CELEX: 31977R0688
Language: en
Date: 1977-04-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 688/77 of 30 March 1977 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal

1 . 4 . 77                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 84/65
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 688/77
                                                        of 30 March 1977
                                      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
                                                                        to 102 % of the guide price ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 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
 Regulation ( EEC) No 425/77 (2), and in particular                     price ;
 Article 12 (8) thereof,
                                                                    (c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 %
 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               (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or
 determined by reference to the difference between :                    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
                                                                        price ;
— the Community free-at-frontier offer price for
      frozen meat, plus the amount of the customs duty             (d) 114 % where the market price is less than 90 %
      and a standard amount representing the specific                   of the guide price ;
      costs of the import operations ;
                                                                   Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals to
Whereas, by Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   be applied from 15 March 1976 have been fixed by
 586/77 of 18 March 1977 laying down rules for the                 Council Regulation (EEC) No 558/76 of 15 March
 application of the levies on beef and veal and                     1976 (4) ;
amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the
 Common Customs Tariff (3), the abovementioned coef­
 ficient, calculated in accordance with the rules laid
down in Article 1 1 (2) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No                 Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price
 805/68 , has been fixed at 1-69 units of account and              for frozen meat is determined by reference to the
the standard amount referred to in Article 1 1 (2) (b) of          world market price based on the most representative
the said Regulation has been fixed at 5-5 units of                 purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quan­
account ;
                                                                   tity, recorded over a certain period preceding the
                                                                   fixing of the basic levy, taking into account in parti­
                                                                   cular :
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24 .
(2) OJ No L 61 , 5 . 3 . 1977, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 75, 23 . 3 . 1977, p. 10 .                             (4) OJ No L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p. 4.
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— foreseeable developments on the market in frozen              tion ( EEC) No 181 /73 of 23 January 1973 laying
     meat ,                                                     down general rules for the system of compensatory
— the most representative prices on third country               amounts for beef and veal (2) ;
     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
Whereas the basic levy on the types of frozen meat              held several times in one period of seven days, the
listed in section (b) of the Annex to Regulation ( EEC)         price of each category and quality is equal to the arith­
No 805/68 under subheadings 02.01 A II b) 2 to 4 is             metic mean of the prices recorded on each market
equal to the basic levy fixed for the product falling           day ; whereas in respect of Italy the price of each cate­
within subheading 02.01 A II b) 1 , multiplied by a             gory and quality is equal to the average, weighted by
standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in          the special weighting coefficients fixed in Annex II to
question ; whereas these coefficients were fixed in             Regulation (EEC) No 610/77, of the prices recorded in
Annex II to Regulation ( EEC) No 586/ 77 ;                      the surplus and deficit zones ; whereas the price
                                                                recorded in the surplus zone is equal to the arithmetic
Whereas, for the purpose of fixing the free-at-frontier         mean of the prices recorded on each of the markets
offer prices, offer prices that do not correspond to real       within that zone ; whereas in respect of the United
purchasing possibilities or that relate to unrepresenta­        Kingdom the weighted average prices of adult bovine
tive quantities may not be taken into account ;                 animals recorded on the representative markets of
whereas offer prices are also excluded when the move­           Great Britain on the one hand and Northern Ireland
ment of prices in general or the information available          on the other are adjusted by the coefficient fixed in
gives reason to believe that they are unrepresentative          the abovementioned Annex II ;
of the true trend of prices in the country of origin ;
                                                                Whereas prices for the different categories and quali­
Whereas, where the free-at-frontier offer price for             ties not obtained from prices which are 'live weight
frozen meat differs by less than one unit of account            excluding tax', are multiplied by the live weight
per 100 kilograms from that previously used for the             conversion coefficients fixed in Annex II to the said
calculation of the levy, the latter price is retained ;          Regulation and, in the case of Italy, are first increased
                                                                or reduced by the corrective amounts fixed in the said
Whereas pursuant to Article 1 2 (6) of Regulation               Annex ;
( EEC) No 805/ 68 the price of adult bovine animals on
representative Community markets is the price esta­              Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary
blished on the basis of prices recorded over a period            or health reasons for example, adopt measures
to be determined on the representative market or                 affecting the normal trend of prices recorded on their
