CELEX: 31981R0924
Language: en
Date: 1981-04-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 924/81 of 3 April 1981 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal

6. 4. 81                                     Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 93 /31
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 924/81
                                                             of 3 April 1981
                                        fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          whereas, if it is found that    the price of adult bovine
COMMUNITIES,                                                            animals on representative        Community markets is
                                                                        higher than the guide price,    the levy applicable equals
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   the following percentage of     the basic levy :
Economic Community,
                                                                        (a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                  to 102 % of the guide price ;
805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
                                                                        (b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 %
of the market in beef and veal (*), as last amended by
                                                                              and less than or equal to 104 % of the guide
the Act of Accession of Greece (2), and in particular
                                                                              price ;
Article 12 (8) thereof,
                                                                        (c) 25 % where the market price is more than 1 04 %
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                                  and less than 106 % of the guide price ;
Committee,
                                                                        (d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 %
                                                                              of the guide price ;
Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No
805/68 a levy is applicable to the products specified in
Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12             Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine
fixes the amount of the levy applicable by reference to
                                                                        animals on representative Community markets is
a percentage of the basic levy ;                                        equal to or less than the guide price, the levy appli­
                                                                        cable equals the following percentage of the basic
Whereas, in respect of the types of frozen meat listed                  levy :
in section (b) of the Annex to the said Regulation
under subheading 02.01 A II b) 1 , the basic levy is
determined on the basis of the difference between :                     (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or
                                                                              equal to 98 % of the guide price ;
— the guide price multiplied by a coefficient repre­                    (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 %
      senting the ratio existing in the Community                             and more than or equal to 96 % of the guide
      between the price of fresh meat of a category                           price ;
      competitive with the frozen meat in question,
      presented in the same form, and the average price                 (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 %
      of adult bovine animals , and                                           and more than or equal to 90 % of the guide
— the Community free-at-frontier offer price for                              price ;
      frozen meat, plus the amount of the customs duty
      and a standard amount representing the specific                   (d) 114% where the market price is less than 90 %
                                                                              of the guide price ;
      costs of the import operations ;
Whereas, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No                              Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals to
586/77 of 18 March 1977 laying down rules for the                        be applied from 6 April 1981 have been fixed by
application of the levies on beef and veal and                           Council Regulation (EEC) No 898 / 81 of 1 April
amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the                               1981 (5 );
 Common Customs Tariff (3), as last amended by Regu­
 lation (EEC) No 882/79 (4), the abovementioned coeffi­
cient, calculated in accordance with the rules laid
                                                                         Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price
down in Article 1 1 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No                       for frozen meat is determined by reference to the
 805/ 68 , has been fixed at 1 -69 units of account and
                                                                         world market price based on the most representative
the standard amount referred to in Article 1 1 (2) (b) of
                                                                         purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quan­
 the said Regulation has been fixed at 6-65 ECU ;                        tity, recorded over a certain period preceding the
                                                                         fixing of the basic levy, taking into account in parti­
 (')  OJ No  L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 24.                            cular :
 (2)  OJ No  L  291 , 29 . 11 . 1979 , p . 17.
 (3 ) OJ No  L  75 , 23 . 3 . 1977, p . 10 .
 (4)  OJ No  L  111 , 4. 5 . 1979 , p . 14 .                             (5 ) OJ No L 90, 4 . 4. 1981 .
