CELEX: 31981R3374
Language: en
Date: 1981-11-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3374/81 of 26 November 1981 fixing the import levies on live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen

No L 340/ 18                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            27 . 11 . 81
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3374/81
                                                   of 26 November 1981
                    fixing the import levies on live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas if it is found that the price of adult bovine
COMMUNITIES,                                                     animals on representative Community markets is
                                                                 equal to or less than the guide price, the levy appli­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            cable equals the following percentage of the basic
Economic Community,                                              levy :
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68              (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or
of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the                     equal to 98 % of the guide price ;
market in beef and veal ('), as last amended by the Act          (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 %
of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular Article 12              and more than or equal to 96 % of the guide
(8 ) thereof,                                                         price ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                     (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 %
Committee,                                                            and more than or equal to 90 % of the guide
                                                                      price ;
Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No                   (d) 114 % where the market price is less than 90 % of
805/68 a levy is applicable to the products specified in              the guide, price ;
Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12
fixes the amount of the levy applicable by reference to          Whereas pursuant to Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EEC)
a percentage of the basic levy ;                                 No 805/68 the basic levy on the meat specified in
                                                                 sections (a), (c) and (d) of the Annex hereto is equal to
Whereas in respect of bovine animals the basic levy is           the basic levy determined for bovine animals, multi­
determined on the basis of the difference between the
                                                                 plied by a standard coefficient fixed for each of the
guide price and the Community free-at-frontier offer             products in question ; whereas these coefficients are
price plus the amount of the customs duty ; whereas              fixed by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 of
the Community free-at-frontier offer price is deter­              1 8 March 1 977 laying down rules for the application
mined in the light of the most representative purcha­            of levies on beef and veal and amending Regulation
sing possibilities, as regards quality and quantity,             (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (-'),
recorded over a certain period for bovine animals and            as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 882/79 (4) ;
for the fresh or chilled meat specified in section (a) of
the Annex to the said Regulation under subheadings               Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals to
02.01 A II a) 1 to 3, account being taken in particular          be applied from 7 December 1981 were fixed by
of the position with respect to supply and demand, of            Council Regulation (EEC) No 898 /81 of 1 April
world market prices for frozen meat of a category                 1981 ( s);
which is competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of
past experience ;                                                Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 stipulates that
                                                                 the basic levy is to be calculated according to the
Whereas if it is found that the price of adult bovine            method set out in its Article 3 and on the basis of all
animals on representative Community markets is                   the representative free-at-frontier offer prices of the
higher than the guide price, the levy applicable equals          Community determined for the products of each of
the following percentage of the basic levy :
                                                                 the categories and cuts specified in Article 2 and
(a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal            established principally by reference to the prices speci­
     to 1 02 % of the guide price ;                              fied in the customs documents accompanying
(b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 %               products imported from third countries or from other
     and less than or equal to 104 % of the guide                information concerning export prices obtaining in
                                                                 those third countries ;
     price ;
(c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 %               Whereas, however, offer prices that do not correspond
     and less than or equal to 106 % of the guide                to real purchasing possibilities or that relate to unre­
     price ;                                                     presentative quantitities should not be taken into
(d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 %                account ; whereas offer prices should also be excluded
     of the guide price ;
                                                                 (■') OJ No L 75, 23 . 3 . 1977, p. 10 .
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 24.                        (4) OJ No L 111 , 4. 5. 1979, p . 14.
O OJ No L 291 , 19 . 1 1 . 1979 , p . 17 .                       O OJ No L 90 , 4. 4. 1981 .
