CELEX: 31977R0687
Language: en
Date: 1977-04-01
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 687/77 of 30 March 1977 fixing the import levies on live cattle and beef and veal other than frozen meat

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                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 687/77
                                                        of 30 March 1977
                   fixing the import levies on live cattle and beef and veal other than frozen meat
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas if it is found that the price of adult bovine
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       animals on representative Community markets is
                                                                   equal to or less than the guide price, the levy appli­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              cable equals the following percentage of the basic
 Economic Community,                                                levy :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      (a) 100 % where the market price is more than or
 805/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                       equal to 98 % of the guide price ;
 of the market in beef and veal (*), as last amended by
 Regulation (EEC) No 42.5/77 (2), and in particular                (b) 1 05 % where the market price is less than 98 %
 Article 12 (8) thereof,                                                 and more than or equal to 96 % of the guide
                                                                         price ;
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary                      (c) 110 % where the market price is less than 96 %
 Committee ,
                                                                         and more than or equal to 90 % of the guide
                                                                         price ;
Whereas under Article 9 of Regulation (EEC) No
 805/68 a levy is applicable to the products specified in          (d) 114 % where the market price is less than 90 %
 Article 1 ( 1 ) (a) of that Regulation ; whereas Article 12             of the guide price ;
 fixes the amount of the levy applicable by reference to
 a percentage of the basic levy ;
                                                                   Whereas pursuant to Article 10 (4) of Regulation
Whereas in respect of bovine animals the basic levy is             (EEC) No 805/68 the basic levy on the meat specified
 determined on the basis of the difference between the              in sections (a), (c) and (d) of the Annex thereto is equal
guide price and the Community free-at-frontier offer                to the basic levy determined for bovine animals, multi­
 price plus the amount of the customs duty ; whereas                plied by a standard coefficient fixed for each of the
 the Community free-at-frontier offer price is deter­               products in question ; whereas these coefficients are
 mined in the light of the most representative                      fixed by Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 (J) ;
 purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quan­
 tity, recorded over a certain period for bovine animals           Whereas the guide prices for adult bovine animals to
 and for the fresh or chilled meat specified in section
                                                                    be applied from 15 March 1976 were fixed by Council
(a) of the Annex to the said Regulation under subhead­              Regulation (EEC) No 558 /76 of 15 March 1976 (4);
 ings 02.01 A II a) 1 to 3 , account being taken in parti­
cular of the position with respect to supply and
demand, of world market prices for frozen meat of a                 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 of
category which is competitive with fresh or chilled                 18 March 1977 laying down the rules for the appli­
 meat and of past experience ;                                     cation of levies on beef and veal and amending Regu­
                                                                    lation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs
Whereas if it is found that        the price of adult bovine       Tariff, stipulates that the basic levy is to be calculated
animals on representative           Community markets is           according to the method set out in its Article 3 and
higher than the guide price,       the levy applicable equals      on the basis of all the representative free-at-frontier
the following percentage of         the basic levy :               offer prices of the Community determined for the
                                                                   products of each of the categories and cuts specified
(a) 75 % where the market price is less than or equal               in Article 2 and established principally by reference to
       to 102% of the guide price ;                                the prices specified in the customs documents accom­
(b) 50 % where the market price is more than 102 %                 panying products imported from third countries or
      and less than or equal to 104% of the guide                  from other information concerning export prices
       price ;                                                     obtaining in those third countries ;
(c) 25 % where the market price is more than 104 %
      and less than or equal to 106% of the guide                  Whereas, however, offer prices that do not correspond
       price ;                                                     to real purchasing possibilities or that relate to un­
(d) 0 % where the market price is more than 1 06 %                 representative quantities should not be taken into
      of the guide price ;                                         account ; whereas offer prices should also be excluded
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 24 .                          (>) OJ No L 75 , 23 . 3 . 1977 , p. 10 .
(2 ) OJ No L 61 , 5 . 3 . 1977, p. 1 .                             (*') OJ No L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 4.
