CELEX: 31985R1371
Language: en
Date: 1985-05-27
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1371/85 of 24 May 1985 fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat

No L 139/38                         Official Journal of the European Communities                              27. 5. 85
                                COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1371 /85
                                                     of 24 May 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
                                                              which, in view of general price movements or other
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                  information available, may be considered not to be
1837/80 of 27 June 1980 on the common organization            representative of actual price trends in the country of
of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last          origin are to be disregarded ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1312/85 (2), and in
particular the first paragraph of Article 11 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 subhead­          Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is to be
ing 02.01 A IV a) 1 listed in Annex I to Regulation            equal to the levy determined for carcases, multiplied
(EEC) No 1837/80 is to be equal to the difference              by a standard coefficient fixed for each of the products
between the seasonally-adjusted basic price and the            in question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed in
Community free-at-frontier offer price ;                       Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 ;
Whereas the seasonally-adjusted basic price is fixed in
Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1313/85 (3) for the           Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obliga­
1985/86 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 regard quality and quantity,
recorded over the period from the 21st day of the
preceding month to the 20th day of the month during            Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (*) lays
which the levies are determined, taking particular             down the arrangements applicable on agricultural
account of the supply and demand situation for fresh           products and certain goods resulting from the proces­
or chilled meat, the world market price for frozen             sing of agricultural products originating in the African,
 meat of a category which is competitive with fresh or         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
                                                                Sunday ; whereas they can be altered within that
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)             period if necessary ;
 No 2668/80 (4) the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be
 based inter alia on the prices shown in the customs
                                                                Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
 (') OJ No L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1 .                           levies should be calculated on the following basis :
 Ó OJ No L 137, 27. 5. 1985, p. 22.
 0 OJ No L 137, 27. 5. 1985, p. 23.
 (4) OJ No L 276, 20 . 10 . 1980, p. 39 .                       0 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 27 May 1985.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 24 May 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 24 May 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 9
                               heading No                             from 27 May to 2 June 1985
          01.04 B                                                               84,600 (')
          02.01 A IV a) 1                                                     1 80,000 (2)
                         2                                                    126,000 (2)
                         3                                                    198,000 0
                         4                                                    234,000 (2)
                         5 aa)                                                234,000 (2)
                           bb)                                                327,600 (2)
          02.06 C II a) 1                                                     234,000 (3)
                         2                                                    327,6m (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.
          (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 3658/84 and (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.