CELEX: 31993R0706
Language: en
Date: 1993-03-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 706/93 of 26 March 1993 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal

27. 3. 93                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 74/21
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 706/93
                                                          of 26 March 1993
                                        fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           (b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 % and
                                                                          less than or equal to 104 % of the guide price ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 (c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 % and
Economic Community,                                                       less than or equal to 106 % of the guide price ;
                                                                      (d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 % 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 125/93 (2), and in particular Article 12 (8) thereof,              Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine
                                                                      animals on representative Community markets is equal to
                                                                      or less than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the
Whereas, pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No                 following percentage of the basic levy :
805/68, a levy is applicable to the products specified in
Article 1 (1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12            (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or equal
fixes the amount of the levy applicable by reference to a                  to 98 % of the guide price ;
percentage of the basic levy ;
                                                                      (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 % and
                                                                           more than or equal to 96 % 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 CN              (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 % and
codes 0202 10 00 and 0202 20 10, the basic levy is deter­                  more than or equal to 90 % of the guide price ;
mined on the basis of the difference between :
                                                                      (d) 114 % where the market price is less than 90 % of
— the guide price multiplied by a coefficient represent­                   the guide price ;
     ing the ratio existing in the Community between the
     price of fresh meat of a category competitive with the           Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals for the
     frozen meat in question, presented in the same form,              1992/93 marketing year have been fixed by Council
     and the average price of adult bovine animals, and               Regulation (EEC) No 1377/92 0 ; whereas Council Regu­
— the Community free-at-frontier offer price for frozen               lation (EEC) No 660/93 (®) has extended the 1992/93
     meat, plus the amount of the customs duty and a stan­            marketing year for beef and veal until, 30 June 1993 ;
     dard amount representing the specific costs of the
     import operations ;
                                                                      Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price for
                                                                      frozen meat is determined by reference to the world
Whereas, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 of                  market price based on the most representative purchasing
 18 March 1977 laying down rules for the application of               possibilities, as regards quality and quantity, recorded over
the levies on beef and veal and amending Regulation                   a certain period preceding the fixing of the basic levy,
(EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (3), as                  taking into account in particular :
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3661 /92 (4), the
abovementioned coefficient, calculated in accordance with             -— foreseeable developments on the market in frozen
the rules laid down in Article 11 (2) (a) of Regulation                    meat,
(EEC) No 805/68, has been fixed at 1,69 units of account
and the standard amount referred to in Article 11 (2) (b)             — the most representative prices on third country
of the said Regulation has been fixed at ECU 6,65 ;                        markets for fresh and chilled meat of a category which
                                                                           is competitive with frozen meat,
Whereas, if it is found that the price of adult bovine                — past experience ;
animals on representative Community markets is higher
than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the fol­
lowing percentage of the basic levy :                                 Whereas the basic levy on the types of frozen meat listed
                                                                      in section (b) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                       805/68    under     CN    codes     0202 20 50,  0202 20 90,
(a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal to
     102 % of the guide price ;                                       0202 30 10, 0202 30 50 and 0202 30 90 is equal to the
                                                                      basic levy fixed for the products falling within CN codes
                                                                      0202 10 00 and 0202 20 10, multiplied by a standard
(') OJ  No  L  148 , 28 . 6. 1968, p. 24.
(2) OJ  No  L  18, 27. 1 . 1993, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No  L  75, 23 . 3. 1977, p. 10 .                              0 OJ No L 147, 29. 5. 1992, p. 6.
(4) OJ  No  L  370, 19. 12. 1992, p. 16.                              (6) OJ No L 71 , 24. 3. 1993, p. 1 .
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 coefficient fixed for each of the products in question ;         bovine animals recorded on the representative markets of
 whereas these coefficients were fixed in Annex II to             Great Britain on the one hand and Northern Ireland on
 Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;                                     the other are adjusted by the coefficient fixed in the
                                                                  abovementioned Annex II :
  whereas, for the purpose of fixing the free-at-frontier
 offer prices, offer prices that do not correspond to real        whereas prices for the different categories and qualities
                                                                  not obtained from prices which are 'live weight excluding
 purchasing possibilities or that relate to unrepresentative      tax', are multiplied by the live weight conversion coeffi­
 quantities should not be taken into account ; whereas            cients fixed in Annex II to the said Regulation and, in the
 offer prices should also be excluded when the movement           case of Italy, are first increased or reduced by the correc­
 of prices in general or the information available gives          tive amounts fixed in the said Annex ;
 reason to believe that they are unrepresentative of the true
 trend of prices in the country of origin ;
                                                                  Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary or
                                                                  health reasons for example, adopt measures affecting the
Whereas, where the free-at-frontier offer price for frozen        normal trend of prices recorded on their markets, the
 meat differs by less than one unit of account per 100 kilo­      Commission may disregard the prices recorded on the
grams from that previously used for the calculation of the        market or markets in question, or use the latest prices
 levy, the latter price should be retained ;                      recorded on the market or markets in question before the
                                                                  entry into force of such measures ;
Whereas pursuant to Article 12 (6) of Regulation (EEC)           Whereas, in the absence of information, prices recorded
 No 805/68 the price of adult bovine animals on represen­         on representative Community markets are determined
 tative Community markets is the price established on the
                                                                  mainly by reference to the most recently recorded prices ;
basis of prices recorded over a period to be determined on
 the representative market or markets of each Member
 State for the various categories of adult bovine animals or
of meat from such animals, taking into account the size of       Whereas, for such period as the price of adult bovine
each of these categories and the relative size of the bovine      animals recorded on representative Community markets
