CELEX: 31987R3199
Language: en
Date: 1987-10-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3199/87 of 26 October 1987 fixing the import levies on live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen

27 . 10 . 87                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 304/29
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (E£C) No 3199/87
                                                        of 26 October 1987
                      fixing the import levies on live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          or less than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the
                                                                     following percentage of the basic levy :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                  (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or equal
                                                                           to 98 % of the guide price ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 % and
Portugal,                                                                  more than or equal to 96 % of the guide price ;
                                                                     (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 % and
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of                    more than or equal to 90 % of the guide price ;
 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
 in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)           (d) 114 % where the market price is less „ than 90 % of
 No 467/87 (2), and in particular Article 12 (8) thereof,                  the guide price ;
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,             Whereas pursuant to Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                      No 805/68 the basic levy on the meat specified in
 Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                sections (a), (c) and (d) of the Annex hereto is equal to the
 a levy is applicable to the products specified in Article 1         basic levy determined for bovine animals, multiplied by a
 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12 fixes the          standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in
 amount of the levy applicable by reference to a percen­              question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed by
 tage of the basic levy ;                                             Commission Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 of 18 March
                                                                      1977 laying down rules for the application of levies on
                                                                      beef and veal and amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68
 Whereas in respect of bovine animals the basic levy is               on the Common Customs Tariff (3), as last amended by
 determined on the basis of the difference between the
                                                                      Regulation (EEC) No 31 1 /83 (4) ;
 guide price and the Community free-at-frontier offer
 price plus the amount of the customs duty ; whereas the
 Community free-at-frontier offer price is determined in              Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals to be
 the light of the most representative purchasing possibili­           applied from 6 July 1987 were fixed by Council Regula­
 ties, as regards quality and quantity, recorded over a               tion (EEC) No 1891 /870 ;
 certain period for bovine animals and for the fresh or
 chilled meat specified in section (a) of the Annex to the            Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 stipulates that the
 said Regulation under subheadings 02.01 A II a) 1 to 3,              basic levy is to be calculated according to the method set
 account being taken in particular of the position with               out in its Article 3 and on the basis of all the representa­
 respect to supply and demand, of world market prices for             tive free-at-frontier offer prices of the Community deter­
 frozen meat of a category which is competitive with fresh            mined for the products of each of the categories and cuts
 or chilled meat and of past experience ;                             specified in Article 2 and established principally by
                                                                      reference to the prices specified in the customs docu­
 Whereas if it is found that the price of adult bovine                ments accompanying products imported from third coun­
  animals on representative Community markets is higher               tries or from other information concerning export prices
  than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the follo­         obtaining in those third countries ;
 wing percentage of the basic levy :
                                                                      Whereas, however, offer prices that do not correspond to
  (a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal to            real purchasing possibilities or that relate to unrepresenta­
        1 02 % of the guide price ;                                   tive quantitities should not be taken into account ;
  (b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 % and              whereas offer prices should also be excluded when the
        less than or equal to 1 04 % of the guide price ;             movement of prices in general or the information avai­
  (c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 % and              lable suggests that they are unrepresentative of the true
        less than or equal to 106 % of the guide price ;              trend of prices in the country of origin ;
  (d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 % of                Whereas in cases where for one or more categories of
        the guide price ;                                             bovine animals or cuts of meat a free-at-frontier offer
                                                                       price cannot be established, the most recent available
  Whereas if it is found that the price of adult bovine                price should be used for the calculation ;
  animals on representative Community markets is equal to
                                                                       (3) OJ No L 75, 23. 3. 1977, p. 10.
  (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.                              (4) OJ No L 303, 5. 11 . 1983, p. 16.
  (2) OJ No L 48, 17. 2. 1987, p. 1 .                                  O OJ No L 182, 3 . 7. 1987.