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 when the movement of prices in general or the infor­              Whereas the prices of adult bovine animals recorded
 mation available suggests that they as unrepresentative            on the representative market or markets of each
 of the true trend of prices in the country of origin ;             Member State are equal to the average, weighted by
                                                                    the appropriate coefficients, of the prices for the
 Whereas in cases where for one or more categories of              various qualities of adult bovine animals or meat of
 bovine animals or cuts of meat a free-at-frontier offer            such animals over a period of seven days in that
 price cannot be established, the most recent available             Member State at a particular wholesale marketing
 price should be used for the calculation ;                         stage ; whereas the representative markets, categories
                                                                    and qualities of products and weighting coefficients
 Whereas if the free-at-frontier offer price differs by             are fixed in Annex II to Commission Regulation
 less than 0 50 unit of account per 100 kilograms of               ( EEC) No 610/77 of 18 March 1977 on the determina­
 live weight from that previously listed for the calcula­           tion of prices of adult bovine animals on representa­
 tion of the levy, the latter price should be retained ;            tive Community markets and the survey of prices of
                                                                    certain other cattle in the Community (2) ;
 Whereas pursuant to Article 10 (3) of Regulation
 (EEC) No 805/68 a special basic levy is determined
 for certain third countries on the basis of the differ­            Whereas the price of adult bovine animals recorded
                                                                    on the market or markets of Ireland and the United
 ence between the guide price and the average price
 recorded over a certain period plus the amount of the              Kingdom must be increased by the compensatory
 customs duty ;                                                     amount referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
                                                                    tion (EEC) No 181 /73 of 23 January 1973 laying
Whereas Commission Regulation ( EEC) No 611 /77 of                  down general rules for the system of compensatory
 18 March 1 977 (') provides that the special levy on               amounts for beef and veal (3) ;
 products originating in and coming from Austria,
 Sweden and Switzerland should be determined on the
 basis of the weighted average of the prices of adult              Whereas, for Member States with several representa­
 bovine animals recorded on the representative markets              tive markets, the price of each category and quality is
 of those third countries ; whereas the weighting coeffi­           equal to the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded
cients and representative markets are specified in the              on each of those markets ; whereas, for representative
Annexes to Regulation (EEC) No 611 /77 ;                            markets held several times in one period of seven
                                                                    days, the price of each category and quality is equal to
Whereas the average price is not to be used for calcu­              the arithmetic mean of the prices recorded on each
 lating the special levy unless it is at least one unit of          market day ; whereas in respect of Italy the price of
account per 100 kilograms of live weight more than                  each category and quantity is equal to the average,
 the free-at-frontier offer price determined in accor­             weighted by the special weighting coefficients fixed in
dance with Article 10 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                   Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 610/77, of the
 805/68 ;                                                           prices recorded in the surplus and deficit zones ;
                                                                   whereas the price recorded in the surplus zone is
Whereas if the average price differs by less than 0-50             equal to the' arithmetic mean of the prices recorded
                                                                   on each of the markets within that zone ; whereas in
unit of account per 100 kilograms of live weight from
 that previously used to calculate the levy, the latter             respect of the United Kingdom the weighted average
 may be retained ;                                                  prices of adult bovine animals recorded on the repre­
                                                                   sentative markets of Great Britain on the one hand
Whereas in cases where one or more of the abovemen­                and Northern Ireland on the other are adjusted by the
                                                                   coefficient fixed in the abovementioned Annex II ;
tioned third countries adopt, for reasons of health for
example, measures affecting the prices recorded on
their markets, the Commission may use the latest
                                                                   Whereas prices for the different categories and quali­
prices recorded before the entry into force of such
                                                                   ties not obtained from prices which are ' live weight
measures ;
                                                                   excluding tax' are multiplied by the live weight conver­
                                                                   sion coefficients fixed in Annex II to the said Regula­
Whereas pursuant to Article 1 2 (6) of Regulation                  tion and, in the case of Italy, are first increased or
( EEC) No 805/68 the price of adult bovine animals on              reduced by the corrective amounts fixed in the said
 representative Community markets is the price esta­               Annex ;
blished on the basis of prices recorded over a period
to be determined on the representative market or
markets of each Member State in respect of the                     Whereas if one or more Member States, for veterinary
various categories of adult bovine animals or of meat              or health reasons for example, adopt measures
from such animals, after taking into account the size              affecting the normal trend of prices recorded on their
of each of these categories and the relative size of the           markets the Commission may disregard the prices
bovine herd of each Member State ;
                                                                   (>) OJ No L 77, 25 . 3 . 1977, p. 1 .
