CELEX: 31985R1076
Language: en
Date: 1985-04-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1076/85 of 26 April 1985 fixing the import levies on live sheep and groats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat

No L 114/ 12                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              27. 4. 85
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1076/85
                                                       of 26 April 1985
              fixing the import levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                   other than frozen meat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    documents which accompany products imported from
COMMUNITIES,                                                      non-member      countries     or   on other  information
                                                                  concerning the export prices applied by those non­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            member countries ; whereas offer prices which do not
 Economic Community,                                              correspond to actual purchasing possibilities or which
                                                                  relate to unrepresentative quantities and offer prices
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      which, in view of general price movements or other
 1837/80 of 27 June 1980 on the common organization               information available, may be considered not to be
of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last              representative of actual price trends in the country of
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 871 /84 (2), and in                origin are to be disregarded ;
particular the first paragraph of Article 11 thereof,
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                      Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origi­
Committee,                                                        nating in or coming from one or more non-member
                                                                  countries if exports of the said products are made at
                                                                  abnormally low prices ;
Whereas, under Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
 1837/80, a levy is applicable to the products specified
in Article 1 (a) of that Regulation ;                             Whereas the levy on live animals within subheading
                                                                  01.04 B and on the meat falling within subheadings
Whereas the levy on products falling within subhead­              02.01 A IV a) 2, 3, 4 and 5 and 02.06 C II a) listed in
ing 02.01 A IV a) 1 listed in Annex I to Regulation               Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is to be
(EEC) No 1837/80 is to be equal to the difference                 equal to the levy determined for carcases, multiplied
between the seasonally-adjusted basic price and the               by a standard coefficient fixed for each of the products
Community free-at-frontier offer price ;                          in question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed in
                                                                  Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 ;
Whereas the seasonally-adjusted basic price is fixed in
Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 873/84 (3) for the
 1984/85 marketing year, as last extended by Regula­              Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obliga­
tion (EEC) No 1069/85 (4) ;                                       tions arising from international agreements concluded
                                                                  by the Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas,
Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is             moreover, account should be taken of the voluntary
determined in the light of the most representative                restraint arrangements made by the Community with
purchasing possibilities, as regard quality and quantity,         certain non-member countries ;
recorded over the period from the 21st day of the
preceding month to the 20th day of the month during
which the levies are determined, taking particular                Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (*) lays
account of the supply and demand situation for fresh              down the arrangements applicable on agricultural
or chilled meat, the world market price for frozen                products and certain goods resulting from the proces­
meat of a category which is competitive with fresh or             sing of agricultural products originating in the African,
                                                                  Caribbean and Pacific Sates or in the overseas coun­
chilled meat and of past experience ;
                                                                  tries and territories ;
Whereas the free-at-frontier offer price is to be deter­
mined, if necessary, on the basis of the most represent­          Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of
ative purchasing possibilities recorded for live sheep ;          each month for each week during the following
                                                                  month ; whereas they are applicable from Monday to
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)                Sunday ; whereas they can be altered within that
No 2668/80 (*) the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be        period if necessary ;
based inter alia on the prices shown in the customs
(') OJ  No L 183, 16.   7. 1980, p. 1 .                           Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
(2) OJ  No L 90, 1 . 4.  1984, p. 35.                             levies should be calculated on the following basis :
(3) OJ  No L 90, 1 . 4.  1984, p. 42.
(4) See page 1 of this  Official Journal.
O   OJ  No L 276, 20 .  10 . 1980, p. 39 .                        (*) OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4.
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— in the case of currencies which are maintained in           goatmeat other than frozen meat should be as set out
     relation to each other at any given moment within        in the Annex to this Regulation,
     a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on
     their central rate, multiplied by the coefficient
     provided for in Article 2b (2) of Regulation (EEC)       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     No 974/71 (') as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
     No 855/84 (2),
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the                                Article 1
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
     these currencies recorded over a given period in         The import levies on live sheep and goats and on
     relation to the Community currencies referred to         sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat shall
     in the previous indent and the aforesaid coeffi­         be as set out in the Annex hereto.
     cient ;
Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­                               Article 2
mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the infor­
mation and quotations known to the Commission, the            This Regulation shall enter into force on 29 April
levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and           1985 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 26 April 1985.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                        Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                           Vice-President
(') OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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                                                         ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 26 April 1985 fixing the import levies on live sheep and
                         goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat other than frozen meat
                                                                                                 (ECU/100 kg)
                                   CCT                                         Week No 5
                                heading No                             from 29 April to 5 May 1985
           01.04 B                                                              91,650 (»)
           02.01 A IV a) 1                                                     195,000 (2)
                          2                                                    136,500 (2)
                          3                                                    214,500 0
                          4                                                    253,500 0
                          5 aa)                                                253,500 p)
                            bb)                                                354,900 (2)
           02.06 C II a) 1                                                     253,500 (3)
                          2                                                    354,900 0
           (') The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulations (EEC) No
               3658/84 and (EEC) No 486/85 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.
           (2) 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 3658/84 and (EEC) No 486/85 and
               Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.
           (3) The levy applicable is limited in the conditions laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No
               486/85 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.