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Whereas if the free-at-frontier offer price differs by less        of the premium granted to producers under Regulation
than 0,60 ECU per 100 kilograms of live weight from that           (EEC) No 1347/86 (3), as last amended by Regulation
previously used for the calculation of the levy, the latter        (EEC) No 467/87 (4) ; whereas the representative markets,
price should be retained ;                                         categories and qualities of products and weighting coeffi­
                                                                   cients are fixed in Annex II to Commission Regulation
                                                                   (EEC) No 610/77 of 18 March 1977 on the determination
Whereas pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)             of prices of adult bovine animals on representative
No 805/68 a special basic levy is determined for certain           Community markets and the survey of prices of certain
third countries on the basis of the difference between the
                                                                   other cattle in the Community ^, as last amended by
guide price and the average price recorded over a certain           Regulation (EEC) No 3003/87 (<);
period plus the amount of the customs duty ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 611 /77 of 18                Whereas, for Member States with several representative
March 1977 ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   markets, the price of each category and quality is equal to
925/77 (2), provides that the special levy on products origi­       the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each of
nating in and coming from Austria, Sweden and Switzer­              those markets ; whereas, for representative markets held
land should be determined on the basis of the weighted              several times in one period of seven days, the price of
 average of the prices of adult bovine animals recorded on          each category and quality is equal to the arithmetic mean
 the representative markets of those third countries ;              of the prices recorded on each market day ; whereas in
whereas the weighting coefficients and representative               respect of Italy the price of each category and quantity is
 markets are specified in the Annexes to Regulation (EEC)           equal to the average, weighted by the special weighting
 No 611 /77 ;                                                       coefficients fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    610/77, of the prices recorded in the surplus and deficit
                                                                    zones ; whereas the price recorded in the surplus zone is
 Whereas the average price is not to be used for calcula­           equal to the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on
 ting the special levy unless it is at least 1,21 ECU per 100       each of the markets within that zone ; whereas in respect
 kilograms of live weight more than the free-at-frontier            of the United Kingdom the weighted average prices of
 offer price determined in accordance with Article 10 (2) of        adult bovine animals recorded on the representative
 Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 ;                                       markets of Great Britain on the one hand and Northern
                                                                    Ireland on the other are adjusted by the coefficient fixed
                                                                    in the abovementioned Annex II ;
 Whereas if the average price differs by less than 0,60 ECU
 per 100 kilograms of live weight from that previously
 used to calculate the levy, the latter may be retained ;           Whereas prices for the different categories and qualities
                                   i
                                                                    not obtained from prices which are 'live weight excluding
 Whereas in cases where one or more of the abovemen­                tax' are multiplied by the live weight conversion coeffi­
 tioned third countries adopt, for reasons of health for            cients fixed in Annex II to the said Regulation and, in the
 example, measures affecting the prices recorded on their           case of Italy, are first increased of reduced by the correc­
 markets, the Commission may use the latest prices                   tive amounts fixed in the said Annex ;
 recorded before the entry into force of such measures ;
                                                                    Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary or
 Whereas pursuant to Article 12 (6) of Regulation (EEC)              health reasons for example, adopt measures affecting the
  No 805/68 the price of adult bovine animals on represen­           normal trend of prices recorded on their markets the
 tative Community markets is the price established on the            Commission may disregard the prices recorded on the
 basis of prices recorded over a period to be determined on          market or markets in question, or use the latest prices
  the representative market or markets of each Member                recorded on the market or markets in question before the
  State in respect of the various categories of adult bovine         entry into force of such measures ;
  animals or of meat from such animals, after taking into
  account the size of each of these categories and the rela­
  tive size of the bovine herd of each Member State ;                Whereas, in the absence of information, prices recorded
                                                                     on representative Community markets are determined
                                                                     mainly by reference to the most recently recorded prices ;
 Whereas the prices of adult bovine animals recorded on
  the representative market or markets of each Member
  State are equal to the average, weighted by the appropriate        Whereas for such period as the price of adult bovine
  coefficients, of the prices for the various qualities of adult     animals recorded on representative Community markets
  bovine animals or meat of such animals over a period of            differs by less then 0,24 ECU per 100 kilograms of live
  seven days in that Member State at a particular wholesale          weight from the price previously used, the latter is
  marketing stage ; whereas, the price of adult bovine               retained :
  animals recorded on the representative market or markets
  of the United Kingdom shall be corrected by the amount
                                                                     (3) OJ  No L  119 , 8 . 5. 1986, p. 40 .