markets of each Member State for the various catego­             markets, the Commission may disregard the prices
ries of adult bovine animals or of meat from such
                                                                 recorded on the market or markets in question, or use
animals, taking into account the size of each of these           the latest prices recorded on the market or markets in
categories and the relative size of the bovine herd of           question before the entry into force of such measures ;
each Member State ;
                                                                 Whereas in the absence of information , prices
Whereas the prices of adult bovine animals recorded              recorded on representative Community markets are
on the representative market or markets of each                  determined mainly by reference to the most recently
Member State are equal to the average , weighted by              recorded prices ;
the relevant coefficients, of the prices for the various
qualities of adult bovine animals or meat of such                Whereas, for such period as the price of adult bovine
animals over a period of seven days in that Member               animals recorded on representative Community
State at a particular wholesale marketing stage ;                markets differs by less than 0 20 unit of account per
whereas the representative markets , categories and               100 kilograms of live weight from the price previously
qualities of products and weighting coefficients are             used , the latter is retained ;
fixed in Annex II to Commission Regulation ( EEC)
 No 610 / 77 of 18 March 1977 on the determination of            Whereas the levies must be so fixed that obligations
 prices of adult bovine animals on representative                arising from international agreements concluded by
Community markets and the survey of prices of                    the Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas,
certain other cattle in the Community (') ;                      moreover, account should be taken of Regulation
                                                                 ( EEC) No 2170/73 of 31 July 1973 on the conclusion
Whereas the prices of adult bovine animals recorded              of the Trade Agreement between the European
on the market or markets ot Ireland and the United
                                                                  Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Repu­
Kingdom must be increased by the compensatory                    blic of Yugoslavia (3 ) ;
amount referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
                                                                 (') OJ No I. 25 , 30 . I. 1973 , p. 9 .
(>) OJ No L 77 , 25 . i . 1977 , p. !                            (>) OJ No L 224, 13 . 8 . 1973 , p. 1
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Whereas the various cuts of frozen meat are defined              each of these currencies, recorded over a given
in Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;                                  period, against the Community currencies referred
                                                                 to in the previous indent ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation
(EEC) No 805/68 , the nomenclature used in this Regu­        Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the afore­
lation is incorporated in the Common Customs                 mentioned Regulations, and in particular to the data
Tariff ;                                                     and quotations available to the Commission, the levies
                                                             on frozen beef and veal should be as set out in the
Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of
each month and are applicable from the first Monday          Annex to this Regulation,
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, to enable the levy system to function
normally, the following should be used to calculate          The import levies on frozen beef and veal shall be as
the levies :                                                 specified in the Annex to this Regulation .
— for currencies whose spot rates are maintained at
     any given moment within a spread of 2-25 % , a                                  Article 2
     conversion rate based on their actual par values ;
— for other curencies, a conversion rate based on the        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April
     arithmetic mean of the spot exchange rates of            1977 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 30 March 1977 .
                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                       Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                          Vice-President
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                                                                             ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 30 March 1977 fixing the import levies on frozen beef
                                                                          and veal (!)
                                                                                                                                        (u.iiJlOO kv)
                                                      CCT heading No                                                           Levy
                                                                                                                          — Net weight —
            02.01 A II b) 1                                                                                                 106-215
            02.01 A II b) 2                                                                                                   84-972 (a)
            02.01 A II b) 3                                                                                                  132-769
            02.01 A II b) 4 aa)                                                                                             159-323
            02.01 A II b) 4 bb) 11                                                                                           132-769 (a)
            02.01 A II b) 4 bb) 22            (b)                                                                            132-769 (a)
            02.01 A lib) 4 bb) 33                                                                                            182-690 (a)
            (') In accordance with Regulation ( EEC) No 706/ 76, 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 authori­
                  ties of the European Communities.