(>) OJ No L 11 , 25 . 3 . 1977 , p. 14 .                           (3 ) OJ No L. 25 , 30 . 1 . 1973 , p. 9 .
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 recorded on the market or markets in question , or use           altered, or in the case of changes in the prices
 the latest prices recorded on the market or markets in           recorded on Community representative markets ;
 question before the entry into force of such measures ;
                                                                  Whereas, to enable the levy system to function
 Whereas in the absence of information , prices                   normally, the following should be used to calculate
 recorded on representative Community markets are                 the levies ;
 determined mainly by reference to the most recently
 recorded prices ;                                                — for currencies whose spot rates are maintained at
                                                                      any given moment within a spread of 2 25 % , a
 Whereas for such period as the price of adult bovine                 conversion rate based on their actual par values ;
 animals recorded on representative Community                     — for other currencies, a conversion rate based on
 markets differs by less than 0 20 unit of account per                the arithmetic mean of the spot exchange rates of
  100 kilograms of live weight from the price previously              each of these currencies, recorded over a given
 used the latter is retained ;
                                                                      period, in relation to the Community currencies
 Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obliga­               referred to in the previous indent ;
 tions arising from international agreements concluded            Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the afore­
 by the Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas,             mentioned Regulations, and in particular to the data
 moreover, account should be taken of Regulation                  and quotations available to the Commission , the levies
 (EEC) No 2170/73 of 31 July 1973 on the conclusion               on adult bovine animals and beef and veal other than
 of the Trade Agreement between the European                      frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex to this
 Economic Community and the Socialist Federal Repu­               Regulation ,
 blic of Yugoslavia (') ;
 Whereas the various cuts of beef and veal are defined
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 in Regulation (EEC) No 586/77 ;
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 33 (2) of Regulation                                        Article 1
 (EEC) No 805/68 , the nomenclature used in this Regu­
 lation is incorporated in the Common Customs                     The import levies on live cattle and beef and veal
 Tariff ;                                                         other than frozen meat shall be as specified in the
                                                                  Annex to this Regulation .
 Whereas the levies and special levies are fixed before
 the 27th day of each month and are applicable from                                       Article 2
 the first Monday of the following month ; whereas
 these levies may be altered in the period between two            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April
 fixings where the basic levy or special basic levy is            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
(>) OJ No L 224, 13 . 8 . 1973 , p. 1 .
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                                                                              ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 30 March 1977 fixing the import levies on live cattle and
                                                      beef and veal other than frozen meatf 1 )
                                                                                                                                         (lUiJlOO kg)
                                    CCT heading No                              Austria / Sweden / Switzerland           Other third countries
                                                                                                          — Live weight —
            01.02 A II a) (a)                                                                                                   52-714
            01.02 A II b) (b)                                                                52714                              52-714
                                                                                                           — Net weight —
            02.01     A   II a) 1 aa) (a)                                                                                     100156
            02.01     A   II a) 1 bb)                                                      100156                             100156
            02.01     A   IIa) 2 aa) (a)                                                      —
                                                                                                                                80-125
            02.01     A   II a ) 2 bb)                                                       80-125                             80-125
            02.01     A   II a) 3 aa) (a)                                                     —                               120-187
            02.01     A   II a) 3 bb)                                                      120-187                            120187
            02.01     A   II a) 4 aa)                                                      150-234                            150-234
            02.01     A   II a) 4 bb)                                                      171-846                            171-846
            02.06 C I a) 1                                                                 1 50-234                           150-234
            02.06 C I a) 2                                                                 171-846                            171-846
             16.02 B III b) 1 aa)                                                          171-846                            171-846
            (') 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 ) The levy shall be established in accordance with the provisions set out in Annex I to the Trade Agreement between the EEC and
                  the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .
            (b) 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 Regulation ( 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 .