                                                                     (4) OJ  No L  48 , 17.  2. 1987, p. 1 .
  (') OJ No L 77, 25. 3. 1977, p. 14.                                0   OJ  No L  77, 25.   3 . 1977, p. 1 .
  (2) OJ No L 109, 30 . 4. 1977, p. 1 .                              («) OJ  No L  285, 8 .  10 . 1987, p. 11
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Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations           of changes in the prices recorded on Community repre­
arising from international agreements concluded by the               sentative markets ;
Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,
account should be taken of Council Regulation (EEC) No               Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
314/83 of 24 January 1983 on the conclusion of the                   should be calculated on the following basis :
Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugos­                     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
lavia ('), of Council Regulation (EEC) No 287/82 of 3                      of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
February 1982 establishing the arrangements applicable to                  rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the
imports of products originating in Yugoslavia to take                      last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regulation
account of the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the                   (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regulation
Community (2), and of Council Regulation (EEC) No                          (EEC) No 1636/87Q,
3349/81 of 24 November 1981 providing for a reduction                 — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
in the levy applicable to imports into the Community of                    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
certain beef and veal products originating in and coming                   these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
from Yugoslavia (3) ;                                                      tion to, the Community currencies referred .to in the
                                                                           previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (4), last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1821 /87 (5), lays down                Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the aforemen­
the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and              tioned Regulation, and in particular to the information
certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural           and quotations known to the Commission, the levies on
 products originating in the African , Caribbean and Pacific          live cattle and beef and veal other than frozen meat
 States or in the overseas countries and territories ;                should be as set out in the Annex hereto,
Whereas the various cuts of beef and veal are defined in
 Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation (EEC)                                          Article 1
 No 805/68, the nomenclature provided for in this Regula­
 tion is incorporated in the Common Customs Tariff ;                  The import levies on live cattle and beef and veal other
                                                                      than frozen meat shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
 Whereas the levies and special levies are fixed before the
 27th day of each month and are applicable from the first                                        Article 2
 Monday of the following month ; whereas these levies
 may be altered in the period between two fixings where               This Regulation shall enter into force on 2 November
 the basic levy or special . basic levy is altered, or in the case     1987 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                    Done at Brussels, 26 October 1987 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                      Vice-President
 (') OJ   No L 41 , 14. 2. 1983, p. 1 .
 O   OJ   No L 30, 6 . 2. 1982, p. 1 .
 (3) OJ   No L 339, 26. 11 . 1981 , p. 1 .
 (4) OJ   No L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4.                                 («) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 (*) OJ   No L 172, 30 . 6 . 1987, p. 102 .                            O OJ No L 153 , 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                                  ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 26 October 1987 fixing the import levies on
                                     live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen (')
                                                                                                                    (ECU/100 kg)
                                                                                    Austria/Sweden/
                           CCT heading No                    Yugoslavia (2)                               Other third countries
                                                                                      Switzerland
                                                                                   — Live weight —
            01.02 A II (a)                                       53,790                  31,628                  122,641
                                                                                    — Net weight —
            02.01 A II a) 1                                    102,201                   60,094                  233,018
            02.01 A II a) 2                                      81,761                  48,075                  186,415
             02.01 A II a) 3                                   122,641                   72,112                  279,621
             02.01 A II a) 4 aa)                                   —
                                                                                         90,140                  349,527
             02.01 A II a) 4 bb)                                   —
                                                                                        103,107                  399,811
             02.06 C I a) 1                                        —
                                                                                         90,140                  349,527
             02.06 C I a) 2                                        —
                                                                                        103,107                  399,81.1
             16.02 B III b) 1 aa)                                  —
                                                                                        103,107                  399,811
             (') In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85, levies are not applied to imports into the French overseas
                 departments of products originating in the African, Caribbean nad 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 Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, and in the
                 provisions adopted for its application, is totally or partially suspended in accordance with those provisions.