CELEX: 31986R0151
Language: en
Date: 1986-01-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 151/86 of 24 January 1986 fixing the import levies on live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen

No L 19/42                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                  25 . 1 . 86
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 151 /86
                                                     of 24 January 1986
                     fixing the import levies on live cattle and on beef and veal othei- 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            (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 % and
Economic Community,                                                  more than or equal to 96 % of the guide price ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of
                                                                 (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 % and
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market                more than or equal to 90 % of the guide price ;
in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)        (d) 114 % where the market price is less than 90 % of
No 3768/85 (2), and in particular Article 12 (8) thereof,            the guide price ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
                                                                 Whereas pursuant to Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                 No 805/68 the basic levy on the meat specified in
Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68            sections (a), (c) and (d) of the Annex hereto is equal to the
a levy is applicable to the products specified in Article 1      basic levy determined for bovine animals, multiplied by a
( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12 fixes the      standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in
amount of the levy applicable by reference to a percen­          question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed by
tage of the basic levy ;                                         Commission Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 of 18 March
                                                                 1977 laying down rules for the application of levies on
Whereas in respect of bovine animals the basic levy is           beef and veal and amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68
determined on the basis of the difference between the            on the Common Customs Tariff (3), as last amended by
guide price and the Community free-at-frontier offer             Regulation (EEC) No 31 14/83 (4) ;
price plus the amount of the customs duty ; whereas the
Community free-at-frontier offer price is determined in
the light of the most representative purchasing possibili­       Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals to be
ties, as regards quality and quantity, recorded over a           applied from 27 May 1985 were fixed by Council Regula­
certain period for bovine animals and for the fresh or           tion (EEC) No 1308/85 of 23 May 1985 (*) ;
chilled meat specified in section (a) of the Annex to the
said Regulation under subheadings 02.01 A II a) 1 to 3,
account being taken in particular of the position with           Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 stipulates that the
                                                                 basic levy is to be calculated according to the method set
respect to supply and demand, of world market prices for
frozen meat of a category which is competitive with fresh        out in its Article 3 and on the basis of all the representa­
                                                                 tive free-at-frontier offer prices of the Community deter­
or chilled meat and of past experience ;
                                                                 mined for the products of each of the categories and cuts
                                                                 specified in Article 2 and established principally by
Whereas if it is found that the price of adult bovine            reference to the prices specified in the customs docu­
animals on representative Community markets is higher            ments accompanying products imported from third coun­
than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the follo­      tries or from other information concerning export prices
wing percentage of the basic levy :                              obtaining in those third countries ;
(a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal to
       102 % of the guide price ;                                Whereas, however, offer prices that do not correspond to
(b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 % and           real purchasing possibilities or that relate to unrepresenta­
      less than or equal to 104% of the guide price ;            tive quantitities should not be taken into account ;
                                                                 whereas offer prices should also be excluded when the
(c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 % and           movement of prices in general or the information avai­
      less than or equal to 106% of the guide price ;            lable suggests that they are unrepresentative of the true
(d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 % of             trend of prices in the country of origin ;
      the guide price ;
                                                                 Whereas in cases where for one or more categories of
Whereas if it is found that the price of adult bovine            bovine animals or cuts of meat a free-at-frontier offer
animals on representative Community markets is equal to          price cannot be established, the most recent available
or less than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the     price should be used for the calculation ;
following percentage of the basic levy :
                                                                 (3) OJ No L 75, 23. 3. 1977, p. 10.
(') OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 24.                           (4) OJ No L 303, 5. 11 . 1983, p. 16.
(2) OJ No L 362, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 8 .                            0 OJ No L 137, 27. 5. 1985, p. 16.
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 whereas if the free-at-frontier offer price differs by less      corrected by the amount of the premium granted to
than 0,60 ECU per 100 kilograms of live weight from that          producers under Regulation (EEC) No 1 31 1 /85 (3) ;
previously used for the calculation of the levy, the latter       whereas the representative markets, categories and quali­
price should be retained ;                                        ties of products and weighting coefficients are fixed in
                                                                  Annex II to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 610/77 of
                                                                  18 March 1977 on the determination of prices of adult
Whereas pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation (EEC)            bovine animals on representative Community markets
 No 805/68 a special basic levy is determined for certain         and the survey of prices of certain other cattle in the
third countries on the basis of the difference between the
                                                                  Community (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
guide price and the average price recorded over a certain         3815/85 0 ;
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 1 0 (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)
No 805/68 the price of adult bovine animals on represen­          health reasons for example, adopt measures affecting the
                                                                  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
Whereas the prices of adult bovine animals recorded on            mainly by reference to the most recently recorded prices ;
the representative market or markets of each Member
State are equal to the average, weighted by the appropriate
coefficients, of the prices for the various qualities of adult    Whereas for such period as the price of adult bovine
bovine animals or meat of such animals over a period of           animals recorded on representative Community markets
seven days in that Member State at a particular wholesale         differs by less then 0,24 ECU per 100 kilograms of live
marketing stage ; whereas, until 6 April 1986, the price of       weight from the price previously used, the latter is
adult bovine animals recorded on the representative               retained ;
market or markets of the United Kingdom shall be
                                                                  (3) OJ No L 137, 27. 5. 1985, p. 20 .
