CELEX: 31986R0152
Language: en
Date: 1986-01-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 152/86 of 24 January 1986 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal

No L 19/46                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                  25. 1 . 86
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 152/86
                                                           of 24 January 1986
                                         fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            (c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 % and
                                                                            less than 106% of the guide price ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                    (d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 % of
                                                                            the guide price ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market                  Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)              animals on representative Community markets is equal to
No 3768 /85 (2), and in particular Article 12 (8) thereof,             or less than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the
                                                                       following percentage of the basic levy :
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                       (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or equal
Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                       to 98 % of the guide price ;
a levy is applicable to the products specified in Article 1
( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12 fixes the            (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 % and
amount of the levy applicable by reference to a percen­                     more than or equal to 96 % of the guide price ;
tage of the basic levy ;                                               (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 % and
                                                                            more than or equal to 90 % of the guide price ;
Whereas, in respect of the types of frozen meat listed in
section (b) of the Annex to the said Regulation under                  (d) 114 % where the market price is less than 90 % of
                                                                            the guide price ;
subheading 02.01 A II b) 1 , the basic levy is determined
on the basis of the difference between :
                                                                       Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals to be
— the guide price multiplied by a coefficient represen­                applied from 27 May 1985 have been fixed by Council
      ting the ratio existing in the Community between the             Regulation (EEC) No 1308/85 of 23 May 1985 (*);
      price of fresh meat of a category competitive with the
      frozen meat in question, presented in the same form,
      and the average price of adult bovine animals, and               Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price for
                                                                       frozen meat is determined by reference to the world
— the Community free-at-frontier offer price for frozen                market price based on the most representative purchasing
      meat, plus the amount of the customs duty and a stan­            possibilities, as regards quality and quantity, recorded over
      dard amount representing the specific costs of the               a certain period preceding the fixing of the basic levy,
      import operations ;                                              taking into account in particular :
Whereas, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 of                   — foreseeable developments on the market in frozen
 18 March 1977 laying down rules for the application of                     meat,
the levies on beef and veal and amending Regulation
(EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (3), as                   — the most representative prices on third country
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 31 14/83 (4), the                      markets for fresh and chilled meat of a category which
 abovementioned coefficient, calculated in accordance with                  is competitive with frozen meat,
 the rules laid down in Article 1 1 (2) (a) of Regulation              — past experience ;
(EEC) No 805/68 , has been fixed at 1-69 units of account
 and the standard amount referred to in Article 11 (2) (b)
 of the said Regulation has been fixed at 6,65 ECU ;                   Whereas the basic levy on the types of frozen meat listed
                                                                        in section (b) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine                  805/68 under subheadings 02.01 A II b) 2 to 4 is equal to
 animals on representative Community markets is higher                  the basic levy fixed for the product falling within subhea­
 than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the follo­            ding 02.01 A II b) 1 , multiplied by a standard coefficient
 wing percentage of the basic levy :                                    fixed for each of the products in question ; whereas these
                                                                        coefficients were fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC)
 (a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal to               No 586/77 ;
       102 % of the guide price ;
 (b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 % and                 Whereas, for the purpose of fixing the free-at-frontier
       less than or equal to 104 % of the guide price ;                 offer prices, offer prices that do not correspond to real
                                                                        purchasing possibilities or that relate to unrepresentative
 (')  OJ   No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.                             quantities should not be taken into account ; whereas
 (2)  OJ   No L 362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 .
 (3)  OJ   No L 75, 23 . 3. 1977, p. 10.
 (4)  OJ   No L 303, 5. 11 . 1983, p. 16.                               0 OJ No L 137, 27. 5. 1985, p. 16.
