CELEX: 31985R3649
Language: en
Date: 1985-12-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3649/85 of 23 December 1985 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

24. 12. 85                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 348 / 13
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3649/85
                                                       of 23 December 1985
                                fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     2668/80, the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be based
                                                                      inter alia on the prices shown in the customs documents
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               which accompany products imported from non-member
 Economic Community,                                                 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                offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing
 of 27 June 1980 on the common organization of the                   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
                                                                     ments or other information available, may be considered
 Regulation (EEC) No 3523/85 (2), and in particular the
 first 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
(b) the Community free-at-frontier offer price for the said          arising from international agreements concluded by the
      frozen meat ;                                                  Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,
                                                                     account should be taken of the voluntary restraint arran­
Whereas the basic price for the 1986 marketing year is               gements made by the Community with certain non­
                                                                     member countries ;
fixed in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 1313/85 (3) ;
whereas the coefficient referred to in Article 13 ( 1 ) (a) of
Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is fixed in Article 2 (2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 (4) ;                                    Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (*), as
                                                                     amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2903/85 (*), lays down
Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is                the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
determined in the light of the most representative                   certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quantity,           products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
                                                                     States or in the overseas countries and territories :
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
supply and demand situation for fresh or chilled meat, the
world market price for frozen meat of a category which is            Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each
competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of past experi­           month for each week during the following month ;
ence :                                                               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  336, 14.  12. 1985, p. 2.
0   OJ   No  L  137, 27.  5. 1985, p. 23.                            O OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4.
(4) OJ   No  L  276, 20 . 10. 1980, p. 39.                           («) OJ No L 279, 19 . 10. 1985, p. 5.
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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 Regulation (EEC) No
       1676/85 0,
  — 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
       tion to the Community currencies referred to in the          shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
       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 6 January 1986.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States .
                    Done at Brussels, 23 December 1985.
                                                                             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 23 December 1985 fixing the import levies on frozen
                                                       sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                                                                                       (ECU/100 kg)
             CCT                      Week No 1                Week No 2              Week No 3                 Week No 4
           heading                     from 6 to                from 13 to             from 20 to           from 27 January to
              No                   12 January 1986 (')      19 January 1986 (')    26 January 1986 (')       2 February 1986 (')
02.01 A IV b) 1                         137,305                   143,680                151,278                  156,340
             . 2                          96,114                  100,576                105,895                  109,438
               3                        151,036                   158,048                166,406                  171,974
               4                        178,497                   186,784                196,661                  203,242
               5 aa)                    178,497                   186,784                196,661                  203,242
                 bb)                    249,895                   261,498                275,326                  284,539
(') 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.