CELEX: 31987R0225
Language: en
Date: 1987-01-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 225/87 of 26 January 1987 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

27. 1 . 87                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 24/ 19
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 225/87
                                                         of 26 January 1987
                                 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of past experi­
                                                                      ence :
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                      Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      2668/80, the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be based
 Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   inter alia on the prices shown in the customs documents
 Portugal,                                                           which accompany products imported from non-member
                                                                     countries or on other information concerning the export
                                                                     prices applied by those non-member countries ; whereas
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80
 of 27 June 1980 on the common organization of the
                                                                     offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing
                                                                     possibilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities
 market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last amended by            and offer prices which, in view of general price move­
 Regulation (EEC) No 882/86 (2), and in particular the first         ments or other information available, may be considered
 paragraph of Article 11 thereof,
                                                                     not to be representative of actual price trends in the
                                                                     country of origin are to be disregarded ;
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                     Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origina­
Whereas under Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                  ting in or coming from one or more non-member coun­
 1837/80 a levy is applicable to the products falling within         tries if exports of the said products are made at abnor­
 subheading 02.01 A IV b) listed in Annex I to that Regu­            mally low prices ;
 lation ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No               Whereas the levy on the meat falling within subheadings
 1837/80, the levy on frozen carcases and halfcarcases is to         02.01 A IV b) 2, 3, 4 and 5 listed in Annex I to Regula­
be equal to the difference between :                                 tion (EEC) No 1837/80 is to be equal to the levy deter­
                                                                     mined for frozen carcases, multiplied by a standard coeffi­
(a) the basic price multiplied by a coefficient representing         cient fixed for each of the products in question ; whereas
     the relationship existing in the Community between              these coefficients are fixed in Annex II to Regulation
     the price of fresh meat of a category competitive with          (EEC) No 2668/80 ;
     the frozen meat in question, presented in the same
     form, and the average price of fresh and chilled sheep
     carcases, and                                                   Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations
                                                                     arising from international agreements concluded by the
(b) the Community free-at-frontier offer price for the said          Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,
     frozen meat ;
                                                                     account should be taken of the voluntary restraint arran­
                                                                     gements made by the Community with certain non­
Whereas the basic price for the 1987 marketing year is               member countries ;
fixed in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1472/86 (3) ; whereas the coefficient referred to in Article
 13 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is fixed in             Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (*), as last
Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 (4) ;                   amended by Regulation (EEC) No 73/87 (*), lays down the
                                                                     arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
                                                                     certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is                products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
determined in the light of the most representative                   States or in the overseas countries and territories :
purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quantity,
recorded over the period from the 21st day of the prece­
ding month to the 20th day of the month during which
the levies are determined, taking particular account of the          Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each
supply and demand situation for fresh or chilled meat, the           month for each week during the following month ;
world market price for frozen meat of a category which is            whereas they are applicable from Monday to Sunday ;
                                                                     whereas they can be altered within that period if neces­
                                                                     sary ;
(') OJ   No   L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No   L 82, 27. 3. 1986, p. 3 .
 3  OJ   No   L 133 , 21 . 5. 1986, p. 34.                           0 OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4.
(4) OJ   No   L 276, 20. 10. 1980, p. 39.                             4 OJ No L 11 , 13. 1 . 1987, p. 23.
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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies       on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
should be calculated on the following basis :                    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 Council Regulation
     (EEC) No 1676/85 (»),
— 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 rela­      The import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                                 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
     tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
     previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ;
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 2 February 1987.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                   Done at Brussels, 26 January 1987.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                              Vice-President
 (') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
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                                                                    ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 26 January 1987 fixing the import levies on frozen sheep­
                                                              meat and goatmeat
                                                                                                                                      (ECU/100 kg)
              CCT-                         Week No 5                 Week No 6                     Week No 7                    Week No 8
             heading                        from 2 to                 from 9 to                    from 16 to                from 23 February
               No                       8 February 1987 (')      15 February 1987 (')          22 February 1987 (')         to 1 March 1987 (')
02.01 A IV b) 1                              206,723                   211,703                       214,500                     216,510
                 2                           144,706                   148,192                       150,150                     151,557
                 3                           227,395 .                 232,873                       235,950                     238,161
                4                            268,740                   275,214                       278,850                     281,463
                 5 aa)                       268,740                   275,214                       278,850                     281,463
                   bb)                       376,236                   385,299                       390,390                     394,048
(') 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 and (EEC) No 486/85 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.