CELEX: 31983R3337
Language: en
Date: 1983-11-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3337/83 of 25 November 1983 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal

26. 11 . 83                               Official Journal of the European Communities                       No L 330/25
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3337/83
                                                         of 25 November 1983
                                        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 102 % of the guide price ;
                                                                        (b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 %
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  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 amount 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                   (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 %
 under subheading 02.01 A II b) 1 , the basic levy is
 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 23 May 1983 have been fixed by
      of adult bovine animals, and                                    Council Regulation (EEC) No 1213/83 of 17 May
 — the Community free-at-frontier offer price for                      1983 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
                                                                      sing possibilities, as regards quality and quantity,
 Whereas, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 586/77 of 18 March 1977 laying down rules for the
                                                                      recorded over a certain period preceding the fixing of
                                                                      the basic levy, taking into account in particular :
 application of the levies on beef and veal and amen­
 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 3114/83 (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 11 (2) (b) pf 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 .
(4) OJ   No  L  303 , 5 . 11 . 1983 , p. 16.                          O OJ No L 132, 21 . 5. 1983, p. 12.
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 Whereas, for the purpose of fixing the free-at-frontier            special weighting coefficients fixed in Annex II to
  offer prices, offer prices that do not correspond to real         Regulation (EEC) No 610/77, of the prices recorded in
  purchasing possibilities or that relate to unrepresenta­          the surplus and deficit zones ; whereas the price
 tive quantities should not be taken into account ;                 recorded in the surplus zone is equal to the arithmetic
 whereas offer prices should also be excluded when the              mean of the prices recorded on each of the markets
  movement of prices in general or the information                  within that zone ; whereas in respect of the United
  available gives reason to believe that they are unrepre­          Kingdom the weighted average prices of adult bovine
  sentative of the true trend of prices in the country of           animals recorded on the representative markets of
 origin ;                                                           Great Britain on the one hand and Northern Ireland
                                                                    on 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              Whereas prices for the different categories and quali­
 per 100 kilograms from that previously used for the                ties not obtained from prices which are 'live weight
 calculation of the levy, the latter price should be               excluding tax', are multiplied by the live weight
 retained ;                                                        conversion coefficients fixed in Annex II to the said
                                                                   Regulation and, in the case of Italy, are first increased
                                                                   or reduced by the corrective amounts fixed in the said
                                                                   Annex ;
 Whereas pursuant to Article 1 2 (6) of Regulation (EEC)
 No 805/68 the price of adult bovine animals on repre­
 sentative Community markets is the price established              Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary
 on the basis of prices recorded over a period to be               or health reasons for example, adopt measures affec­
 determined on the representative market or markets of             ting the normal trend of prices recorded on their
 each Member State for the various categories of adult             markets, the Commission may disregard the prices
 bovine animals or of meat from such animals, taking               recorded on the market or markets in question, or use
 into account the size of each of these categories and             the latest prices recorded on the market or markets in
 the relative size of the bovine herd of each Member               question before the entry into force of such measures ;
 State :
                                                                   Whereas, in the absence of information, prices
                                                                   recorded on representative Community markets are
                                                                   determined mainly by reference to the most recently
 Whereas the prices of adult bovine animals recorded               recorded prices ;
 on the representative market or markets of each
 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,
whereas the representative markets, categories and                 the latter is retained ;
 qualities of products and weighting coefficients are
 fixed in Annex II to Commission Regulation (EEC)                  Whereas the levies must be so fixed that obligations
 No 610/77 of 18 March 1977 on the determination of                arising from international agreements concluded by
 prices of adult bovine animals on representative                  the Community continue to be fulfilled ;
 Community markets and the survey of prices of
certain other cattle in the Community ('), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1483/83 (2) ;                       Whereas the various cuts of frozen meat are defined in
                                                                   Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;
Whereas, for Member States with several representative             Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation
markets, the price of each category and quality is equal           (EEC) No 805/68 , the nomenclature provided for in
to the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each              this Regulation is incorporated in the Common
                                                                   Customs Tariff ;
of those markets ; for representative markets held
several times in one period of seven days, the price of
each category and quality is equal to the arithmetic               Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of
mean of the prices recorded on each market day ;                   each month and are applicable from the first Monday
whereas in respect of Italy the price of each category             of the following month ; whereas these levies may be
and quality is equal to the average, weighted by the               altered in the period between two fixings where the
                                                                   basic levy is altered, or in these case of changes in the
(') OJ No L 77, 25 . 3 . 1977, p. 1 .                              prices recorded on Community representative
(2) OJ No L 151 , 9 . 6 . 1983 , p. 31 .                           markets ;
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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
                                                              the Annex hereto .
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
     relation to each other at any given moment within
    a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    their central rate,
                                                                                    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 for a given period in           set out in the Annex hereto.
    relation to the Community currencies referred to
    in the previous indent ;                                                        Article 2
Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the afore­        This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 December
                                                              1983 .
mentioned Regulations, and in particular to the infor­
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 25 November 1983.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                         Poul DALSAGER
                                                                   Member of the Commission
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                                                          ANNEX
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           to the Commission Regulation of 25 November 1983 fixing the import levies on frozen
                              beef and veal (') for the period beginning 5 December 1983
                                                                                                     (ECU / 100 kg)
                                         CCT heading No                                           Levy
                                                                                            — Net weight —
           02.01 A II b) 1                                                                      199,878
           02.01   A lib) 2                                                                     159,903 (a)
           02.01   A lib) 3                                                                     249,848
           02.01   A II b) 4 aa)                                                                299,818
           02.01   All b)4bb) 11                                                                249,848 (a)
           02.01   A lib) 4 bb) 22 (b)                                                          249,848 (a)
           02.01   A II b) 4 bb) 33                                                             343,791 (a)
            (') In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 435/80, 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.