(') OJ No L 77, 25. 3. 1977, p. 14.                               (4) OJ No L 77, 25. 3 . 1977, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 109, 30 . 4. 1977, p. 1 .                             0 OJ No L 368, 31 . 12. 1985, p. 11 .
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Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations           Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
arising from international agreements concluded by the               should be calculated on the following basis :
Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,              — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
account should be taken of Council Regulation (EEC) No                     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
314/83 of 24 January 1983 on the conclusion of the                         of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic                        rate, fmultiplied by of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation
Community and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugos­                     (EEC) No 1676/85 (*),
lavia ('), of Council Regulation (EEC) No 287/82 of 3
February 1982 establishing the arrangements applicable to            — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
imports of products originating in Yugoslavia to take                      arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
account of the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the                   these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
Community (2), and of Council Regulation (EEC) No                          tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
3349/81 of 24 November 1981 providing for a reduction                      previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient,
in the levy applicable to imports into the Community of              Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the aforemen­
certain beef and veal products originating in and coming             tioned Regulation, and in particular to the information
from Yugoslavia (3) ;                                                and quotations known to the Commission, the levies on
                                                                     live cattle and beef and veal other than frozen meat
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (4), last
                                                                     should be as set out in the Annex hereto ;
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2903/85 (*), lays down
the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and             Whereas, pursuant to Article 394 of the 1985 Act of
certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural          Accession, the application to the new Member States of
products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific           the Community rules introduced for the production of
States or in the overseas countries and territories ;                and trade in agricultural products and for the trade in
Whereas the various cuts of beef and veal are defined in             certain goods resulting from processing of agricultural
Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;                                         products shall be postponed ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 No 805/68, the nomenclature provided for in this Regula­
tion is incorporated in the Common Customs Tariff ;
                                                                                                 Article 1
Whereas the levies and special levies are fixed before the
27th day of each month and are applicable from the first             The import levies on live cattle and beef and veal other
Monday of the following month ; whereas . these levies                than frozen meat shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
 may be altered in the period between two fixings where
 the basic levy or special basic levy is altered, or in the case                                 Article 2
of changes in the prices recorded on Community repre­
 sentative markets :                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 February 1986.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 24 January 1986.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                                  Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                                     Vice-President
 (') OJ   No L 41 , 14. 2. 1983, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ   No L 30, 6. 2. 1982, p. 1 .
 (3) OJ   No L 339, 26. 11 . 1981 , p. 1 .
 (4) OJ   No L 61 , 1 . 3. 1985, p. 4.
 0   OJ   No L 279, 19. 10. 1985, p. 5.                                (6) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
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                                                          ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 24 January 1986 fixing the import levies on
                                 live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen (')
                                                                                                       (ECU/100 kg)
                                                                          Austria/Sweden/
                       CCT heading No                Yugoslavia (2)           Switzerland
                                                                                             Other third countries
           I                                                             — Live weight —
           01.02 A II (a)                                53,210                27,855               121,319
                                                                         — Net weight —
           02.01 A II a) 1                             101,099                 52,925               230,506
           02.01 A II a) 2                               80,879                42,340               184,404
           02.01 A II a) 3                             121,319                 63,509               276,607
           02.01 A II a) 4 aa)                                                 79,386               345,759
           02.01 A II a) 4 bb)                                                 90,807               395,499
           02.06 C I a) 1                                                      79,386               345,759
           02.06 C I a) 2                                                      90,807               395,499
           16.02 B III b) 1 aa)                                                90,807               395,499
           (') 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 and Pacific States or in the
                overseas countries and territories .
           (2) 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 Regula­
                tion (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968, and in the provisions adopted for its application, is totally
                or partially suspended in accordance with those provisions.