herd of each Member State ;                                       differs by less than ECU 0,24 per 100 kilograms of live
                                                                 weight from the price previously used, the latter is
                                                                  retained :
Whereas the representative markets, categories and quali­
ties of products and weighting coefficients are fixed in         Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (3), as
Annex II to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 610/77 of             amended by Regulation (EEC) No 297/91 (4), lays down
 18 March 1977 on the determination of prices of adult           the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
bovine animals on representative Community markets               certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
and the survey of prices of certain other cattle in the          products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
Community ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No            States :
 1 61 5/92 (2);
                                                                 Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 51 8/92 (*), (EEC)
Whereas, for Member States with several representative           No 519/92 (6) and (EEC) No 520/92 0 of 27 February
markets, the price of each category and quality is equal to       1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim
the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each of            Agreements on trade and trade-related matters between
those markets ; for representative markets held several          the European Economic Community and the European
times in one period of seven days, the price of each cat­        Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the
egory and quality is equal to the arithmetic mean of the         Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the
prices recorded on each market day ; whereas in respect of       Czech and Slovak Federal Republic respectively, of the
Italy the price of each category and quality is equal to the     other part, introduce arrangements for reducing import
average, weighted by the special weighting coefficients          levies on certain products ; whereas Commission Regula­
fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 610/77, of the          tion (EEC) No 3589/92 (8) lays down detailed rules for
prices recorded in the surplus and deficit zones ; whereas       applying the arrangements provided for in these agree­
the price recorded in the surplus zone is equal to the           ments as regards beef and veal ;
arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each of the
markets within that zone ; whereas in respect of the             (3) OJ  No  L  84, 30 . 3. 1990, p. 85.
United Kingdom the weighted average prices of adult              (4) OJ  No  L  36, 8. 2. 1991 , p. 9.
                                                                 0   OJ  No  L  56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 3.
                                                                 (6) OJ  No  L  56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6.
(') OJ No L 77, 25. 3 . 1977, p. 1 .                             0   OJ  No  L  56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
0 OJ No L 170, 25. 6. 1992, p. 16.                               (s) OJ  No  L 364, 12. 12. 1992, p. 28.
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Whereas declarations have been submitted by both the             the period between two fixings where the basic levy is
Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic informing the             altered, or in these case of changes in the prices recorded
Communities that both the Czech Republic and the                 on Community representative markets ;
Slovak Republic continue to assume all the obligations
deriving, inter alia, from the Interim Agreement between         Whereas the representative market rates defined in Article
the Communities and the Czech and Slovak Federal                 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (2) are used to
Republic upon the dissolution of the latter on 31                convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
December 1992 and in consequence the concessions                 and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                 conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
provided in the Interim Agreement should be accorded
without distinction to products originating in the Czech         whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
Republic or in the Slovak Republic ;                             tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
                                                                 lation (EEC) No 3819/92 (3);
Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision        Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the aforemen­
91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the            tioned Regulations, and in particular to the information
overseas countries and territories with the European             and quotations known to the Commission, the levies on
Economic Community ('), no levies shall apply on                 frozen beef and veal should be as set out in the Annex
imports of products originating in the overseas countries        hereto,
and territories ;
Whereas the various cuts of frozen meat are defined in           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;
                                                                                           Article 1
Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
No 805/68 , the nomenclature provided for in this Regula­        The import levies on frozen beef and veal shall be as set
tion is incorporated in the combined nomenclature ;              out in the Annex.
Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each                                   Article 2
month and are applicable from the first Monday of the
following month ; whereas these levies may be altered in         This Regulation shall enter into force on 5 April 1993.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 26 March 1993.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             Rene STEICHEN
                                                                      Member of the Commission
                                                                 0 OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
(') OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .                            0 OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992.
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                                                                 ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 26 March 1993 fixing the import levies on frozen beef
                                                              and veal (') I2)
                                                                                                                 (ECU/ 100 kg)
                                                CN code                                                       Levy
                                                                                                      — Net weight —
                                              0202 10 00                                                  1 93,059 (3)
                                              0202 20 10                                                  193,059 0
                                              0202 20 30                                                  1 54,447 (3)
                                              0202 20 50                                                  241,324 0
                                              0202 20 90                                                  289,589 (3)
                                              0202 30 10                                                  241 ,324 (3)
                                              0202 30 50                                                  241,324 (3)
                                              0202 30 90                                                  332,061 (3)
                                              0206 29 91                                                  332,061
           (') In accordance with amended Regulation (EEC) No 715/90, levies are not applied to products imported directly
               into the French overseas departments, originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States.
           (2) No import levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
           (3) Products falling within this code, imported from Poland, the territories of the ex Czech and Slovak Federal
               Republic or Hungary under the Interim Agreements concluded between those countries and the Community,
               and in respect of which EUR.l certificates issued in accordance with Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3589/92
               (OJ No L 364, 12. 12. 1992, p. 28) have been presented, are subject to the levies set out in the Annex to that
               Regulation.