CELEX: 31990R2459
Language: en
Date: 1990-08-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2459/90 of 24 August 1990 fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat

No L 231 / 12                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                   25. 8 . 90
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2459/90
                                                     of 24 August 1990
                  fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                  other than frozen meat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                     Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                2668/80 (3), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           3939/87 (4), the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be based
Economic Community,                                              inter alia on the prices shown in the customs documents
                                                                which accompany products imported from non-member
                                                                countries or on other information concerning the export
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and              prices applied by those non-member countries ; whereas
Portugal,                                                       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 ('), Article 10            not to be representative of actual price trends in the
thereof,                                                        country of origin are to be disregarded ;
                                                                Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origina­
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,         ting in or coming from one or more non-member coun­
                                                                tries if exports of the said products are made at abnor­
Whereas, under Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No             mally low prices ;
3013/89, a levy is applicable to the products falling within
CN codes codes 0204 10 00, 0204 21 00, 0204 22 10,              Whereas the levy on live animals within CN codes
0204 22 30,      0204 22 50,     0204 22 90,    0204 23 00,     0104 10 90 and 0104 20 90 and on the meat falling within
0204 50 11 ,     0204 50 13,     0204 50 15,    0204 50 19,     CN codes codes 0204 10 00, 0204 21 00,             0204 22 10,
0204 50 31 and 0204 50 39 listed in Annex II of that            0204 22 30,      0204 22 50,      0204 22 90,      0204 23 00,
Regulation ;                                                    0204 50 11 ,     0204 50 1 3,     0204 50 1 5,     0204 50 1 9,
                                                                0204 50 31 , 0204 50 39, 0210 90 1 1 and 0210      90 19 listed
                                                                in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 is to be
Whereas, in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation            equal to the levy determined for carcases, multiplied by a
(EEC) No 3013/89, the levy on fresh or chilled carcases         standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in
and half-carcases is to be equal to the difference between      question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed in Annex I
the seasonally adjusted basic price and the Community           to Regulation (EEC) No -2668/80 ;
free-at-frontier offer price ;
                                                                Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations
Whereas the seasonally-adjusted basic price is fixed in         arising from international agreements concluded by the
Article 2 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1248/89 (2) for        Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,
the 1990 marketing year ;                                       account should be taken of the voluntary restraint arran­
                                                                gements made by the Community with certain non-
                                                                member countries ;
Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is
determined in the light of the most representative
purchasing possibilities, as regard quality and quantity,       Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (5) lays
recorded over the period from the 21st day of the prece­        down the arrangements applicable on agricultural
ding month to the 20th day of the month during which            products and certain goods resulting from the processing
the levies are determined, taking particular account of the     of agricultural products originating in the African, Carib­
                                                                bean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and
supply and demand situation for fresh or chilled meat, the
                                                                territories ;
world market price for frozen meat of a category which is
competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of past experi­
ence ;                                                          Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each
                                                                month for each week during the following month ;
                                                                whereas they are applicable from Monday to Sunday ;
Whereas the free-at-frontier offer price is to be deter­        whereas they can be altered within that period if neces­
mined, if necessary, on the basis of the most represent­        sary ;
ative purchasing possibilities recorded for live sheep ;
                                                                (3) OJ No L 276, 20 . 10. 1980, p. 39 .
0 OJ No L 289, 7. 10 . 1989, p. 1 .                             (4) OJ No L 373, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 129, 11 . 5. 1989, p. 10.                             Ó OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies         tion and quotations known to the Commission, the levies
 should be calculated on the following basis :                     on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                                   other than frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                   to this Regulation,
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
     rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     last paragraph of Article 3 (b) of to Council Regulation
     (EEC) ,No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regulation                                  Article 1
     (EEC) No 2205/90 (2),
— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an           The import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheep­
     average of the ecu rates published in the Official            meat and goatmeat other than frozen meat shall be as set
     Journal of the European Communities, C series, over           out in the Annex hereto.
     a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
     cient referred to in the preceding indent ;                                           Article 2
Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­             This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 September
 mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the informa­          1990 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                                                                                                      \
                   Done at Brussels, 24 August 1990.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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                                                                          ANNEX
                      to the Commission Regulation of 24 August 1990 fixing the import levies on live sheep and
                                       goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat
                                                                                                                                          (ECU/100 kg)
                                            Week No 36                    Week No 37                   Week No 38                  Week No 39
             CN code                         from 3 to                     from 10 to                   from 17 to                 from 24 to
                                         9 September 1990             16 September 1990             23 September 1990           30 September 1990
          0104 10 90 (')                        62,219                        62,219                       62,219                     62,463
          0104 20 90 (■)                        62,219                        62,219                       62,219                     62,463
          0204 10 00 (2)                      132,380                        132,380                      132,380                    132,900
          0204 21 00 f)                       132,380                        132,380                      132,380                    132,900
          0204 22 10 (2)                        92,666                        92,666                       92,666                     93,030
          0204 22 30 0                        145,618                        145,618                      145,618                    146,190
          0204 22 50 (2)                      172,094                        172,094                      172,094                    172,770
          0204 22 90 0                        172,094                        172,094                      172,094                    172,770 '
          0204 23 00 (2)                      240,932                        240,932                      240,932                    241,878
          0204 50 1 1 (2)                     132,380                        132,380                      132,380                    132,900
          0204 50 13 (2)                        92,666                        92,666                       92,666                     93,030
          0204 50 15 (2)                      145,618                        145,618                      145,618                    146,190
          0204 50 19 (2)                      172,094                        172,094                      172,094                    172,770
          0204 50 31 (2)                   . 172,094                         172,094                      172,094                    172,770
          0204 50 39 (2)                      240,932                        240,932                      240,932                    241,878
          0210 90 11 (3)                      172,094                        172,094                      172,094                    172,770
          0210 90 19 f)                       240,932                        240,932                      240,932                    241,878
(') The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down by Council Regulations (EEC) No 3643/85, (EEC) No 715/90 and (EEC) No 1373/90 and
    Commission Regulations (EEC) No 19/82, (EEC) No 1249/90 and (EEC) No 1580/90.
(') 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 753/90 and Commission Regulations (EEC) No 19/82, (EEC) No 3652/89, (EEC) No 3989/89, (EEC) No 479/90
    and (EEC) No 952/90.
(3) The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.