CELEX: 31987R3918
Language: en
Date: 1987-12-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3918/87 of 23 December 1987 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

29 . 12. 87                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 369/ 11
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3918/87
                                                   of 23 December 1987
                            fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                     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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of past experi­
Economic Community,                                             ence ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and
Portugal,                                                       Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                2668/80, the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be based
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80             inter alia on the prices shown in the customs documents
of 27 June 1980 on the common organization of the               which accompany products imported from non-member
market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last amended by        countries or on other information concerning the export
Regulation (EEC) No 3908/87 (2), and in particular the          prices applied by those non-member countries ; whereas
first paragraph of Article 11 thereof,                          offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing
                                                                possibilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities
                                                                and offer prices which, in view of general price move­
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,          ments or other information available, may be considered
                                                                 not to be representative of actual price trends in the
                                                                 country of origin are to be disregarded ;
Whereas under Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
1 837/80 a levy is applicable to the products falling within
subheadings 0204 30 00, 0204 41 00, 0204 42 10,
0204 42 30,      0204 42 50,     0204 42 90,     0204 43 00,    Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origina­
0204 50 51 ,     0204 50 53,     0204 50 55,     0204 50 59,     ting in or coming from one or more non-member coun­
0204 50 71 and 0204 50 79 listed in Annex I to that              tries if exports of the said products are made at abnor­
Regulation ;                                                     mally low prices ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No
 1837/80, the levy on frozen carcases and halfcarcases is to     Whereas the levy on the meat falling within subheadings
                                                                 0204 30 00,      0204 41 00,       0204 42 10,   0204 42 30,
be equal to the difference between :                             0204 42 50,      0204 42 90,       0204 43 00,   0204 50 51 ,
                                                                 0204 50 53, 0204 50 55, 0204 50 59, 0204 50 71 and
(a) the basic price multiplied by a coefficient representing     0204 50 79 listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No
     the relationship existing in the Community between          1837/80 is to be equal to the levy determined for frozen
     the price of fresh meat of a category competitive with      carcases, multiplied by a standard coefficient fixed for
     the frozen meat in question, presented in. the same
     form, and the average price of fresh and chilled sheep      each of the products in question ; whereas these coeffi­
                                                                 cients are fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
     carcases, and
                                                                 2668/80 :
(b) the Community free-at-frontier offer price for the said
     frozen meat ;
                                                                 Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations
Whereas the basic price for the 1988 marketing year is           arising from international agreements concluded by the
 fixed in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No               Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,
 1969/87 (3) ; whereas the coefficient referred to in Article    account should be taken of the voluntary restraint arran­
 13 (1) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is fixed in           gements made by the Community with certain non-­
                                                                  member countries :
 Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 (4) ;
 Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is
 determined in the light of the most representative              Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 J5), as last
 purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quantity,       amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1821 /87 (% lays down
 recorded over the period from the 21st day of the prece­         the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
 ding month to the 20th day of the month during which             certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
                                                                  products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
                                                                  States or in the overseas countries and territories :
 (') OJ No L 183, 16. 7. 1980, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 370, 30. 12. 1987.
 (3) OJ No L 184, 3. 7. 1987, p. 21 .                             (*) OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4.
 n OJ No L 276. 20. 10. 1980, p. 39.                              M OJ No L 172, 30. 6. 1987, p. 102.
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Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each         — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
 month for each week during the following month ;                    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
whereas they are applicable from Monday to Sunday ;                  these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
whereas they can be altered within that period if neces­             tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
sary ;                                                               previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23                Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­
July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and         mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the informa­
on the common Customs Tariff (') introduces, with effect         tion and quotations known to the Commission, the levies
from 1 January 1988, a new combined nomenclature,                on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
which meets the requirements of both the Common                  other than frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex
 Customs Tariff and the Community's statistics on foreign
                                                                 to this Regulation,
 trade and which replaces the existing nomenclature ;
whereas the combined-nomenclature codes should there­
 fore be specified, together, with the relevant import
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
duties ;
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :                                             Article 1
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band        The import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                                 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
     of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
     rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the
     last paragraph of Article 3 (b) of Council Regulation                                Article 2
     (EEC) No 1676/85 (2), as last amended by Regulation
     (EEC No 1636/87 (3),                                        This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 January 1988.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 23 December 1987.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                              Vice-President
(') OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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                                                                    ANNEX
                        to the Commission Regulation of 23 December fixing the import levies on frozen
                                                          sheepmeat and goatmeat (')
                                                                                                                                       (ECU/100 kg)
                                           Week No 1                Week No 2                     Week No 3                    Week No 4
            CN code                         from 4 to                from 11 to                    from 18 to                   from 25 to
                                         10 January 1988          17 January 1988               24 January 1988              31 January 1988
           0204 30 00                        196,305                   202,680                       210,278                      215,340
           0204 41 00                        196,305                   202,680                       210,278                      215,340
           0204 50 51                        196,305                   202,680                       210,278                      215,340
           0204 42 10                        137,414                   141,876                       147,195                      150,738
           0204 50 53                        137,414                   141,876                       147,195                      150,738
           0204 42 30                        215,936                   222,948                       231,306                      236,874
           0204 50 55                        215,936                   222,948                       231,306                      236,874
           0204 42 50                        255,197                   263,484                       273,361                      279,942
           0204 50 59                        255,197                   263,484                       273,361                      279,942
           0204 42 90                        255,197                   263,484                       273,361                      279,942
           0204 50 71                        255,197                   263,484                       273,361                      279,942
           0204 43 00                        357,275                   368,878                       382,706                      391,919
           0204 50 79                        357,275                   368,878                       382,706                      391,919
(') 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.