CELEX: 31991R1650
Language: en
Date: 1991-06-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1650/91 of 14 June 1991 fixing the import levies on live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen

15. 6 . 91                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 151 /9
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1650/91
                                                     of 14 June 1991
                     fixing the import levies on live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                     (d) 0 % where the market price is more than 106 % of
                                                                     the guide price ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                                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
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of          following percentage of the basic levy :
 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
 in beef and veal ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 No 1628/91 (2), and in particular Article 12 (8) thereof,      (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or equal
                                                                     to 98 % of the guide price ;
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,        (b) 105 % where the market price is less than 98 % and
                                                                     more than or equal to 96 % of the guide price ;
                                                                (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 % and
Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68                more than or equal to 90 % of the guide price ;
a levy is applicable to the products specified in Article 1
(1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12 fixes the      (d) 114 % where the market price is less than 90 % of
 amount of the levy applicable by reference to a percen­             the guide price ;
 tage of the basic levy ;
Whereas in respect of bovine animals the basic levy is          Whereas pursuant to Article 10 (4) of Regulation (EEC)
determined on the basis of the difference between the           No 805/68 the basic levy on the meat specified in
guide price and the Community free-at-frontier offer            sections (a), (c) and (d) of the Annex hereto is equal to the
price plus the amount of the customs duty ; whereas the         basic levy determined for bovine animals, multiplied by a
 Community free-at-frontier offer price is determined in        standard coefficient fixed for each of the products in
the light of the most representative purchasing possibili­      question ; whereas these coefficients are fixed by
ties, as regards quality and quantity, recorded over a          Commission Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 of 18 March
certain period for bovine animals and for the fresh or           1977 laying down rules for the application of levies on
chilled meat specified in section (a) of the Annex to the       beef and veal and amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68
said Regulation under CN codes 0201 10 10, 0201 10 90,          on the Common Customs Tariff (3), as last amended by
0201 20 11 and 0201 20 19, account being taken in parti­        Regulation (EEC) No 3988/87 (4);
cular of the position with respect to supply and demand,
of world market prices for frozen meat of a category
which is competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of
past experience ;                                               Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals for the
                                                                 1991 /92 marketing year were fixed by Council Regulation
                                                                (EEC) No 1629/91 ^;
Whereas if it is found that the price of adult bovine
animals on representative Community markets is higher
than the guide price, the levy applicable equals the follo­     Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 stipulates that the
wing percentage of the basic levy :                             basic levy is to be calculated according to the method set
                                                                out in its Article 3 and on the basis of all the representa­
(a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal to        tive free-at-frontier offer prices of the Community deter­
     102 % of the guide price ;                                 mined for the products of each of the categories and cuts
                                                                specified in Article 2 and established principally by
(b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 % and          reference to the prices specified in the customs docu­
     less than or equal to 104 % of the guide price ;           ments accompanying products imported from third coun­
                                                                tries or from other information concerning export prices
(c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 % and          obtaining in those third countries ;
     less than or equal to 106 % of the guide price ;
                                                                (3) OJ No L 75, 23. 3. 1977, p. 10.
(') OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 24.                            (4) OJ No L 376, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 31 .
0 OJ No L 150, 15. 6. 1991 , p. 16.                             0 OJ No L 150, 15. 6. 1991 , p. 18.
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 Whereas, however, offer prices that do not correspond to          example, measures affecting the prices recorded on their
 real purchasing possibilities or that relate to unrepresenta­     markets, the Commission may use the latest prices
 tive quantitities should not be taken into account ;              recorded before the entry into force of such measures ;
 whereas offer prices should also be excluded when the
 movement of prices in general or the information avai­
 lable suggests that they are unrepresentative of the true
 trend of prices in the country of origin ;
                                                                   Whereas pursuant to Article 12 (6) of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                   No 805/68 the price of adult bovine animals on represen­
                                                                   tative Community markets is the price established on the
Whereas in cases where for one or more categories of              basis of prices recorded over a period to be determined on
 bovine animals or cuts of meat a free-at-frontier offer           the representative market or markets of each Member
 price cannot be established, the most recent available            State in respect of the various categories of adult bovine
 price should be used for the calculation ;                        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 if the free-at-frontier offer price differs by less
 than ECU 0,60 per 1 00 kilograms of live weight from that
 previously used for the calculation of the levy, the latter
 price should be retained ;                                       Whereas the representative markets, categories and quali­
                                                                   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 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 guide price and the average price recorded over a certain         3784/90 (4);
 period plus the amount of the customs duty ;
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 61 1 /77 ('), as          Whereas, for Member States with several representative
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 925/77 (2), provides               markets, the price of each category and quality is equal to
 that the special levy on products originating in and              the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each of
 coming from Austria, Sweden and Switzerland should be             those markets ; whereas, for representative markets held
determined on the basis of the weighted average of the             several times in one period of seven days, the price of
 prices of adult bovine animals recorded on the representa­        each category and quality is equal to the arithmetic mean
 tive markets of those third countries ; whereas the              of the prices recorded on each market day ; whereas in
weighting coefficients and representative markets are              respect of Italy the price of each category and quantity is
specified in the Annexes to Regulation (EEC) No 61 1 /77 ;        equal to the average, weighted by the special weighting
                                                                  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
                                                                  equal to the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on
Whereas the average price is not to be used for calcula­          each of the markets within that zone ; whereas in respect
ting the special levy unless it is at least ECU 1,21 per 100      of the United Kingdom the weighted average prices of
kilograms of live weight more than the free-at-frontier           adult bovine animals recorded on the representative
offer price determined in accordance with Article 10 (2) of       markets of Great Britain on the one hand and Northern
Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 ;                                      Ireland on the other are adjusted by the coefficient fixed
                                                                  in the abovementioned Annex II ;
Whereas if the average price differs by less than ECU 0,60
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
                                                                  tax' are multiplied by the live weight conversion coeffi­
                                                                  cients fixed in Annex II to the said Regulation and, in the
Whereas in cases where one or more of the abovemen­               case of Italy, are first increased or reduced by the correc­
tioned third countries adopt, for reasons of health for           tive amounts fixed in the said Annex ;
(') OJ No L 77, 25. 3. 1977, p. 14.                               (3) OI No L 77, 25. 3 . 1977, p. 1 .
