CELEX: 31991R0774
Language: en
Date: 1991-03-28
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 774/91 of 27 March 1991 fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat

28 . 3 . 91                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 81 /71
                                           COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 774/91
                                                           of 27 March 1991
                                  fixing the import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            which the levies are determined, taking particular account
                                                                       of the supply and demand situation for fresh or chilled
                                                                       meat, the world market price for frozen meat of a category
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 which is competitive with fresh or chilled meat and of
 Economic Community,                                                   past experience ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89
 of 25 September 1989 on the common organization of                    Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No
 the market in sheepmeat and goatmeat ('), as amended by               2668/80, the free-at-frontier offer prices are to be based
 Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (2), and in particular Article             inter alia on the prices shown in the customs documents
 1 0 thereof,                                                          which accompany products imported from non-member
                                                                       countries or on other information concerning the export
                                                                       prices applied by those non-member countries ; whereas
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,               offer prices which do not correspond to actual purchasing
                                                                       possibilities or which relate to unrepresentative quantities
                                                                       and offer prices which, in view of general price move­
Whereas, pursuant to Article 9 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No              ments or other information available, may be considered
 3013/89, a levy is applicable to the products falling within          not to be representative of actual price trends in the
 CN       codes       0204 30 00,       0204 41 00,    0204 42 10,     country of origin are to be disregarded ;
 0204 42 30,        0204 42 50 ,       0204 42 90,     0204 43 00,
0204 50 51 ,       0204 50 53 ,        0204 50 55 ,    0204 50 59,
0204 50 71 and 0204 50 79 listed in Annex II to that
 Regulation ;                                                           whereas a special levy may be fixed for products origin­
                                                                       ating in or coming from one or more non-member coun­
                                                                       tries if exports of the said products are made at abnor­
Whereas, pursuant to Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No                 mally low prices ;
3013/89, the levy on frozen carcases and halfcarcases is to
be equal to the difference between :
                                                                       Whereas the levy on the meat falling within CN codes
(a) the basic price multiplied by a coefficient representing           0204 30 00,      0204 41 00,      0204 42 10,   0204 42 30,
      the relationship existing in the Community between               0204 42 50,      0204 42 90,      0204 43 00,   0204 50 51 ,
      the price of fresh meat of a category competitive with           0204 50 53,    0204 50 55, 0204 50 59, 0204 50 71 and
      the frozen meat in question, presented in the same               0204 50 79 listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
      form, and the average price of fresh and chilled sheep           3013/89 is to be equal to the levy determined for frozen
      carcases, and                                                    carcases, multiplied by a standard coefficient fixed for
                                                                       each of the products in question ; whereas these coeffi­
(b) the Community free-at-frontier offer price for the said            cients are fixed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
      frozen meat ;                                                    2668 /80 :
Whereas the seasonally-adjusted basic price for the 1990
marketing year is fixed in Article 2 of Council Regulation             Whereas the levies should be so fixed that the obligations
(EEC) No 1248/89 ('); whereas the coefficient referred to              arising from international agreements concluded by the
in Article 2 ( 1 ) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 3013/89 is               Community continue to be fulfilled ; whereas, moreover,
fixed in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2668/ 80 (4),            account should be taken of the voluntary restraint
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3939/87 (5) ;                        arrangements made by the Community with certain
                                                                       non-member countries :
Whereas the Community free-at-frontier offer price is
determined in the light of the most representative                     Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (6), as last
purchasing possibilities, as regards quality and quantity,             amended by Regulation (EEC) No 523/91 f), lays down
recorded over the period from the 21st day of the                      the arrangements applicable on agricultural products and
preceding month to the 20th day of the month during                    certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural
                                                                       products originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific
(') OJ   No  L  289,   7. 10. 1989 , p. 1 .                            States or in the overseas countries and territories :
(2) OJ   No  L  353 ,  17. 12. 1990 , p. 2
(') OJ   No  L  129,   11 . 5. 1989, p. 10
(4) OJ   No  L  276,   20 . 10. 1980, p. 3:                            (6) OJ No L 84, 30 . 3 . 1990, p. 85.
V) OJ No L 373, 31 . 12. 1987, p. 1                                    O OJ No L 58, 5 . 3. 1991 , p. 1 .
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Whereas the levies are fixed before the 27th day of each          Whereas, having regard to the provisions of the above­
month for each week during the following month ;                  mentioned Regulations and, in particular, to the informa­
whereas they are applicable from Monday to Sunday ;               tion and quotations known to the Commission, the levies
whereas they can be altered within that period if neces­          on live sheep and goats and on sheepmeat and goatmeat
sary ;                                                            other than frozen meat should be as set out in the Annex
                                                                  to this Regulation,
Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, levies
should be calculated on the following basis :
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
     of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
     rate, multiplied by the corrective factor provided for in                            Article 1
     the last paragraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
     tion (EEC) No 1676/85 ('), as last amended by Regula­        The import levies on frozen sheepmeat and goatmeat
     tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (2),                                   shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
     average of the ecu rates published in the Official
    Journal of the European Communities, C series, over                                   Article 2
     a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
     cient referred to in the preceding indent ;                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1991 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States .
                   Done at Brussels, 27 March 1991 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990 , p. 9 .
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                                                                      ANNEX
                       to the Commission Regulation of 27 March 1991 fixing the import levies on frozen
                                                           sheepmeat and goatmeat (l)
                                                                                                                                       (ECU/100 kg)
                                 Week No 13             Week No 14             Week No 15               Week No 16               Week No 17
         CN code                   from 1 to              from 8 to              from 15 to              from 22 to            from 29 April to
                                  7 April 1991          14 April 1991          21 April 1991            28 April 1991             5 May 1991
       0204 30 00                   229,328                228,863                 228,473                 226,770                  224,228
       0204 41 00                   229,328                228,863                 228,473                 226,770                  224,228
       0204 42 10                   160,530                160,204                 159,931                 158,739                  156,960
       0204 42 30                   252,261                251,749                 251,320                 249,447                  246,651
       0204 42 50                   298,126                297,522                 297,015                 294,801                  291,496
       0204 42 90                   298,126                297,522                 297,015                 294,801                  291,496
       0204 43 00                   417,377                416,531                 415,821                 412,721                  408,095
       0204 50 51                   229,328                228,863                 228,473                 226,770                  224,228
       0204 50 53                   160,530                160,204                 159,931                 158,739                  156,960
       0204 50 55                   252,261                251,749                 251,320                 249,447                  246,651
       0204 50 59                   298,126                297,522                 297,015                 294,801                  291,496
       0204 50 71                   298,126                297,522                 297,015                 294,801                  291,496
       0204 50 79                   417,377                416,531                 415,821                 412,721                  408,095
(') 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
    3643/85, (EEC) No 715/90 and (EEC) No 753/90 and Commission Regulations (EEC) No 19/82, (EEC) No 3652/89, (EEC) No 3989/89, (EEC) No 479/90
    and (EEC) No 952/90.