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— foreseeable developments on the market in frozen            Community markets and the survey of prices of
     meat,                                                   certain other cattle in the Community ('), as last
                                                             amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3470/80 (2) ;
— the most representative prices on third country
     markets for fresh and chilled meat of a category
     which is competitive with frozen meat,                  Whereas, for Member States with several representa­
                                                             tive markets, the price of each category and quality is
— past experience ;                                          equal to the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded
                                                              on each of those markets ; for representative markets
                                                              held several times in one period of seven days, the
Whereas the basic levy on the types of frozen meat            price of each category and quality is equal to the arith­
listed in section (b) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC)        metic mean of the prices recorded on each market
No 805/ 68 under subheadings 02.01 A II b) 2 to 4 is          day ; whereas in respect of Italy the price of each cate­
equal to the basic levy fixed for the product falling        gory and quality is equal to the average, weighted by
within subheading 02.01 A II b) 1 , multiplied by a           the special weighting coefficients fixed in Annex II to
standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in        Regulation (EEC) No 610/77, of the prices recorded in
question ; whereas these coefficients were fixed in           the surplus and deficit zones ; whereas the price
Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;                      recorded in the surplus zone is equal to the arithmetic
                                                              mean of the prices recorded on each of the markets
                                                             within that zone ; whereas in respect of the United
Whereas, for the purpose of fixing the free-at-frontier       Kingdom the weighted average prices of adult bovine
offer prices, offer prices that do not correspond to real     animals recorded on the representative markets of
purchasing possibilities or that relate to unrepresenta­      Great Britain on the one hand and Northern Ireland
tive quantities should not be taken into account ;            on the other are adjusted by the coefficient fixed in
whereas offer prices should also be excluded when the         the abovementioned Annex II ;
movement of prices in general or the information
available gives reason to believe that they are unrepre­
sentative of the true trend of prices in the country of       Whereas prices for the different categories and quali­
origin ;                                                      ties not obtained from prices which are 'live weight
                                                              excluding tax', are multiplied by the live weight
                                                              conversion coefficients fixed in Annex II to the said
                                                              Regulation and, in the case of Italy, are first increased
Whereas, where the free-at-frontier offer price for           or reduced by the corrective amounts fixed in the said
frozen meat differs by less than one unit of account          Annex ;
per 100 kilograms from that previously used for the
calculation of the levy, the latter price should be
retained ;                                                    Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary
                                                              or health reasons for example, adopt measures
                                                              affecting the normal trend of prices recorded on their
Whereas pursuant to Article 1 2 (6) of Regulation             markets, the Commission may disregard the prices
(EEC) No 805/68 the price of adult bovine animals on          recorded on the market or markets in question , or use
representative Community markets is the price esta­           the latest prices recorded on the market or markets in
blished on the basis of prices recorded over a period         question before the entry into force of such measures ;
to be determined on the representative market or
markets of each Member State for the various catego­
ries of adult bovine animals or of meat from such             Whereas, in the absence of information, prices
animals, taking into account the size of each of these        recorded on representative Community markets are
categories and the relative size of the bovine herd of        determined mainly by reference to the most recently
each Member State ;                                           recorded prices ;
                                                              Whereas, for such period as the price of adult bovine
Whereas the prices of adult bovine animals recorded
                                                              animals recorded on representative Community
on the representative market or markets of each
                                                              markets differs by less than 0-24 ECU per 100 kilo­
Member State are equal to the average, weighted by
                                                              grams of live weight from the price previously used,
the relevant coefficients, of the prices for the various      the latter is retained ;
qualities of adult bovine animals or meat of such
animals over a period of seven days in that Member
State at    a particular wholesale marketing stage ;          Whereas the levies must be so fixed that obligations
whereas    the representative markets, categories and         arising from international agreements concluded by
qualities  of products and weighting coefficients are          the Community continue to be fulfilled ;
 fixed in  Annex II to Commission Regulation (EEC)
 No 610 / 77 of 18 March 1977 on the determination of         (') OJ No L 77, 25 . 3 . 1977, p . 1 .
 prices of adult bovine animals on representative             (-') OJ No L 363 , 31 . 12. 1980, p . 35 .
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Whereas the various cuts of frozen meat are defined                of these currencies recorded for a given period in
in Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;                                    relation to the Community currencies referred to
                                                                   in the previous indent ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation
(EEC) No 805/68 , the nomenclature provided for in            Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the afore­
this Regulation is incorporated in the Common                 mentioned Regulations, and in particular to the infor­
Customs Tariff ;                                              mation and quotations known to the Commission, the
                                                              levies on frozen beef and veal should be as set out in
Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of
                                                               the Annex hereto,
each month and are applicable from the first Monday
of the following month ; whereas these levies may be
altered in the period between two fixings where the
basic levy is altered, or in the case of changes in the        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
prices recorded on Community representative
markets ;
                                                                                      Article 1
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
 levies should be calculated on the following basis :         The import levies on frozen beef and veal shall be as
                                                               set out in the Annex hereto .
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in
     relation to each other at any given moment within
     a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on                                   Article 2
      their effective parity ;
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the          This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 April
      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each          1981 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 3 April 1981 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            Poul DALSAGER
                                                                       Member of the Commission
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                                                           ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 3 April 1981 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and
                                      veal (!) for the period beginning 6 April 1981
                                                                                                         (ECU/100 kg)
                                         CCT heading No                                             Levy
                                                                                             — Net weight —
            02.01 A II b) 1                                                                      133-854
            02.01  A II b) 2                                                                     1 07-084 (a)
            02.01  All b) 3                                                                      167-318
            02.01  A II b) 4 aa)                                                                 200-781
            02.01  A II b) 4 bb) 11                                                              167-318 (a)
            02.01  A lib) 4 bb) 22  (b)                                                          167-318 (a)
            02.01  A II b) 4 bb) 33                                                              230-230 (a)
            (') In accordance with Regulation ( EEC) No 435/ 80 , 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 .