CELEX: 31987R0951
Language: en
Date: 1987-04-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 951/87 of 1 April 1987 fixing the import levies on live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen

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                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 951/87
                                                      of 1 April 1987
                    fixing the import levies on live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                     (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or equal
                                                                     to 98 % of the guide price ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                             (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 % and
                                                                     more than or equal to 96 % of the guide price ;
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and              (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 % and
Portugal,                                                            more than or equal to 90 % of the guide price ;
                                                                (d) 114 % where the market price is less than 90 % of
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of               the guide price ;
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
No 467/87 (2), and in particular Article 12 (8) thereof,        Whereas pursuant to Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                No 805/68 the basic levy on the meat specified in
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,         sections (a), (c) and (d) of the Annex hereto is equal to the
                                                                basic levy determined for bovine animals, multiplied by a
Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68           standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in
a levy is applicable to the products specified in Article 1     question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed by
(1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12 fixes the      Commission Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 of 18 March
amount of the levy applicable by reference to a percen­          1977 laying down rules for the application of levies on
tage of the basic levy ;                                        beef and veal and amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68
                                                                on the Common Customs Tariff (3), as last amended by
Whereas in respect of bovine animals the basic levy is          Regulation (EEC) No 311 /83 (4) ;
determined on the basis of the difference between the
guide price and the Community free-at-frontier offer            Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals to be
price plus the amount of the customs duty ; whereas the         applied from 12 May 1986 were fixed by Council Regula­
Community free-at-frontier offer price is determined in         tion (EEC) No 1 345/86 (^ ; whereas Council Regulation
the light of the most representative purchasing possibili­      (EEC) No 912/87 (*) has extended the 1986/87 marketing
ties, as regards quality and quantity, recorded over a          year for beef and veal ;
certain period for bovine animals and for the fresh or                                   t
chilled meat specified in section (a) of the Annex to the       Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 stipulates that the
said Regulation under subheadings 02.01 A II a) 1 to 3,         basic levy is to be calculated according to the method set
account being taken in particular of the position with          out in its Article 3 and on the basis of all the representa­
respect to supply and demand, of world market prices for        tive free-at-frontier offer prices of the Community deter­
frozen meat of a category which is competitive with fresh       mined for the products of each of the categories and cuts
or chilled meat and of past experience ;                        specified in Article 2 and established principally by
                                                                reference to the prices specified in the customs docu­
Whereas if it is found that the price of adult bovine            ments accompanying products imported from third coun­
animals on representative Community markets is higher            tries or from other information concerning export prices
than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the follo­     obtaining in those third countries ;
wing percentage of the basic levy :
(a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal to        Whereas, however, offer prices that do not correspond to
      102 % of the guide price ;                                 real purchasing possibilities or that relate to unrepresenta­
(b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 % and           tive quantitities should not be taken into account ;
     less than or equal to 104 % of the guide price ;           whereas offer prices should also be excluded when the
                                                                 movement of prices in general or the information avai­
(c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 % and           lable suggests that they are unrepresentative of the true
      less than or equal to 106% of the guide price ;            trend of prices in the country of origin ;
(d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 % of
      the guide price ;                                         Whereas in cases where for one or more categories of
                                                                 bovine animals or cuts of meat a free-at-frontier offer
Whereas if it is found that the price of adult bovine            price cannot be established, the most recent available
animals on representative Community markets is equal to          price should be used for the calculation ;
or less than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the
following percentage of the basic levy :
                                                                 P)  OJ No   L 75, 23. 3. 1977, p. 10 .
                                                                 (4) OJ No   L 303, 5. 11 . 1983, p. 16.
(») OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.                            0   OJ No   L  119, 8 . 5. 1986, p. 37.
