CELEX: 31985R1171
Language: en
Date: 1985-05-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1171/85 of 3 May 1985 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

6. 5. 85                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 121 / 19
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1171/85
                                                       of 3 May 1985
                          fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   or chilled meat, the world market price for frozen
COMMUNITIES,                                                     meat of a category which is competitive with fresh or
                                                                 chilled meat and of past experience ;
 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
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    based inter alia on the prices shown in the customs
 1837/80 of 27 June 1980 on the common organization              documents which accompany products imported from
of the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as last             non-member      countries     or   on other  information
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 871 /84 (2), and in               concerning the export prices applied by those non­
 particular the first paragraph of Article 11 thereof,           member countries ; whereas offer prices which do not
                                                                 correspond to actual purchasing possibilities or which
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                     relate to unrepresentative quantities and offer prices
 Committee,                                                      which, in view of general price movements or other
                                                                 information available, may be considered not to be
Whereas under Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No              representative of actual price trends in the country of
 1837/80 a levy is applicable to the products falling            origin are to be disregarded ;
within subheading 02.01 A IV b) listed in Annex I to
that Regulation ;                                                Whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origi­
                                                                 nating in or coming from one or more non-member
Whereas, pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EEC)              countries if exports of the said products are made at
 No 1837/80, the levy on frozen carcases and half­               abnormally low prices ;
carcases is to be equal to the difference between :
(a) the basic price multiplied by a coefficient represen­        Whereas the levy on the meat falling within subhead­
     ting the relationship existing in the Community             ings 02.01 A IV b) 2, 3, 4 and 5 listed in Annex I to
     between the price of fresh meat of a category               Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is to be equal to the
     competitive with the frozen meat in question,               levy determined for frozen carcases, multiplied by a
     presented in the same form, and the average price           standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in
     of fresh and chilled sheep carcases, and                    question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed in
                                                                 Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2668/80 ;
(b) the Community free-at-frontier offer price for the
     said frozen meat ;
                                                                 Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obliga­
                                                                 tions arising from international agreements concluded
Whereas the basic price for the 1984/85 marketing                by the Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas,
year is fixed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No                moreover, account should be taken of the voluntary
873/84 (3), as last extended by Regulation (EEC) No              restraint arrangements made by the Community with
 1 163/85 (4) ; whereas the coefficient referred to in           certain non-member countries ;
Article 13 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1837/80 is
fixed in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
2668/80 (0 ;                                                     Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 486/85 (*) lays
                                                                 down the arrangements applicable on agricultural
Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is            products and certain goods resulting from the proces­
determined in the light of the most representative               sing of agricultural products originating in the African,
                                                                 Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas coun­
purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quan­
tity, recorded over the period from the 21st day of the          tries and territories ;
preceding month to the 20th day of the month during
which the levies are determined, taking particular               Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of
account of the supply and demand situation for fresh             each month for each week during the following
                                                                 month ; whereas they are applicable from Monday to
(') OJ  No L 183, 16. 7. 1980 , p. 1 .                           Sunday ; whereas they can be altered within that
(2) OJ  No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 35.                             period if necessary ;
(3) OJ  No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 42.
(4) See page 1 of this Official Journal.
0   OJ  No L 276, 20. 10. 1980, p. 39.                           (6) OJ No L 61 , 1 . 3 . 1985, p. 4.
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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,           mation and quotations known to the Commission, the
levies should be calculated on the following basis :          levies on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and
— 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 Council Regula­         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    tion (EEC) No 974/71 ('), as last amended by Regu­
    lation (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 frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
    relation to the Community currencies referred to          shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
    in the previous indent and the aforesaid coeffi­
    cient ;
                                                                                     Article 2
Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­
mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the infor        This Regulation shall enter into force on 6 May 1985.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 3 May 1985.
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                        Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                           Vice-President
(') OJ No L 106, 12. 5. 1971 , p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 90, 1 . 4. 1984, p. 1 .
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                                                       ANNEX
         to the Commission Regulation of 3 May 1985 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat
                                                     and goatmeat
                                                                                                 (ECU/100 kg)
                                 CCT
                                                                             Week No 6
                               heading                                 from 6 to 12 May 1985 (')
                                  No
         02.01 A IV b) 1                                                        144,250
                        2                                                      100,975
                        3                                                      158,675
                        4                                                      187,525
                        5 aa)                                                  187,525
                          bb)                                                  262,535
         (l) 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.