CELEX: 31985R0856
Language: en
Date: 1985-03-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 856/85 of 28 March 1985 fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat

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                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 856/85
                                                    of 28 March 1985
               fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                 other than frozen meat
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  documents which accompany products imported from
  COMMUNITIES,                                                   non-member      countries     or  on other  information
                                                                 concerning the export prices applied by those non­
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          member countries ; whereas offer prices which do not
  Economic Community,                                            correspond to actual purchasing possibilities or which
                                                                 relate to unrepresentative quantities and offer prices
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                  which, in view of general price movements or other
  1837/80 of 27 June 1980 on the common organization             information available, may be considered not to be
 of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last            representative of actual price trends in the country of
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 871 /84 (2), and in              origin are to be disregarded ;
 particular the first paragraph of Article 11 thereof,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                   Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origi­
 Committee,                                                      nating in or coming from one or more non-member
                                                                countries if exports of the said products are made at
                                                                abnormally low prices ;
 Whereas, under Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
  1837/80, a levy is applicable to the products specified
 in Article 1 (a) of that Regulation ;                          Whereas the levy on live animals within subheading
                                                                01.04 B and on the meat falling within subheadings
 Whereas the levy on products falling within subhead­           02.01 A IV a) 2, 3, 4 and 5 and 02.06 C II a) listed in
 ing 02.01 A IV a) 1 listed in Annex I to Regulation            Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is to be
 (EEC) No 1837/80 is to be equal to the difference              equal to the levy determined for carcases, multiplied
 between the seasonally-adjusted basic price and the            by a standard coefficient fixed for each of the products
 Community free-at-frontier offer price ;                       in question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed in
                                                                Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 ;
Whereas the seasonally-adjusted basic price is fixed in
Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 873/84 (3) for the
 1984/85 marketing year, extended by Regulation                 Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obliga­
 (EEC) No 821 /85 (4);                                          tions arising from international agreements concluded
                                                                by the Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas,
Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is           moreover, account should be taken of the voluntary
 determined in the light of the most representative             restraint arrangements made by the Community with
 purchasing possibilities, as regard quality and quantity,      certain non-member countries ;
 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (6) lays
 account of the supply and demand situation for fresh           down the arrangements applicable on agricultural
or chilled meat, the world market price for frozen              products and certain goods resulting from the proces­
meat of a category which is competitive with fresh or           sing of agricultural products originating in the African,
                                                                Caribbean and Pacific Sates or in the overseas coun­
chilled meat and of past experience ;
                                                                tries and territories ;
Whereas the free-at-frontier offer price is to be deter­
mined, if necessary, on the basis of the most represent­        Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of
ative purchasing possibilities recorded for live sheep ;        each month for each week during the following
                                                                month ; whereas they are applicable from Monday to
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)              Sunday ; whereas they can be altered within that
No 2668/80 (*) the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be      period if necessary ;
based inter alia on the prices shown in the customs
(') OJ No L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1 .                            Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
(2) OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 35.                             levies should be calculated on the following basis :
(3) OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 42.
(4) See page 1 of this Official Journal.
0 OJ No L 276, 20. 10. 1980, p. 39.                             f6) OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4.
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— 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 Regulation (EEC)
     No 974/71 (') as last amended by Regulation (EEC)         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     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
     relation to the Community currencies referred to          The import levies on live sheep and goats and on
     in the previous indent and the aforesaid coeffi­          sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat shall
                                                               be as set out in the Annex hereto.
     cient ;
Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­
mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the infor­                               Article 2
mation and quotations known to the Commission, the
levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1985.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 28 March 1985.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                            Vice-President
 (') OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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                                                         ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 28 March 1985 fixing the import levies on live sheep and
                          goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat
                                                                                                (ECU/100 kg)
                            CCT
                                                          Week No 1                    Week No 2
                          heading                    from 1 to 7 April 1985      from 8 to 14 April 1985
                             No
            01.04 B                                         95,880 (')                  95,880 0
            02.01 A IV a) 1                                204,000 0                   204,000 O
                          2                                142,800 (2)                 142,800 0
                          3                                224,400 (2)                 224,400 0
                          4                                265,200 0                   265,200 0
                          5 aa)                            265,200 (2)                 265,200 0
                            bb)                            371,280 (2)                 371,280 (2)
            02.06 C II a) 1                                265,200 (3)                 265,200 0
                          2                                371,280 (3)                 371,280 (3)
            (') The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulations (EEC) No
                3658/84 and (EEC) No 486/85 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.
            0 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 arid (EEC) No 486/85 and
                Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.
            (3) The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No
                486/85 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.