,448                 212,331                 217,074                 224,095
       0204 42 50                   235,697                243,984                 250,936                 256,542                 264,840
       0204 42 90                   235,697                243,984                 250,936                 256,542                 264,840
       0204 43 00                   329,975                341,578                 351,311                 359,159                 370,776
       0204 50 51                   181,305                 187,680                193,028                 197,340                  203,723
       0204 50 53                   126,914                 131,376                135,120                 138,138                  142,606
       0204 50 55                   199,436                206,448                 212^31                  217,074                  224,095
       0204 50 59                   235,697                243,984                 250,936                 256,542                  264,840
       0204 50 71                   235,697                243,984                 250,936                 256,542                  264,840
       0204 50 79                   329,975                341,578                 351,311                 359,159                  370,776
(') The levy applicable is limited to the amount bound under GAIT 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.