CELEX: 31993R3624
Language: en
Date: 1993-12-29
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 3624/93 of 28 December 1993 fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat

No L 328/42                                Official Journal of the European Communities                               29. 12. 93
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3624/93
                                                       of 28 December 1993
                   fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                      other than frozen meat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          which accompany products imported from non-member
                                                                     countries or on other information concerning the export
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                prices applied by those non-member countries ; whereas
Community,                                                           offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing
                                                                     possibilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89                 and offer prices which, in view of general price move­
of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of                   ments or other information available, may be considered
the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last                    not to be representative of actual price trends in the
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 363/93 (2), Article 10                country of origin are to be disregarded ;
thereof,
                                                                     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 0204 10 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 1 3,   0204 50 1 5,   0204 50 1 9,
and half-carcases is to be equal to the difference between           0204 50 31 , 0204 50 39, 0210 90 1 1 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 1 564/93 (') for            to Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 ;
the 1994 marketing year ;
                                                                     Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations
Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is                arising from international agreements concluded by the
determined in the light of the most representative                   Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,
purchasing possibilities, as regard quality and quantity,            account should be taken of the voluntary restraint arran­
recorded over the period from the 21st day of the prece­             gements made by the Community with certain non­
ding month to the 20th day of the month during which                 member countries ;
the levies are determined, taking particular account of the
supply and demand situation for fresh or chilled meat, the
world market price for frozen meat of a category which is            Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (6), as last
competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of past experi­           amended by Regulation (EEC) No 444/92 Q, lays down
ence ;                                                               the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
                                                                     certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
Whereas the free-at-frontier offer price is to be deter­             products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
mined, if necessary, on the basis of the most represent­             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, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
2668/80 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                  91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
                                                                     overseas countries and territories with the European
3890/92 Is), the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be based
 inter alia on the prices shown in the customs documents             Economic Community (8), no levies shall apply on
                                                                     imports of products originating in the overseas countries
                                                                     and territories :
(') OJ  No  L 289, 7. 10. 1989, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 42, 19. 2. 1993, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No  L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 36.                               (6) OJ No L 84, 30. 3 . 1990, p. 85.
(4) OJ  No  L 276, 20. 10. 1980, p. 39.                              0 OJ No L 52, 27. 2. 1992, p. 7.
0   OJ  No  L 391 , 31 . 12. 1992, p. 51 .                           (8) OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
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Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each         on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
 month for each week during the following month ;                other than frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex
whereas they are applicable from Monday to Sunday ;              to this Regulation,
whereas they can be altered within that period if neces­
 sary ;
 Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 ('), as
 amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (2), are used to
 convert amounts expressed in third country currencies                                   Article 1
 and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
 conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;             The import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheep­
 whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­        meat and goatmeat other than frozen meat shall be as set
 tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­          out in the Annex hereto .
 lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (3) ;
 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 3 January 1994.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 28 December 1993.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            Rene STEICHEN
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32.
(3) OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
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                                                                          ANNEX
                      to the Commission Regulation of 28 December 1993 fixing the import levies on live sheep
                                  and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat (4)
                                                                                                                                             (ECU/100 kg)
                                             Week No 1                    Week No 2                    Week No 3                   Week No 4
            CN code                           from 3 to                    from 10 to                   from 17 to                  from 24 to
                                           9 January 1994               16 January 1994              23 January 1994             30 January 1994
          0104 10 30 (')                         76,446                        77,818                       79,416                      80,553
          0104 10 80 (')                         76,446                        77,818                       79,416                      80,553
          0104 20 90 (')                         76,446                        77,818                       79,416                      80,553
          0204 10 00 0                         162,650                       165,570                      168,970                     171,390
          0204 21 00 (2)                       162,650                       165,570                      168,970                     171,390
          0204 22 10 (2)                       113,855                       115,899                      118,279                     119,973
          0204 22 30 (2)                       178,915                       182,127                      185,867                     188,529
          0204 22 50 (2)                       211,445                       215,241                      219,661                     222,807
          0204 22 90 (2)                       211,445                       215,241                      219,661                     222,807
          0204 23 00 (2)                       296,023                       301,337                      307,525                     311,930
          0204 50 11 0                         162,650                       165,570                      168,970                     171,390
          0204 50 1 3 0                        1 1 3,855                     1 1 5,899                    1 1 8,279                   1 1 9,973
          0204 50 15 0                         178,915                       182,127                      185,867                     188,529
          0204 50 19 0                         211,445                       215,241                      219,661                     222,807
          0204 50 31 0                         211,445                       215,241                      219,661                     222,807
          0204 50 39 0                         296,023                       301,337                      307,525                     311,930
          0210 90 11 0                         211,445                       215,241                      219,661                     222,807
          0210 90 19 0                         296,023                       301,337                      307,525                     311,930
(') The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down by Council Regulations (EEC) No 3643/85, (EEC) No 715/90 and (EC) No 3609/93 and
    Commission Regulations (EEC) No 19/82 and (EC) No 3581 /93 .
(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 3842/92 and Commission Regulations (EEC) No 19/82 and (EEC) No 3943/92.
(') The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.
(4) No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.