CELEX: 31987R3539
Language: en
Date: 1987-11-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3539/87 of 25 November 1987 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

26 . 11 . 87                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 336/25
                                         COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3539/87
                                                          of 25 November 1987
                                 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                              competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of past experi­
                                                                         ence ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, .
                                                                        Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                         2668/80 , the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be based
Having regard to the 'Act of Accession of Spain and                      inter alia on the prices shown in the customs documents
Portugal,                                                               which accompany . products imported from non-member
                                                                         countries or on other information concerning the export
                                                                         prices applied by those non-member countries ; whereas
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80                     offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing
of 27 June 1980 on the common organization of the                        possibilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities
market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last amended by                 and offer prices which, in view of general price move­
Regulation (EEC) No 794/87 (2), and in particular the first              ments or other information available, may be considered
paragraph of Article 1 1 thereof,                                        not to be representative of actual price trends in the
                                                                         country of origin are to be disregarded ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                         Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origina­
Whereas under Article 1 0 (2) of Regulatipn (EEC) No                     ting in or coming from one or more non-member coun­
1837/80 a levy is applicable to the products falling within              tries if exports of the said products are made at abnor­
subheading 02^01 A IV b) listed in Annex I to that Regu­                 mally low prices ;
lation ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No                   Whereas the levy on the meat falling within subheadings
1837/80, the levy on frozen carcases and halfcarcases is to              02.01 A IV b) 2, 3, 4 and 5 listed in Annex I to Regula­
be equal to the difference between :                                     tion (EEC) No 1837/80 is to be equal to the levy deter­
                                                                         mined for frozen carcases, multiplied by a standard coeffi­
(a) the basic price multiplied by a coefficient representing             cient fixed for each of the products in question ; whereas
     the relationship existing in the Community between                  these coefficients are fixed in Annex II to Regulation
     the price of fresh meat of a category competitive with              (EEC) No 2668 /80 ;
     the frozen meat in question, presented in the same
     form, and the average price of fresh and chilled sheep
     carcases, and                                                       Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations
                                                                         arising from international agreements concluded by the
(b) the Community free-at-frontier offer price for the said              Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,
     frozen meat ;
                                                                         account should be taken of the voluntary restraint arran­
                                                                         gements made by the Community with certain non­
Whereas the basic price for the 1987 marketing year is                   member countries :
fixed in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1472/ 86 (3) ; whereas the coefficient referred to in Article
 13 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is fixed in                 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (5), as last
Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 (4) ;                       amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1821 / 87 (*), lays down
                                                                         the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
                                                                         certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is                    products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
determined in the light of the most representative                       States or in the overseas countries and territories :
purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quantity,
recorded over the period from the 21st day of the prece­
ding month to the 20th day of the month during which
the levies are determined, taking particular account of the              Whereas the levies are fixed before the - 27th day of each
supply and demand situation for fresh or chilled meat, the               month for each week during the following month ;
                                                                         whereas they are applicable from Monday to Sunday ;
world market price for frozen meat of a category which is
                                                                         whereas they can be altered within that period if neces­
                                                                         sary ;
 (>) OJ   No  L 183 , 16 . 7. 1980 , p. 1 .
 (2) OJ   No  L 79 , 21 . 3 . 1987, p. 3 .
  3) OJ   No  L 133 , 21 . 5 . 1986, p. 34.                              0 OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p . 4.
 (4) OJ   No  L 276, 20 . 10 . 1980 , p . 39.                            M OJ No L 172, 30. 6. 1987, p. 102.
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Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658 /87 of 23                      tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and                previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ;
on the common Customs Tariff (') introduces, with effect
from 1 January 1988 , a new combined nomenclature,                 Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­
which meets the requirements of both the Common                     mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the informa­
Customs Tariff, and the Community's statistics on foreign           tion and quotations known to the Commission, the levies
trade and which replaces the existing nomenclature ;                on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
whereas the combined-nomenclature codes should there­               other than frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex
fore be specified, together, with the relevant import               to this Regulation,
duties ;
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band                                    Article 1
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
     rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the       The import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
                                                                    shall be as set out in the Annexes hereto .
     last paragraph of Article 3 (b) of Council Regulation
     (EEC) No 1676/85 (2), as last amended by Regulation
     (EEC) No 1636/87 (3),                                                                   Article 2
— for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
     arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of            This Regulation shall enter into force on 7 December
     these currencies recorded over a given period in rela           1987 .
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly, applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels , 25 November 1987 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                  Vice-President
 (') OJ No L 256, 7 . 9 . 1987, p . 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 164, 24. 6 . 1985, p . 1 .
  3 OJ No L 153 , 13 . 6 . 1987, p . 1 .
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                                                                   ANNEX- 1
                      to the Commission Regulation of 25 November fixing the import levies on frozen sheep­
                                                              meat and goatmeat
                                                                                                                                       (ECU/100 kg) _
                CCT                        Week No 49               Week No 50                    Week No 51                   Week No 52
             heading                        from 7 to                from 14 to i                  from 21 to                   from 28 to
                 No                    13 December 1987 (')     20 December 1987 (')          27 December 1987 (')         31 December 1987 (')
02.01 A IV b) 1                              176,318                   182,708                       189,090                      193,980
                  2.                         123,423                   127,896                       132,363                      135,786
                  3                          193,950                   200,979                       207,999                      213,378
                  4                          229,213                   237,520                       245,817 "                    252,174 .
              -   5 aa)                      229,213                   237,520                       245,817                      252,174 -
                     bb)                     320,899                   332,529                       344,144                      353,044
(') 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 and (EEC) No 486/85 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 19/82.
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                                                             ANNEX II
            to the Commission Regulation of 25 November fixing the import levies on frozen sheep­
                                                        meat and goatmeat
                                                                                                            (ECU/100 kg)
                                                                          r- 1
                                                                                      Week No 52
                                   CN code (*)
                                                                               from 1 to 3 January 1988 (')
                                   0204 30 00                                            193,980
                                   0204 41 00                                            193,980
                                   0204 50 51                                            193,980
                                   0204 42 10                                            1 35,786
                                   0204 50 53                                            135,786
                                   0204 42 30                                           213,378
                                   0204 50 55                                            213,378
                                   0204 42 50                                           252,174 -
                                   0204 50 59                                            252,174
                                   0204 42 90                                            252,174
                                   0204 50 71                                           252,174 '
                                   0204 43 00                                            353,044
                                   0204 50 79                                            353,044
            0 See Regulation (EEC) No 2658 /87 _(OJ No L 256, 7. 9 . 1987, p. J ). .
            (') 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 and (EEC) No 486/85 and Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                19 / 82.