CELEX: 31990R2458
Language: en
Date: 1990-08-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2458/90 of 24 August 1990 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

25. 8 . 90                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 231 /9
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2458/90
                                                         of 24 August 1990
                                fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          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
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               which is competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of
 Economic Community,                                                 past experience ;
 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 3013/89                 inter alia on the prices shown in the customs documents
of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of                   which accompany products imported from non-member
the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat (') and in parti­               countries or on other information concerning the export
cular Article 10 thereof,                                            prices applied by those non-member countries ; whereas
                                                                     offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing
                                                                     possibilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,              and offer prices which, in view of general price move­
                                                                     ments or other information available, may be considered
Whereas, pursuant to Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No            not to be representative of actual price trends in the
3013/89, a levy is applicable to the products falling within         country of origin are to be disregarded ;
CN       codes      0204 30 00,       0204 41 00,    0204 42 10,
0204 42 30,       0204 42 50,        0204 42 90,     0204 43 00,
0204 50 5 1 ,     0204 50 53,        0204 50 55,     0204 50 59,      whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origin­
0204 50 71 and 0204 50 79 listed in Annex II to that                 ating in or coming from one or more non-member coun­
Regulation ;                                                         tries if exports of the said products are made at abnor­
                                                                     mally low prices ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No
3013/89, the levy on frozen carcases and halfcarcases is to
be equal to the difference between :                                 Whereas the levy on the meat falling within CN codes
                                                                     0204 30 00,      0204 41 00,     0204 42 1 0,   0204 42 30,
(a) the basic price multiplied by a coefficient representing         020442 50,       0204 42 90,     0204 43 00,    0204 50 51 ,
     the relationship existing in the Community between              020450 53,     0204 50 55, 0204 50 59 , 020450 71 and
     the price of fresh meat of a category competitive with          0204 50 79 listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
     the frozen meat in question, presented in the same              3013/89 is to be equal to the levy determined for frozen
     form, and the average price of fresh and chilled sheep          carcases, multiplied by a standard coefficient fixed for
     carcases, and                                                   each of the products in question ; whereas these coeffi­
(b) the Community free-at-frontier offer price for the said          cients are fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     2668/80 ;
     frozen meat ;
Whereas the seasonally-adjusted basic price for the 1990             Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations
marketing year is fixed in Article 2 of Council Regulation
                                                                     arising from international agreements concluded by the
(EEC) No 1248/89 (2) ; whereas the coefficient referred to
                                                                     Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,
in Article 2 (1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 is              account should be taken of the voluntary restraint
fixed in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 (3),           arrangements made by the Community with certain
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3939/87 (4) ;                      non-member countries ;
Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is
determined in the light of the most representative                   Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (5), lays
purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quantity,           down the arrangements applicable On agricultural
recorded over the period from the 21st day of the                    products and certain goods resulting from the processing
preceding month to the 20th day of the month during                  of agricultural products originating in the African, Carib­
                                                                     bean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and
(') OJ  No  L  289,  7. 10 . 1989, p. 1 .                            territories ;
(2) OJ  No  L  129,  11 . 5. 1989, p. 10.
(3) OJ  No  L  276,  20. 10. 1980, p. 39.
0   OJ  No  L  373,  31 . 12. 1987, p. 1 .                           0 OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
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Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each         tion and quotations known to the Commission, the levies
 month for each week during the following month ;                on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
whereas they are applicable from Monday to Sunday ;              other than frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex
whereas they can be altered within that period if neces­         to this Regulation,
 sary ;
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
 should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­        HAS ADOPTED 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                             Article 1
     last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regulation
     (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regulation
     (EEC) No 2205/90 (2),                                       The import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                                 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
     average of the ecu rates published in the Official
     Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
     a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­                                Article 2
     cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
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 .
O 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 frozen
                                                           sheepmeat and goatmeat (')
                                                                                                                                       (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
           0204 30 00                        122,785                   122,785                       122,785                      123,175
           0204 41 00                        122,785                   122,785                       122,785                      123,175
           0204 42 10                          85,950                   85,950                        85,950                       86,223
           0204 42 30                        135,064                   135,064                       135,064                      135,493
           0204 42 50                        159,621                   159,621                       159,621                      160,128
           0204 42 90                        159,621                   159,621                       159,621                      160,128
           0204 43 00                        223,469                   223,469                       223,469                      224,179
           0204 50 51                        122,785                   122,785                       122,785                      123,175
           0204 50 53                          85,950                   85,950                        85,950                       86,223
           0204 50 55                        135,064                   135,064                       135,064                      135,493
           0204 50 59                        159,621                   159,621                       159,621                      160,128
           0204 50 71                        159,621                   159,621                       159,621                      160,128
           0204 50 79                        223,469                   223,469                       223,469                      224,179
(') The levy applicable is limited to the amount bound under GAIT 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.