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offer prices should also be excluded when the movement            markets within that zone ; whereas in respect of the
of prices in general or the information available gives           United Kingdom the weighted average prices of adult
 reason to believe that they are unrepresentative of the true     bovine animals recorded on the representative markets of
trend of prices in the country of origin ;                        Great Britain on the one hand and Northern Ireland on
                                                                  the other are adjusted by the coefficient fixed in the
                                                                  abovementioned Annex II ;
Whereas, where the free-at-frontier offer price for frozen
meat differs by less than one unit of account per 100 kilo­       Whereas prices for the different categories and qualities
grams from that previously used for the calculation of the        not obtained from prices which are 'live weight excluding
levy, the latter price should be retained ;                       tax', are multiplied by the live weight conversion coeffi­
                                                                  cients fixed in Annex II to the said Regulation and, in the
                                                                  case of Italy, are first increased or reduced by the correc­
                                                                  tive amounts fixed in the said Annex ;
Whereas pursuant to Article 12 (6) of Regulation (EEC)
No 805/68 the price of adult bovine animals on represen­          Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary or
tative Community markets is the price established on the          health reasons for example, adopt measures affecting the
basis of prices recorded over a period to be determined on        normal trend of prices recorded on their markets, the
the representative market or markets of each Member               Commission may disregard the prices recorded on the
State for the various categories of adult bovine animals or       market or markets in question, or use the latest prices
of meat from such animals, taking into account the size of        recorded on the market or markets in question before the
each of these categories and the relative size of the bovine      entry into force of such measures ;
herd of each Member State ;
                                                                  Whereas, in the absence of information, prices recorded
                                                                  on representative Community markets are determined
Whereas the prices of adult bovine animals recorded on            mainly by reference to the most recently recorded prices ;
the representative market or markets of each Member
State are equal to the average, weighted by the relevant
coefficients, of the prices for the various qualities of adult    Whereas, for such period as the price of adult bovine
bovine animals or tneat of §uch animals over a period of          animals recorded on representative Community markets
seven days in that Member State at a particular wholesale         differs by less than 0,24 ECU per 100 kilograms of live
marketing stage ; whereas, until 6 April 1986, the price of       weight from the price previously used, the latter is
                                                                  retained ;
adult bovine animals recorded on the representative
market or markets of the United Kingdom shall be
corrected by the amount of the premium granted to                 Whereas the levies must be so fixed that obligations
producers under Regulation (EEC) No 131 1 /85 (');                arising from international agreements concluded by the
whereas the representative markets, categories and quali­         Community continue to be fulfilled ;
ties of products and weighting coefficients are fixed in
Annex II to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 610/77 of
18 March 1977 on the determination of prices of adult             Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (4),
bovine animals on representative Community markets                amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2903/85 (^ lays down
and the survey of prices of certain other cattle in the           the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
Community (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No             certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
3815/85 (3);                                                      products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
                                                                  States or in the overseas countries and territories ;
                                                                  Whereas the various cuts of frozen meat are defined in
Whereas, for Member States with several representative
                                                                  Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;
markets, the price of each category and quality is equal to
the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each of
those markets ; for representative markets held several           Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
times in one period of seven days, the price of each cate­        No 805/68, the nomenclature provided for in this Regula­
gory and quality is equal to the arithmetic mean of the           tion is incorporated in the Common Customs Tariff ;
prices recorded on each market day ; whereas in respect of
Italy the price of each category and quality is equal to the
average, weighted by the special weighting coefficients           Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each
fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 610/77, of the           month and are applicable from the first Monday of the
prices recorded in the surplus and deficit zones ; whereas        following month ; whereas these levies may be altered in
the price recorded in the surplus zone is equal to the            the period between two fixings where the basic levy is
arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each of the             altered, or in these case of changes in the prices recorded
                                                                  on Community representative markets ;
(') OJ No L 137, 27. 5. 1985, p. 20.
(2) OJ No L 77, 25. 3. 1977, p. 1 .                               (4) OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4.
(3) OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 11 .                           0 OJ No L 279, 19. 10 . 1985, p. 5.
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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies        the Community rules introduced for the production of
should be calculated on the following basis :                     and trade in agricultural products and for the trade in
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­         certain goods resulting from the processing of Agricul­
    tion to each other at any given moment within a band          tural products shall be postponed,
    of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
    rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in
    the last paragraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
    No 1676/85 ('),                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
    arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
    these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
    tion to the Community currencies referred to in the                                   Article 1
    previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient,
Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the aforemen­         The import levies on frozen beef and veal shall be as set
                                                                  out in the Annex hereto .
tioned Regulations, and in particular to the information
and quotations known to the Commission, the levies on
frozen beef and veal should be as set out in the Annex
hereto ;                                                                                  Article 2
Whereas, pursuant to Article 394 of the 1985 Act of
Accession, the application to the new Member States of            This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 February 1986.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 24 January 1986 .
                                                                           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 24 January 1986 fixing the import levies on frozen beef
                                                         and veal (')
                                                                                                     (ECU / 100 kg)
                                          CCT heading No                                          Levy
                                                                                            — Net weight —
           02.01   A II b) 1                                                                  236,931
           02.01   All b) 2                                                                    189,544 (a)
           02.01   A lib) 3                                                                   296,164
           02.01   A lib) 4 aa)                                                               355,396
           02.01   All b)4bb) 11                                                               296,164 (a)
           02.01   A II b) 4 bb) 22 (b)                                                        296,164 (a)
           02.01   A lib) 4 bb) 33                                                            407,520 (a)
            (') In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 486/85, levies are not applied to imports into the
                 French overseas departments of products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States
                 or in the overseas countries and territories .
           (a) Where products are imported under the conditions set out in Article 14 of Council Regulation
                (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 and in provisions adopted for its application, the levy is totally
                or partially suspended in accordance with those provisions.
           (b) Entry under this subheading is subject to the production of a certificate issued on conditions laid
                down by the competent authorities of the European Communities.