CELEX: 31991R0444
Language: en
Date: 1991-02-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 444/91 of 26 February 1991 fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat

No L 52/ 16                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                27. 2. 91
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 444/91
                                                      of 26 February 1991
                 fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                    other than frozen meat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        inter alia on the prices shown in the customs documents
                                                                   which accompany products imported from non-member
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              countries or on other information concerning the export
Economic Community,                                                prices applied by those non-member countries ; whereas
                                                                   offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89               possibilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities
of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of                 and offer prices which, in view of general price move­
the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as amended by            ments or other information available, may be considered
Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (2), Article 10 thereof,               not to be representative of actual price trends in the
                                                                   country of origin are to be disregarded ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                   Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origina­
Whereas, under Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                ting in or coming from one or more non-member coun­
3013/89, a levy is applicable to the products falling within       tries if exports of the said products are made at abnor­
CN codes codes 0204 10 00, 0204 21 00, 0204 22 10,
                                                                   mally low prices ;
0204 22 30,      0204 22 50,       0204 22 90,     0204 23 00,
0204 50 1 1 ,    0204 50 1 3,      0204 50 1 5,    0204 50 1 9,
0204 50 31 and 0204 50 39 listed in Annex II of that
                                                                   Whereas the levy on live animals within CN codes
Regulation ;                                                       0104 10 90 and 0104 20 90 and on the meat falling within
                                                                   CN codes codes 020410 00, 0204 21 00,           0204 22 10,
Whereas, in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation               0204 22 30,      0204 22 50,     0204 22 90,    0204 23 00,
(EEC) No 3013/89, the levy on fresh or chilled carcases            0204 50 1 1 ,    0204 50 13 ,    0204 50 15,    0204 50 19,
and half-carcases is to be equal to the difference between         0204 50 31 , 0204 50 39, 0210 90 11 and 0210    90 19 listed
the seasonally adjusted basic price and , the Community            in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 is to be
free-at-frontier offer price ;                                     equal to the levy determined for carcases, multiplied by a
                                                                   standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in
Whereas the seasonally-adjusted basic price is fixed in            question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed in Annex I
Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1248/89 (3) for           to Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 ;
the 1990 marketing year ;
Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is              Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations
determined in the light of the most representative                 arising from international agreements concluded by the
purchasing possibilities, as regard quality and quantity,           Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,
recorded over the period from the 21st day of the prece­           account should be taken of the voluntary restraint arran­
ding month to the 20th day of the month during which               gements made by the Community with certain non­
the levies are determined, taking particular account of the         member countries ;
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 past experi­         Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (6), as
ence ;                                                             amended by Regulation (EEC) No 297/91 (J), lays down
                                                                    the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
Whereas the free-at-frontier offer price is to be deter­           certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
mined, if necessary, on the basis of the most represent­           products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
                                                                   States or in the overseas countries and territories ;
ative purchasing possibilities recorded for live sheep ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No              Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each
2668/80 (4), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                      month for each week during the following month ;
3939/87 (*), the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be based     whereas they are applicable from Monday to Sunday ;
                                                                   whereas they can be altered within that period if neces­
(') OJ No  L  289, 7. 10. 1989, p. 1 .                              sary ;
(2) OJ No  L  353, 17. 12. 1990, p. 23 .
(3) OJ No  L  129, 11 . 5. 1989, p. 10.
0   OJ No  L  276, 20 . 10. 1980, p. 39.                           (6) OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
0   OJ No  L  373, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 1 .                           0 OJ No L 36, 8 . 2. 1991 , p . 9 .
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 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies       on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
 should be calculated on the following basis :                    other than frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex
 — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­        to this Regulation,
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     the last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of to Council
     Regulation (EEC) No 1 676/85 ('), as last amended by
     Regulation (EEC) No 2205/90 (2),                                                     Article 1
 — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
     average of the ecu rates published in the Official           The import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheep­
     Journal of the European Communities, C series, over          meat and goatmeat other than frozen meat shall be as set
     a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­         out in the Annex hereto.
     cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
 Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­                                   Article 2
 mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the informa­
 tion and quotations known to the Commission, the levies          This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 March 1991 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                   Done at Brussels, 26 February 1991 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
O OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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                                                                          ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 26 February 1991 fixing the import levies on live sheep
                                   and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat
                                                                                                                                          (ECU/100 kg)
                                            Week No 9                     Week No 10                  Week No 11                  Week No 12
            CN code                          from 4 to                     from 11 to                  from 18 to                  from 25 to
                                           10 March 1991                 17 March 1991               24 March 1991               31 March 1991
         0104 10 90 (')                       117,853                        119,004                     119,709                     119,709
         0104 20 90 (')                       117,853                        119,004                     119,709                     119,709
          0204 10 00 (2)                      250,750                        253,200                     254,700                     254,700
          0204 21 00 (2)                      250,750                        253,200                     254,700                     254,700
          0204 22 10 0                        175,525                        177,240                     178,290                     178,290
         0204 22 30 (2)                       275,825                        278,520                     280,170                     280,170
         0204 22 50 (2)                       325,975                        329,160                     331,110                     331,110
         0204 22 90 (2)                       325,975                        329,160                     331,110                     331,110
         0204 23 00 (2)                       456,365                        460,824                     463,554                     463,554
         0204 50 11 (2)                       250,750                        253,200                     254,700                     254,700
         0204 50 13 (2)                       175,525                        177,240                     178,290                     178,290
         0204 50 1 5 (2)                      275,825                        278,520                     280,170                     280,170
          0204 50 19 (2)                      325,975                        329,160                     331,110                     331,110
          0204 50 31 (2)                      325,975                        329,160                     331,110                     331,110
          0204 50 39 (2)                      456,365                        460,824                     463,554                     463,554
          0210 90 11 (3)                      325,975                        329,160                     331,110                     331,110
          0210 90 19 (3)                      456,365                        460,824                     463,554                     463,554
(') The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down by Council Regulations (EEC) No 3643/85, (EEC) No 715/90 and (EEC) No 1373/90 and
    Commission Regulations (EEC) No 19/82, (EEC) No 1249/90, (EEC) No 1580/90 and (EEC) No 2085/90.
(2) 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 (EEC) No 753/90 and Commission Regulations (EEC) No 19/82, (EEC) No 3652/89, (EEC) No 3989/89, (EEC) No 479/90
    and (EEC) No 952/90 .
(3) The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.