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< when the movement of prices in general or the infor­            on the basis of prices recorded over a priod to be
  mation available suggests that they are unrepresenta­           determined on the representative market or markets of
  tive of the true trend of prices in the country of              each Member State in respect of the various categories
  origin ;                                                        of adult bovine animals or of meat from such animals ,
                                                                  after taking into account the size of each of these cate­
                                                                  gories and the relative size of the bovine herd of each
  Whereas in cases where for one or more categories of            Member State ;
  bovine animals or cuts of meat a free-at-frontier offer
  price cannot be established, the most recent available
  price should be used for the calculation ;
                                                                  Whereas the prices of adult bovine animals recorded
  Whereas if the free-at-frontier offer price differs by          on the representative market or markets of each
  less than 0-60 ECU per 100 kilograms of live weight             Member State are equal to the average, weighted by
  from that previously used for the calculation of the            the appropriate coefficients, of the prices for the
  levy, the latter price should be retained ;                     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 marketing
  Whereas pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)          stage ; whereas the representative markets, categories
  No 805/ 68 a special basic levy is determined for               and qualities of products and weighting coefficients
  certain third countries on the basis of the difference
                                                                  are fixed in Annex II to Commission Regulation
  between the guide price and the average price                   (EEC) No 610/77 of 18 March 1977 on the determina­
  recorded over a certain period plus the amount of the           tion of prices of adult bovine animals on representa­
  customs duty ;                                                  tive Community markets and the survey of prices of
                                                                  certain other cattle in the Community ('), as last
  Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 611 /77 of               amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1458 / 81 (4) ;
  18 March 1 977 ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
  No 925/77 (2), provides that the special levy on
  products originating in and coming from Austria,
  Sweden and Switzerland should be determined on the              Whereas, for Member States with several representative
  basis of the weighted average of the prices of adult            markets, the price of each category and quality is equal
  bovine animals recorded on the representative markets           to the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each
  of those third countries ; whereas the weighting coeffi­        of those markets ; whereas, for representative markets
  cients and representative markets are specified in the          held several times in one period of seven days, the
  Annexes to Regulation (EEC) No 611 /77 ;                        price of each category and quality is equal to the arith­
                                                                  metic mean of the prices recorded on each market
                                                                  day ; whereas in respect of Italy the price of each cate­
  Whereas the average price is not to be used for calcu­
  lating the special levy unless it is at least 1-21 ECU          gory and quantity is equal to the average, weighted by
                                                                  the spetial weighting coefficients fixed in Annex II to
  per 100 kilograms of live weight more than the free­            Regulation (EEC) No 610 /77, of the prices recorded in
  at-frontier offer price determined in accordance with
                                                                  the surplus and deficit zones ; whereas the price
  Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 ;
                                                                  recorded in the surplus zone is equal to the arithmetic
                                                                   mean of the prices recorded on each of the markets
  Whereas if the average price differs by less than 0-60          within that zone ; whereas in respect of the United
  ECU per 100 kilograms of live weight from that                   Kingdom the weighted average prices of adult bovine
  previously used to calculate the levy, the latter may be        animals recorded on the representative markets' of
  retained ;                                                      Great Britain on the one hand and Northern Ireland
                                                                  on the other are adjusted by the coefficient fixed in
                                                                   the abovementioned Annex II ;
  Whereas in cases where one or more of the abovemen­
  tioned third countries adopt, for reasons of health for
  example, measures affecting the prices recorded on
  their markets, the Commission may use the latest
  prices recorded before the entry into force of such             Whereas prices for the different categories and quali­
  measures ;
                                                                   ties not obtained from prices which are ' live weight
                                                                   excluding tax' are multiplied by the live weight
                                                                   conversion coefficients fixed in Annex II to the said
  Whereas pursuant to Article 1 2 (6) of Regulation (EEC)          Regulation and, in the case of Italy, are first increased
  No 805/68 the price of adult bovine animals on repre­            or reduced by the corrective amounts fixed in the said
  sentative Community markets is th price established              Annex ;
  (') OJ No L 77 , 25 . 3 . 1977, p . 14.                          (') OJ No L 77, 25 . 3 . 1977, p . 1 .
  (2) OJ No L 109, 30 . 4. 1977, p. 1 .                            (4) OJ No L 142, 28 . 5. 1981 , p. 98 .