O OJ No L 109, 30. 4. 1977, p. 1 .                                (4) OJ No L 364, 28 . 12. 1990, p. 21 .
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Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary or            Whereas the levies and special levies are fixed before the
health reasons for example, adopt measures affecting the           27th day of each month and are applicable from the first
normal trend of prices recorded on their markets the               Monday of the following month ; whereas these levies
 Commission may disregard the prices recorded on the               may be altered in the period between two fixings where
 market or markets in question, or use the latest prices           the basic levy or special basic levy is altered, or in the case
 recorded on the market or markets in question before the          of changes in the prices recorded on Community repre­
entry into force of such measures ;                                sentative markets ;
                                                                   Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
Whereas, in the absence of information, prices recorded            should be calculated on the following basis :
 on representative Community markets are determined
 mainly by reference to the most recently recorded prices ;
                                                                   — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                        tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                        of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
Whereas for such period as the price of adult bovine                    rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the
 animals recorded on representative Community markets                   last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regulation
differs by less then 0,24 ECU per 100 kilograms of live                 (EEC) No 1 676/85 Q, as last amended by Regulation
weight from the price previously used, the latter is                    (EEC) No 2205/90 (6),
 retained ;
                                                                   — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on
                                                                        the ecu rates published in the Official Journal of the
                                                                        European Communities, C series, over a period to be
Whereas levies must be fixed having regard to the obliga­               determined, multiplied by the coefficient referred to
 tions arising from international agreements concluded by               in the preceding indent ;
the Community ; whereas account should also be taken of
 Council Regulation (EEC) No 314/83 of 24 January 1983
on the conclusion of the Cooperation Agreement between             Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the aforemen­
the European Economic Community and the Socialist                  tioned Regulation, and in particular to the information
 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ('), and of Council Deci­          and quotations known to the Commission, the levies on
sion 87/605/EEC of 21 December 1987 on the conclu­                 live cattle and beef and veal other than frozen meat
sion of the additional Protocol to the Cooperation Agree­          should be as set out in the Annex hereto,
ment between the European Economic Community and
the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ^), antici­
pating a reduction in the levy applicable on imports into
the Community of certain products in the beef and veal
sector originating in and coming from Yugoslavia ;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (3), as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 523/91 (4), lays down
the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
                                                                                              Article 1
products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
States or in the overseas countries and territories :
                                                                   The import levies on live cattle and beef and veal other
                                                                   than frozen meat shall be as set out in the Annex to the
Whereas the various cuts of beef and veal are defined in           present Regulation.
Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation (EEC)                                      Article 2
No 805/68, the nomenclature provided for in this Regula­
tion is incorporated in the combined nomenclature ;
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 17 June 1991 .
(') OJ  No  L 41 , 14. 2. 1983, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No  L 389, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 72.
(3) OJ  No  L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.                              O OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No  L 58, 5. 3 . 1991 , p. 1 .                             (6) OJ No L 201 , 31 , 7. 1990, p. 9 .
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              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 14 June 1991 .
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                          Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                                   Member of the Commission
                                                                    ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 14 June 1991 fixing the import levies on
                                        live cattle and on beef and veal other than frozen
                                                                                                                      (ECU/100 kg)
                                                                                     Austria/Sweden/
                                CN code                       Yugoslavia (2)            Switzerland
                                                                                                           Other third countries
                                                                                    — Live weight —
                              0102 90 10                                                  26,638                 (') 124,192
                              0102 90 31                          21,788                  26,638                 (') 124,192
                              0102 90 33                           —
                                                                                          26,638                 0   124,192
                              0102 90 35                          21,788                  26,638                 (') 124,192
                              0102 90 37                          21,788                  26,638                 (') 124,192
                                                                                     — Net weight —
                              0201 10 10                                                  50,613                 0) 235,964
                              0201 10 90                          41,397                  50,613                 0 235,964
                              0201 20 21                           —
                                                                                          50,613                 0 235,964
                              0201 20 29                          41,397                  50,613                 (') 235,964
                              0201 20 31                           —
                                                                                          40,491                (') 188,771
                              0201 20 39                          33,118                  40,491                 0 188,771
                              0201 20 51                          49,677                  60,736                (') 283,157
                              0201 20 59                          49,677                  60,736                (') 283,157
                              0201 20 90                           —
                                                                                          75,919                (') 353,946
                              0201 30 00                           —
                                                                                          86,841                O 404,864
                              0206 10 95                           —
                                                                                          86,841                (>) 404,864
                              0210 20 10                           —
                                                                                          75,919                     353,946
                              0210 20 90                           —
                                                                                          86,841                     404,864
                              0210 90 41                           —
                                                                                          86,841                     404,864
                              0210 90 90                           —
                                                                                          86,841                     404,864
                              1602 50 10                           —
                                                                                         86,841                      404,864
                              1602 90 61                           —
                                                                                          86,841                     404,864
              (') In accordance with amended Regulation (EEC) No 71 5/90, levies are not applied to products imported directly
                  into the French overseas departments, 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 the Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                  1368/88 (OJ No L 126, 20. 5. 1988, p. 26).