0 OJ No L 48, 17. 2. 1987, p. 1 .                                («) OJ No   L 89, 1 . 4. 1987, p. 2.
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Whereas if the free-at-frontier offer price differs by less      of the premium granted to producers under Regulation
than 0,60 ECU per 100 kilograms of live weight from that         (EEC) No 1347/86 (3), as last amended by Regulation
previously used for the calculation of the levy, the latter      (EEC) No 4049/86 (4) ; whereas the representative markets,
price should be retained ;                                       categories and qualities of products and weighting coeffi­
                                                                 cients are fixed in Annex II to Commission Regulation
                                                                 (EEC) No 610/77 of 18 March 1977 on the determination
Whereas pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)           of prices of adult bovine animals on representative
No 805/68 a special basic levy is determined for certain         Community markets and the survey of prices of certain
third countries on the basis of the difference between the
                                                                 other cattle in the Community ^, as last amended by
guide price and the average price recorded over a certain        Regulation (EEC) No 2322/86 (*) ;
period plus the amount of the customs duty ;
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 611 /77 of 18             Whereas, for Member States with several representative
March 1977 ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No                markets, the price of each category and quality is equal to
925/77 (2), provides that the special levy on products origi­    the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each of
nating in and coming from Austria, Sweden and Switzer­           those markets ; whereas, for representative markets held
land should be determined on the basis of the weighted           several times in one period of seven days, the price of
average of the prices of adult bovine animals recorded on        each category and quality is equal to the arithmetic mean
the representative markets of those third countries ;            of the prices recorded on each market day ; whereas in
whereas the weighting coefficients and representative            respect of Italy the price of each category and quantity is
markets are specified in the Annexes to Regulation (EEC)         equal to the average, weighted by the special weighting
No 611 /77 ;                                                     coefficients fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                 610/77, of the prices recorded in the surplus and deficit
                                                                 zones ; whereas the price recorded in the surplus zone is
Whereas the average price is not to be used for calcula­         equal to the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on
ting the special levy unless it is at least 1,21 ECU per 100     each of the markets within that zone ; whereas in respect
kilograms of live weight more than the free-at-frontier          of the United Kingdom the weighted average prices of
offer price determined in accordance with Article 10 (2) of      adult bovine animals recorded on the representative
Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 ;                                     markets of Great Britain on the one hand and Northern
                                                                 Ireland on the other are adjusted by the coefficient fixed
                                                                 in the abovementioned Annex II :
Whereas if the average price differs by less than 0,60 ECU
per 100 kilograms of live weight from that previously
used to calculate the levy, the latter may be retained ;         Whereas prices for the different categories and qualities
                                                                 not obtained from prices which are 'live weight excluding
Whereas in cases where one or more of the abovemen­              tax' are multiplied by the live weight conversion coeffi­
tioned third countries adopt, for reasons of health for          cients fixed in Annex II to the said Regulation and, in the
example, measures affecting the prices recorded on their         case of Italy, are first increased or reduced by the correc­
markets, the Commission may use the latest prices                tive amounts fixed in the said Annex ;
recorded before the entry into force of such measures ;
                                                                 Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary or
Whereas pursuant to Article 12 (6) of Regulation (EEC)           health reasons for example, adopt measures affecting the
No 805/68 the price of adult bovine animals on represen­         normal trend of prices recorded on their markets the
tative Community markets is th price established on the          Commission may disregard the prices recorded on the
basis of prices recorded over a priod to be determined on        market or markets in question, or use the latest prices
the representative market or markets of each Member              recorded on the market or markets in question before the
State in respect of the various categories of adult bovine       entry into force of such measures ;
animals or of meat from such animals, after taking into
account the size of each of these categories and the rela­
tive size of the bovine herd of each Member State ;              Whereas, in the absence of information, prices recorded
                                                                 on representative Community markets are determined
                                                                 mainly by reference to the most recently recorded prices ;
Whereas the prices of adult bovine animals recorded on
the representative market or markets of each Member
State are equal to the average, weighted by the appropriate      Whereas for such period as the price of adult bovine
coefficients, of the prices for the various qualities of adult   animals recorded on representative Community markets
bovine animals or meat of such animals over a period of          differs by less then 0,24 ECU per 100 kilograms of live
seven days in that Member State at a particular wholesale        weight from the price previously used, the latter is
marketing stage ; whereas, the price of adult bovine             retained ;
animals recorded on the representative market or markets
of the United Kingdom shall be corrected by the amount
                                                                 O OJ No L 119, 8 . 5. 1986, p. 40.
