CELEX: 31995R0177
Language: en
Date: 1995-01-31 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 177/95 of 31 January 1995 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

1 . 2. 95                                    Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 24/49
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1 77/95
                                                            of 31 January 1995
                                 fixing die import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             of the supply and demand situation for fresh or chilled
                                                                        meat, the world market price for frozen meat of a category
                                                                        which is competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   past experience ;
Community,
                                                                        Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89                    2668/80, the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be based
of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of
                                                                        inter alia on the prices shown in the customs documents
the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (!), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 1886/94 (2), and in parti­                which accompany products imported from non-member
cular Article 10 thereof,                                               countries or on other information concerning the export
                                                                        prices applied by those non-member countries ; whereas
                                                                        offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing
                                                                        possibilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities
Whereas, pursuant to Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No               and offer prices which, in view of general price move­
3013/89, a levy is applicable to the products falling within            ments or other information available, may be considered
CN        codes       0204 30 00,      0204 41 00,      0204 42 10,
0204 42 30,        0204 42 50,        0204 42 90,       0204 43 00,
                                                                        not to be representative of actual price trends in the
                                                                        country of origin are to be disregarded ;
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
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No                  tries if exports of the said products are made at abnor­
3013/89, the levy on frozen carcases and halfcarcases is to             mally low prices ;
be equal to the difference between :
(a) the basic price multiplied by a coefficient representing            Whereas the levy on the meat falling within CN codes
      the relationship existing in the Community between                0204 30 00,      0204 41 00,     0204 42 10,    0204 42 30,
      the price of fresh meat of a category competitive with            0204 42 50,      0204 42 90,     0204 43 00,    0204 50 51 ,
      the frozen meat in question, presented in the same                0204 50 53,    0204 50 55, 0204 50 59, 0204 50 71 and
      form, and the average price of fresh and chilled sheep            0204 50 79 listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
      carcases, and                                                     3013/89 is to be equal to the levy determined for frozen
                                                                        carcases, multiplied hy 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 1995
marketing year is fixed in Article 2 of Council Regulation
(EC) No 1887/94 (3) ; whereas the coefficient referred to in            Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations
Article 12 (3) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 is fixed              arising from international agreements concluded by the
in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 (4), as last            Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3890/92 0) ;                             account should be taken of the voluntary restraint
                                                                        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 (% as last
recorded over the period from the 21st day of the                       amended by Regulation (EC) No 2484/94 Q, lays down
preceding month to the 20th day of the month during                     the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
which the levies are determined, taking particular account              certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
                                                                        products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
(')  OJ  No  L  289,   7. 10. 1989, p. 1 .                              States or in the overseas countries and territories :
(*)  OJ  No  L  197,   30. 7. 1994, p. 30.
(3)  OJ  No  L  197,   30. 7. 1994, p. 31 .
(4)  OJ  No  L  276,   20. 10. 1980, p. 39.                             (*) OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
0    OJ  No  L  391 ,  31 . 12. 1992, p. 51 .                           f) OJ No L 265, 15. 10. 1994, p. 3.
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 Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision        tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
 91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the            lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (4), as last amended by Regula­
 overseas countries and territories with the European             tion (EC) No 157/95 0 ;
 Economic Community ('), no levies shall apply on
 imports of products originating in the overseas countries        Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­
 and territories ;                                                mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the informa­
                                                                  tion and quotations known to the Commission, the levies
                                                                  on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
 Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each         other than frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex
 month for each week during the following month ;                 to this Regulation,
 whereas they are applicable from Monday to Sunday ;
 whereas they can be altered within that period if neces­
 sary ;                                                           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                            Article 1
 Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (2), as last            The import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 (3), are used to           shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
 convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
 and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural                                 Article 2
 conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
 whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­         This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 February 1995.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 31 January 1995.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              Franz FISCHLER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
O OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .                             (4) OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
(3) OJ No L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .                            f5) See page 1 of this Official Journal.
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                                                                    ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 31 January 1995 fixing the import levies on frozen
                                                          sheepmeat and goatmeat V) (2)
                                                                                                                                   (ECU/100 kg)
                                          Week No 6                 Week No 7                     Week No 8                 Week No 9
            CN code                        from 6 to                from 13 to                     from 20 to        from 27 February 1995 to
                                        12 February 1 995        19 February 1995               26 February 1995           5 March 1995
           0204 30 00                       151,030                   153,221                        155,413                  157,170
           0204 41 00                       151,030                   153,221                        155,413                  157,170
           0204 42 10                       105,721                   107,255                        108,789                  110,019
           0204 42 30                       166,133                   168,543                        170,954                  172,887
           0204 42 50                       196,339                   199,187                        202,037                  204,321
           0204 42 90                       196,339                   199,187                        202,037                  204,321
           0204 43 1*0                      274,875                   278,862                        282,852                  286,049
           0204 43 90                       274,875                   278,862                        282,852                  286,049
           0204 50 51                       151,030                   153,221                        155,413                  157,170
           0204 50 53                       105,721                   107,255                        108,789                  110,019
           0204 50 55                       166,133                   168,543                        170,954                  172,887
           0204 50 59                       196,339                   199,187                        202,037                  204,321
           0204 50 71                       196,339                   199,187                        202,037                  204,321
           0204 50 79                       274,875                   278,862                        282,852                  286,049
(') 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 (EC) No 3234/94 and Commission Regulations (EEC) No 19/82 and (EC) No 3242/94.
(2) No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.