CELEX: 31993R3625
Language: en
Date: 1993-12-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 3625/93 of 28 December 1993 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

29. 12. 93                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 328 /45
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3625/93
                                                        of 28 December 1993
                                fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          of the supply and demand situation for fresh or chilled
                                                                       meat, the world market price for frozen meat of a category
                                                                      which is competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 past experience ;
 Community,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89                  whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No
 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of                   2668/80, the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be based
 the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last                     inter alia on the prices shown in the customs documents
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 363/93 (2), and in parti­             which accompany products imported from non-member
 cular Article 10 thereof,                                            countries or on other information concerning the export
                                                                      prices applied by those non-member countries ; whereas
                                                                      offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing
                                                                      possibilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities
 whereas, pursuant to Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No            and offer prices which, in view of general price move­
 3013/89, a levy is applicable to the products falling within         ments or other information available, may be considered
 CN      codes      0204 30 00,      0204 41 00,      0204 42 10,
 0204 42 30,       0204 42 50,       0204 42 90,      0204 43 00,
                                                                      not to be representative of actual price trends in the
 0204 50 51 ,      0204 50 53,       0204 50 55,      0204 50 59,
                                                                      country of origin are to be disregarded ;
0204 50 71 and 0204 50 79 listed in Annex II to that
 Regulation ;
                                                                      Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origin­
                                                                      ating in or coming from one or more non-member coun­
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No                tries if exports of the said products are made at abnor­
 3013/89, the levy on frozen carcases and halfcarcases is to          mally low prices ;
be equal to the difference between :
(a) the basic price multiplied by a coefficient representing          Whereas the levy on the meat falling within CN codes
     the relationship existing in the Community between               0204 30 00,      0204 41 00,     0204 42 10,    0204 42 30,
     the price of fresh meat of a category competitive with           0204 42 50,      0204 42 90,     0204 43 00,    0204 50 51 ,
     the frozen meat in question, presented in the same               0204 50 53,    0204 50 55, 0204 50 59, 0204 50 71 and
     form, and the average price of fresh and chilled sheep           0204 50 79 listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
     carcases, and                                                    3013/89 is to be equal to the levy determined for frozen
                                                                      carcases, multiplied by a standard coefficient fixed for
(b) the Community free-at-frontier offer price for the said           each of the products in question ; whereas these coeffi­
     frozen meat ;
                                                                      cients are fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                      2668/80 :
Whereas the seasonally-adjusted basic price for the 1994
marketing year is fixed in Article 2 of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 1 564/93 (3) ; whereas the coefficient referred to           Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations
in Article 12 (3) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 is               arising from international agreements concluded by the
fixed in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 (4),            Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3890/92 (*) ;                  account should be taken of the voluntary restraint
                                                                      arrangements made by the Community with certain
                                                                      non-member countries :
Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is
determined in the light of the most representative
purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quantity,            Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (6), as last
recorded over the period from the 21st day of the                     amended by Regulation (EEC) No 444/92 Q, lays down
preceding month to the 20th day of the month during                   the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
which the levies are determined, taking particular account            certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
                                                                      products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
(') OJ  No  L  289, 7. 10. 1989, p. 1 .                               States or in the overseas countries and territories :
 2  OJ  No  L  42, 19. 2. 1993, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No  L  154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 36.
(4) OJ  No  L  276, 20. 10. 1980, p. 39.                              (*) OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
O   OJ  No  L  391 , 31 . 12. 1992, p. 51 .                           0 OJ No L 52, 27. 2. 1992, p. 7.
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Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Council Decision       tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the            lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (4);
overseas countries and territories with the European
Economic Community ('), no levies shall apply on                 Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­
imports of products originating in the overseas countries        mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the informa­
and territories ;                                                tion and quotations known to the Commission, the levies
                                                                 on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                                 other than frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex
Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each
month for each week during the following month ;                 to this Regulation,
whereas they are applicable from Monday to Sunday ;
whereas they can be altered within that period if neces­         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
sary ;
                                                                                          Article 1
Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (2), as                 The import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (3), are used to           shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .
convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural                                Article 2
conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­         This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 January 1994.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 28 December 1993.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                             Rene STEICHEN
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(<) OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
M OJ No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32.                              (4) OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
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                                                                    ANNEX
                     to the Commission Regulation of 28 December 1993 fixing the import levies on frozen
                                                          sheepmeat and goatmeat (') (2)
                                                                                                                                    (ECU/100 kg)
                                           Week No 1                Week No 2                    Week No 3                  Week No 4
            CN code                         from 3 to               from 10 to                    from 17 to                 from 24 to
                                         9 January 1994           16 January 1994              23 January 1994            30 January 1994
           0204 30 00                        115,738                  117,928                       120,478                    122,293
           0204 41 00                        115,738                  117,928                       120,478                    122,293
           0204 42 10                         81,017                   82,550                        84,335                     85,605
           0204 42 30                        127,312                  129,721                       132,526                    134,522
           0204 42 50                        150,459                  153,306                       156,621                    158,981
           0204 42 90                        150,459                  153,306                       156,621                    158,981
           0204 43 10                        210,643                  214,629                       219,270                    222,573
           0204 43 90                        210,643                  214,629                       219,270                    222,573
           0204 50 51                        115,738                  117,928                       120,478                    122,293
           0204 50 53                         81,017                   82,550                        84,335                     85,605
           0204 50 55                        127,312                  129,721                       132,526                    134,522
           0204 50 59                        150,459                  153,306                       156,621                    158,981
           0204 50 71                        150,459                  153,306                       156,621                    158,981
           0204 50 79                        210,643                  214,629                       219,270                    222,573
(') 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, (EEC) No 715/90 and (EC) No 3609/93 and Commission Regulations (EEC) No 19/82 and (EC) No 3581 /93.
(z) No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.