                                                                 (4) OJ No L 377, 31 . 12. 1986, p. 28
(') OJ No L 77, 25. 3. 1977, p. 14.                              Is) OJ No L 77, 25. 3. 1977, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 109, 30. 4. 1977, p. 1 .                              4 OJ No L 202, 25. 7. 1986, p. 17.
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Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations      the basic levy or special basic levy is altered, or in the case
arising from international agreements concluded by the          of changes in the prices recorded on Community repre­
Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,         sentative markets ;
account should be taken of Council Regulation (EEC) No
314/83 of 24 January 1983 on the conclusion of the              Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic             should be calculated on the following basis :
Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugos­          — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
lavia ('), of Council Regulation (EEC) No 287/82 of 3               tion to each other at any given moment within a band
February 1982 establishing the arrangements applicable to           of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
imports of products originating in Yugoslavia to take               rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the
account of the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the            last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regulation
Community (2), and of Council Regulation (EEC) No                   (EEC) No 1676/85(0,
3349/81 of 24 November 1981 providing for a reduction           — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
in the levy applicable to imports into the Community of             arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
certain beef and veal products originating in and coming            these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
from Yugoslavia (3) ;                                               tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
                                                                    previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (4), last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 625/87 (*), lays down            Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the aforemen­
the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and        tioned Regulation, and in particular to the information
certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural     and quotations known to the Commission, the levies on
products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific      live cattle and beef and veal other than frozen meat
States or in the overseas countries and territories ;           should be as set out in the Annex hereto,
Whereas the various cuts of beef and veal are defined in
Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation (EEC)                                   Article 1
No 805/68, the nomenclature provided for in this Regula­
tion is incorporated in the Common Customs Tariff ;             The import levies on live cattle and beef and veal other
                                                                than frozen meat shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Whereas the levies and special levies are fixed before the
27th day of each month and are applicable from the first                                  Article 2
Monday of the following month ; whereas these levies
may be altered in the period between two fixings where          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, 1 April 1987.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                              Vice-President
(') OJ No L 41 , 14. 2. 1983, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 30, 6. 2. 1982, p. 1 .
M OJ No L 339, 26. 11 . 1981 , p. 1 .
(<) OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4.
V) OJ No L 58, 28. 2. 1987, p. 102.                             I6) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
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                                                                 ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 1 April 1987 fixing the import levies on
                                   live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen ll)
                                                                                                                  (ECU/100 kg)
                                                                                   Austria/Sweden/
                         CCT heading No                    Yugoslavia (2)                                Other third countries
                                                                                     Switzerland
                                                                                  — Live weight —
           01.02 A II (a)                                       50,310                  36,510                  114,707
                                                                                  — Net weight —
           02.01 A II a) 1                                     95,589                   69,368                  217.943
           02.01 A II a) 2                                     76,471                   55,495                  174,354
           02.01 A II a) 3                                    114,707                   83,242                 261,532
           02.01 A II a) 4 aa)                                                        104,052                  326,914
           02.01 A II a) 4 bb)                                                        119,022                  373.944
           02.06 C I a) 1                                                             104,052                   326,914
           02.06 C I a) 2                                                             119,022                   373,944
           16.02 B III b) 1 aa)                                                       119,022                  373,944
           (') 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 nad Pacific States or in the overseas countries and
               territories.
           0 This levy is applicable only to products complying with the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1725/80 (OJ No
               L 170, 3. 7. 1980, p. 4).
           (a) The levy which is to be applied to young male bovine animals, intended for fattening, of a live weight of 300 kg
               or less, imported under the conditions set out in Article 13 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68, and in the
               provisions adopted for its application, is totally or partially suspended in accordance with those provisions.