CELEX: 31985R1372
Language: en
Date: 1985-05-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1372/85 of 24 May 1985 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

27. 5. 85                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 139/41
                                COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1372/85
                                                     of 24 May 1985
                         fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 meat of a category which is competitive with fresh or
COMMUNITIES,                                                   chilled meat and of past experience ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)
Economic Community,                                            No 2668/80, the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be
                                                               based inter alia on the prices shown in the customs
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   documents which accompany products imported from
1837/80 of 27 June 1980 on the common organization             non-member       countries   or   on  other   information
of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last           concerning the export prices applied by those non­
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1312/85 (2), and in             member countries ; whereas offer prices which do not
particular the first paragraph of Article 11 thereof,          correspond to actual purchasing possibilities or which
                                                               relate to unrepresentative quantities and offer prices
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                   which, in view of general price movements or other
Committee,                                                     information available, may be considered not to be
                                                               representative of actual price trends in the country of
                                                               origin are to be disregarded ;
Whereas under Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
1837/80 a levy is applicable to the products falling
within subheading 02.01 A IV b) listed in Annex I to           Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origi­
that Regulation ;                                               nating in or coming from one or more non-member
                                                                countries if exports of the said products are made at
Whereas, pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EEC)             abnormally low prices ;
No 1837/80, the levy on frozen carcases and half­
carcases is to be equal to the difference between :            Whereas the levy on the meat falling within subhead­
                                                                ings 02.01 A IV b) 2, 3, 4 and 5 listed in Annex I to
(a) the basic price multiplied by a coefficient represen­       Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is to be equal to the
     ting the relationship existing in the Community            levy determined for frozen carcases, multiplied by a
     between the price of fresh meat of a category              standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in
     competitive with the frozen meat in question,              question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed in
      presented in the same form, and the average price         Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 ;
     of fresh and chilled sheep carcases, and
(b) the Community free-at-frontier offer price for the
      said frozen meat ;                                        Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obliga­
                                                                tions arising from international agreements concluded
                                                                by the Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas,
Whereas the basic price for the 1985/86 marketing               moreover, account should be taken of the voluntary
year is fixed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No               restraint arrangements made by the Community with
 1313/85 (3) ; whereas the coefficient referred to in           certain non-member countries ;
Article 13 (1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is
fixed in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
2668/80 (4) ;                                                   Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (*) lays
                                                                down the arrangements applicable on agricultural
Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is           products and certain goods resulting from the proces­
determined in the light of the most representative              sing of agricultural products originating in the African,
                                                                Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas coun­
 purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quan­
                                                                tries and territories ;
 tity, recorded over the period from the 21st day of the
 preceding month to the 20th day of the month during
which the levies are determined, taking particular              Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of
 account of the supply and demand situation for fresh           each month for each week during the following
 or chilled meat, the world market price for frozen              month ; whereas they are applicable from Monday to
                                                                Sunday ; whereas they can be altered within that
 (') OJ No L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1 .                            period if necessary ;
 (2) OJ No L 137, 27. 5. 1985, p. 22.
 (3) OJ No L 137, 27. 5. 1985, p. 23 .
 (") OI No L 276; 20 . 10 . 1980, p. 39 .                        0 OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4.
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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 live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in           goatmeat other than frozen meat should be as set out
     relation to each other at any given moment within        in the Annex to this Regulation,
     a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
     their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
     provided for in Article 2b (2) of Council Regula­        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     tion (EEC) No 974/71 ('), as last amended by Regu­
     lation (EEC) No 855/84 (2),
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the                                Article 1
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
     these currencies recorded over a given period in         The import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
     relation to the Community currencies referred to         shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
     in the previous indent and the aforesaid coeffi­
     cient ;
                                                                                     Article 2
Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­
mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the infor­       This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 May 1985.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 24 May 1985.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                        Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                           Vice-President
 (') OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
 V) OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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                                                        ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 24 May 1985 fixing the import levies on frozen
                                                sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                                                                (ECU/100 kg)
                                  CCT
                                                                             Week No 9
                                heading                              from 27 May to 2 June 1985 (')
                                   No
          02.01 A IV b) 1                                                      135,250
                         2                                                      94,675
                         3                                                     148,775
                         4                                                     175,825
                         5 aa)                                                 175,825
                           bb)                                                 246,155
          (') 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 3658/84 and (EEC) No 486/85 and
              Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.