CELEX: 31987R0875
Language: en
Date: 1987-03-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 875/87 of 26 March 1987 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

No L 83/38                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                  27. 3 . 87
                                          COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 875/87
                                                           of 26 March 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                   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
Regulation (EEC) No 794/87 (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
     frozen meat ;
                                                                       Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,
                                                                       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 625/87 (6), lays down
                                                                       the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is                  certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
determined in the light of the most representative                     products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
                                                                       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 .
0   OJ   No   L 79, 21 . 3 . 1987, 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 .                           («) OJ No L 58, 28 . 2. 1987, p. 102.
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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 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 April 1987.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                  Done at Brussels, 26 March 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 March 1987 fixing the import levies on frozen sheep
                                                              meat and goatmeat
                                                                                                                                       (ECU/100 kg)
              CCT                          Week No 14               Week No 15                    Week No 16                    Week No 17
             heading                        from 6 to                from 13 to                    from 20 to                  from 27 April
               No                        12 April 1987 (')        19 April 1987 (')             26 April 1987 0              to 3 May 1987 (')
02.01 A IV b) 1                              227,493                   227,103                       225,400                      222,850
                 2                           159,245                   158,972                       157,780                      155,995
                3                            250,242                   249,813                       247,940                      245,135
                4                            295,741                   295,234                       293,020                      289,705
                 5 aa)                       295,741                   295,234                       293,020                      289,705
                   bb)                       414,037                   413,327                       410,228                      405,587
(') 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.