CELEX: 31980R2669
Language: en
Date: 1980-10-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2669/80 of 17 October 1980 fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat

No L 276/42                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            20 . 10 . 80
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2669/80
                                                       of 17 October 1980
               fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                    other than frozen meat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     imported from non-member countries or on other
COMMUNITIES,                                                       information concerning the export prices applied by
                                                                   those non-member countries ; whereas offer prices
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              which do not correspond to actual purchasing possibil­
Economic Community,                                                ities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities and
                                                                   offer prices which, in view of general price move­
                                                                   ments or other information available, may be con­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       sidered not to be representative of actual price trends
1837/ 80 of 27 June 1980 on the common organiza­                   in the country of origin are to be disregarded ;
tion of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ( ! ), and
in particular the first paragraph of Article 1 1 thereof,
                                                                   Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origi­
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                       nating in or coming from one or more non-member
Committee,                                                         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
                                                                   02.01 A IV a) 2, 3, 4 and 5 and 02.06 C II a) listed in
Whereas the levy on products falling within                        Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is to be
subheading 02.01 A IV a) 1 listed in Annex I to Regu­              equal to the levy determined for carcases, multiplied
lation (EEC) No 1837/80 is to be equal to the differ­              by a standard coefficient fixed for each of the products
ence between the seasonally-adjusted basic price and               in question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed in
the Community free-at-frontier offer price ;                       Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2668 /80 ;
Whereas the seasonally-adjusted basic price is fixed in
Article 32 of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 for the                  Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obliga­
1980/81 marketing year ;                                           tions arising from international agreements concluded
                                                                   by the Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas,
                                                                    moreover, account should be taken of the voluntary
Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is               restraint arrangements made by the Community with
determined in the light of the most representative                 certain non-member countries ;
purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quan­
tity, 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 the levies are fixed before the 27th day of
account of the supply and demand situation for fresh                each month for each week during the following
or chilled meat, the world market price for frozen                  month ; whereas they are applicable from Monday to
meat of a category which is competitive with fresh or               Sunday ; whereas they can be altered within that
chilled meat and of past experience ;                               period if necessary ;
Whereas the free-at-frontier offer price is to be deter­
mined, if necessary, on the basis of the most represen­            Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
tative purchasing possibilities recorded for live sheep ;           levies should be calculated on the following basis :
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)                  — in the case of currencies which are maintained in
No 2668 /80 (2 ), the free-at-frontier offer prices are to              relation to each other at any given moment within
be based iriter alia on the prices shown in the                         a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on
customs documents which accompany products                              their effective parity,
(') OJ No L 183 , 16 . 7 . 1980 , p. 1 .                            — in the case of other currencies, an exchange based
(2 ) See page 39 of this Official Journal .                             on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of
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     each of those currencies recorded for a given            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     period in relation to the Community currencies                                  Article 1
     referred to in the previous indent ;
                                                              The import levies on live sheep and goats and on
Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­        sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat shall
mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the infor­       be as set out in the Annex hereto .
mation and quotations known to the Commission, the
                                                                                     Article 2
levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and
goatmeat other than frozen meat should be as set out          This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 October
in the Annex to this Regulation,                              1980 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 17 October 1980 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                        Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                           Vice-President
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                                                            ANNEX
          to Commission Regulation of 17 October 1980 fixing the import levies on live sheep and
                           goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat
                                                                                                 (ECU/100 kg)
                                                                                               Week No 30
                  CCT                                                         Week No 29
                                                                                            from 27 October
                 heading                        Description                  from 20 to 26
                                                                                                    to
                   No                                                         October 1980
                                                                                           2 . November 1980
          01.04 B            Live sheep and goats other than pure bred
                             breeding animals                                    33-84 (!)       33-37 (!)
          02.01 A IV a)      Meat of sheep or goats, fresh or chilled :      \\
                             1 . Carcases or half-carcases                       72-00 (2)       71-00 (2)
                             2. Short forequarters                               50-40 (2)       49-70 (2)
                             3 . Chines and/or best ends                         79-20 (2)       78-10 (2)
                             4. Legs                                             93-60 (2)       92-30 (2)
                             5 . Other :                                     Il
                                 (aa) Unboned (bone-in)                          93-60 P)        92-30 (2)
                                 (bb) Boned or boneless                         131-04 (2)      128-62 (2)
          02.06 C II a)      Meat of sheep or goats, salted, in brine, dried
                             or smoked :
          \                  1 . Unboned (bone-in)                               93-60           92-30
                             2 . Boned or boneless                              131-04          128-62
          (') The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No
                2645/80 and Commission Regulations (EEC) No 2664/80 and (EEC) No 2665/80.
           (2 ) The levy applicable is limited to the amount bound under GATT or in the conditions laid down
                in the voluntary restraint agreements or those laid down in Commission Regulations (EEC) No
                2664/ 80 and ( EEC) No 2665/80 .