CELEX: 31990R1217
Language: en
Date: 1990-05-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1217/90 of 10 May 1990 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal

11 . 5. 90                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 120/25
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1217/90
                                                        of 10 May 1990
                                    fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       (b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 % and
                                                                       less than or equal to 1 04 % of the guide price ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             (c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 % and
Economic Community,
                                                                       less than or equal to 106% of the guide price ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                (d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 % of
Portugal,                                                              the guide price ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of            Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market             animals on representative Community markets is equal to
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)         or less than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the
No 571 /88 (2), and in particular Article 12 (8) thereof,         following percentage of the basic levy :
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,           (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or equal
                                                                       to 98 % of the guide price ;
Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68             (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 % and
a levy is applicable to the products specified in Article 1            more than or equal to 96 % of the guide price ;
( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12 fixes the       (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 % and
amount of the levy applicable by reference to a percent­               more than or equal to 90 % of the guide price ;
age of the basic levy ;
                                                                  (d) 114 % where the market price is less than 90 % of
Whereas, in respect of the types of frozen meat listed in              the guide price ;
section (b) of the Annex to the said Regulation under CN
codes 0202 10 00 and 0202 20 10, the basic levy is deter­         Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals to be
mined on the basis of the difference between :                    applied from 14 May 1990 have been fixed by Council
                                                                  Regulation (EEC) No 1188/90 0 ;
— the guide price multiplied by a coefficient represent­
      ing the ratio existing in the Community between the         Whereas the prices fixed by the Council are to be reduced
      price of fresh meat of a category competitive with the       in accordance with Article 2 of Commission Regulation
      frozen meat in question, presented in the same form,        (EEC) No 784/90 of 29 March 1990 fixing the reducing
      and the average price of adult bovine animals, and           coefficient for agricultural prices in the 1990/91 marke­
— the Community free-at-frontier offer price for frozen            ting year as a result of the monetary realignment of 5
      meat, plus the amount of the customs duty and a stan­       January 1990 and amending the prices and amounts fixed
      dard amount representing the specific costs of the           in ecus for that marketing year (6) ;
      import operations ;
                                                                  Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price for
Whereas, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 of               frozen meat is determined by reference to the world
 18 March 1977 laying down rules for the application of            market price based on the most representative purchasing
the levies on beef and veal and amending Regulation                possibilities, as regards quality and quantity, recorded over
(EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (3), as               a certain period preceding the fixing of the basic levy,
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3988/87 (4), the               taking into account in particular :
abovementioned coefficient, calculated in accordance with
                                                                   — foreseeable developments on the market in frozen
 the rules laid down in Article 11 (2) (a) of Regulation                meat,
(EEC) No 805/68, has been fixed at 1,69 units of account
 and the standard amount referred to in Article 1 1 (2) (b)        — the most representative prices on third country
 of the said Regulation has been fixed at ECU 6,65 ;               t markets for fresh and chilled meat of a category which
                                                                        is competitive with frozen meat,
Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine             — past experience ;
 animals on representative Community markets is higher
 than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the fol­         Whereas the basic levy on the types of frozen meat listed
 lowing percentage of the basic levy :                             in section (b) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   805/68     under     CN    codes    0202 20 50,   0202 20 90,
(a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal to
       102% of the guide price ;                                   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
O OJ No L 148 , 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ No L 61 , 4. 3. 1989, p. 43.
 (3) OJ No L 75, 23. 3. 1977, p. 10.                               O OJ No L 119, 11 . 5. 1990.
 b) OJ No L 376, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 31                              M OJ No L 83, 30. 3. 1990, p. 102.
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coefficient fixed for each of the products in question ;            times in one period of seven days, the price of each cat­
whereas these coefficients were fixed in Annex II to                egory and quality is equal to the arithmetic mean of the
Regulation (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
basis of prices recorded over a period to be determined on          Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary or
the representative market or markets of each Member                  health reasons for example, adopt measures affecting the
State for the various categories of adult bovine animals or          normal trend of prices recorded on their markets, the
of meat from such animals, taking into account the size of           Commission may disregard the prices recorded on the
each of these categories and the relative size of the bovine         market or markets in question, or use the latest prices
herd of each Member State ;                                          recorded on the market or markets in question before the
                                                                     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 ECU 0,24 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 Council                    retained ;
Regulation (EEC) No 1347/86 (1), as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 4132/88 (2) ; whereas the representa­
 tive markets, categories and qualities of products and
                                                                     Whereas the levies must be so fixed that obligations
weighting coefficients are fixed in Annex II to Commis­
 sion Regulation (EEC) No 610/77 of 18 March 1977 on                 arising from international agreements concluded by the
 the determination of prices of adult bovine animals on              Community continue to be fulfilled ;
 representative Community markets and the survey of
 prices of certain other cattle in the Community (3), as last
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 646/89 (4);                        Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 0 lays
                                                                      down the arrangements applicable on agricultural
                                                                      products and certain goods resulting from the processing
                                                                      of agricultural products originating in the African, Carib­
 Whereas, for Member States with several representative               bean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and
 markets, the price of each category and quality is equal to          territories ;
 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
 (') OJ No  L  119, 8. 5. 1986, p. 40.                                Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;
 (2) OJ No  L  362, 30 . 12. 1988 , p. 4.
 (3) OJ No  L  77, 25. 3. 1977, p. 1 .
 (4) OJ No  L  162, 13. 6. 1989, p. 22.                               0 OJ No L 84, 30. 3 . 1990, p. 85.
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Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation (EEC)               tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
No 805/68, the nomenclature provided for in this Regula­              previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ;
tion is incorporated in the combined nomenclature ;
                                                                  Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the aforemen­
Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each          tioned Regulations, and in particular to the information
month and are applicable from the first Monday of the             and quotations known to the Commission, the levies on
following month ; whereas these levies may be altered in          frozen beef and veal should be as set out in the Annex
the period between two fixings where the basic levy is            hereto,
altered, or in these case of changes in the prices recorded
on Community representative markets ;
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band                                 Article 1
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in    The import levies on frozen beef and veal shall be as set
     the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­     out in the Annex.
     tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­
     tion (EEC) No 1636/87 (2),
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the                                     Article 2
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
     these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­       This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 May 1990.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 10 May 1990 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                        Member of the Commission
 (') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 P) OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 ,
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                                                                 ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 10 May 1990 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and
                                                                  veal (')
                                                                                                                  (ECU/ 100 kg)
                                                 CN code                                                       Levy
                                                                                                       — Net weight —
                                               0202 10 00                                                  (') 197,163
                                               0202 20 10                                                  (') 197,163
                                               0202 20 30                                                  (') 157,730
                                               0202 20 50                                                  0) 246*454
                                               0202 20 90                                                  (') 295,745
                                               0202 30 10                                                  (') 246,454
                                               0202 30 50                                                  (') 246,454
                                               0202 30 90                                                  0 339,120
                                               0206 29 91                                                  0 339,120
            (') In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 715/90, levies are not applied to products imported directly into the
                French overseas departments, originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States ot in the overseas countries
                and territories.