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Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary                 Whereas the levies and special levies are fixed before
or health reasons for example, adopt measures affec­                 the 27th day of each month and are applicable from
ting the normal trend of prices recorded on their                    the first Monday of the following month ; whereas
markets the Commission may disregard the prices                      these levies may be altered in the period between two
recorded on the market or markets in question , or use               fixings where the basic levy or special basic levy is
the latest prices recorded on the market or markets in               altered, or in the case of changes in the prices
question before the entry into force of such measures ;              recorded on Community representative markets ;
Whereas, in the absence of information , prices
                                                                     Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
recorded on representative Community markets are                     levies should be calculated on the following basis :
determined mainly by reference to the most recerltly
recorded prices ;                                                    — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
                                                                         relation to each other at any given moment within
Whereas for such period as the price of adult bovine
animals recorded on representative Community
                                                                         a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
                                                                         their effective parity,
markets differs by less then 0-24 ECU per 100 kilo­
grams of live weight from the price previously used,                 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
the latter is retained ;                                                 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                         these currencies recorded for a given period in
Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obliga­                   relation to the Community currencies referred to
tions arising from international agreements concluded                    in the previous indent ;
by the Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas,
moreover, account should be taken of Council Regula­                 Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the afore­
tion (EEC) No 1272/80 of 22 May 1980 on the conclu­                  mentioned Regulation , and in particular to the infor­
sion of the Interim Agreement between the European                   mation and quotations known to the Commission, the
Economic Community and the Socialist Federal                         levies on live cattle and beef and veal other than
Republic of Yugoslavia on trade and trade coopera­                   frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex hereto,
tion ('), of Council Regulation (EEC) No 438 /81 of 20
January 1981 establishing the arrangements applicable
to imports originating in Yugoslavia consequent upon
the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the Euro­                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
pean Economic Community (2), as amended by Regu­
lation ( EEC) No 2927/ 81 (3), and of Council Regula­
tion ( EEC) No 3349/81 of 24 November 1981 provi­                                            Article 1
ding for a reduction in the levy applicable to imports
into the Community of certain beef and veal products                 The import levies on live cattle and beef and veal
originating in and coming from Yugoslavia (4) ;                      other than frozen meat shall be as set out in the
                                                                     Annex hereto .
Whereas the various cuts of beef and veal are defined
in Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation                                            Article 2
( EEC) No 805/68 , the nomenclature provided for in
this Regulation is incorporated in the Common                        This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 December
Customs Tariff ;                                                      1981 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 26 November 1981 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                 Poul DALSAGER
                                                                           Member of the Commission
(')  OJ  No  L 130 , 27 . 5 . 1980 , p . 1 .
(2)  OJ  No  L 53 , 27. 2. 1981 , p . 1 .
(■') OJ  No  L 293 , 13 . 10 . 1981 , p . 1 .
O    OJ  No  L 339 , 26 . 11 . 1981 , p . 1 .
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                                                             ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 26 November 1981 fixing the import levies on
             live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen (') for the period beginning
                                                        7 December 1981
                                                                                                         (ECU/100 kg)
                                                                             Austria/Sweden/
                          CCT heading No                 Yugoslavia (2)                        Other third countries
                                                                                Switzerland
                                                                            — Live weight —
             01.02 A II (a)                                35-060                  5-739               79-937
                                                                            — Net weight —
             02.01 A II a) 1                               66-614                 10-904              151-880
             02.01 All a) 2                                53-291                  8-723              121-503
             02.01 A II a) 3                               79-937                 13-085              182-256
             02.01 All a) 4 aa)                                                   16-356              227-820
             02.01 A II a) 4 bb)                                                  18-709              260-594
             02.06 C I a) 1                                                       16-356              227-820
             02.06 C I a) 2                                                       18-709              260-594
              1 6.02 B III b) 1 aa)                                               18-709              260-594
             (') 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 .
             (2) This levy is applicable only to products complying with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No
                   1725/ 80 (OJ No L 170 , 3 . 7 . 1980 , p. 4).
             (a) The levy which is to be applied to young male bovine animals, intended for fattening, of a live
                   weight of 300 kg or less, imported under the conditions set out in Article 13 of Council Regula­
                   tion (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968, and in the provisions adopted for its application, is totally
                   or partially suspended in accordance with those provisions.