31976R0586

No L 69/44 Official Journal of the European Communities 15 . 3 . 76

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 586/ 76 of 15 March 1976 fixing the import levies on frozen beef and veal

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN nities among those which are most representative as COMMUNITIES, regards quality and quantity as mentioned in Article 13 (2) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 should be Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European determined in the first place with reference to free-at­ Economic Community, Community-frontier offers or, where such offers are Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No not sufficiently representative of the market situation, 805/68 ( ! ), of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ world market offers delivered free-at-Community­ tion of the market in beef and veal, as last amended frontier for each of the products listed in Section (c) of by Regulation (EEC) No 568/76 (2), and in particular the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 ; whereas, Article 13 (6) thereof, for products other than those covered by the first subparagraph of Article 13 (2) of that Regulation, the Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary offer price is converted into a price relating to the Committee, products covered by that subparagraph by means of Whereas Article 13 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 the coefficients referred to in Article 13 (3) of that provides for charging a levy on imports of the frozen Regulation ; whereas those coefficients were fixed in meat listed in Section (c) of the Annex to that Regula­ Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2260/73 ; tion ; whereas the levy on products falling within subheading 02.01 A II a) 2 aa) is equal to the differ­ ence between : Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 2260/73 — the guide price for the corresponding product provides that the Commission, when determining the world market price referred to in Article 13 (2) (b) of multiplied by a coefficient expressing the ratio existing in the Community between the price for Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 must disregard offer prices which do not correspond to real purchasing fresh meat of a quality competitive with the frozen opportunities or which relate to small unrepresenta­ meat in question, presented in the same form, and the average price for adult bovine animals, and tive quantities or to qualities which differ appreciably from those of the majority of the products entering — the price on the world market for frozen meat, world trade ; whereas offer prices which the Commis­ based on the most favourable purchasing opportu­ sion believes, in view of general price movements or nities among those which are most representative, information available to it, not to be representative of as regards quality and quantity, of the develop­ real price trends in the country of origin must also be ment of this market, plus customs duty and a disregarded ; standard amount representing the specific costs incurred in importing trozen meat ; Whereas Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas offers on the world market are converted 990/68 of 15 July 1968 on general rules for fixing the into free-at-Community-frontier offers by taking into levy on certain kinds of frozen beef and veal provides account the normal transport and insurance costs of that the guide price for the corresponding product is which the Commission has knowledge ; the guide price for adult bovine animals (3) ; whereas this guide price was fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No 558 /76 of 15 March 1976 (4). Whereas the standard amount referred to in Article 13 (2) (b) of Regulation ( EEC) No 805/ 68 is fixed at 5-5 Whereas the abovementioned coefficient, calculated units of account per 100 kg ; in accordance with the rules contained in Article 13 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 was fixed at 1-53 by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2260/73 of 17 Whereas, as long as the world market price for frozen August 1973 determining the bases for calculating the meat differs by less that 1 unit of account per 100 kg levy on certain kinds of frozen beef and veal (5), as from the world market price previously used, the latter amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 1 60/ 74 (6) ; price is maintained ; Whereas Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 990/68 provides that the most favourable purchasing opportu­ Whereas Article 13 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 805 / (') OJ No L 148, 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 24. 68 provides that, for the frozen meat listed in Section (2) OJ No L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p. 28 . (c) of the Annex to that Regulation under subheadings (3) OJ No L 169, 18 . 7 . 1968 , p . 12 . 02.01 A II a) 2 bb), 02.01 A II a) 2 cc) and 02.01 A II (4) OJ No L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p. 4. (5) OJ No L 233 , 21 . 8 . 1973, p. 10. a) 2 dd), the levy is equal to the levy on the product in (') OJ No L 127, 9 . 5 . 1974, p . 32. the same Section under subheading 02.01 A II a) 2 aa)

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multiplied by the fixed coefficient for each of the — for other currencies an exchange rate based on the products in question ; whereas this coefficient was arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each fixed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2260/73 ; of these currencies recorded for a given period, in whereas that Regulation also defines the requirements relation to the Community currencies referred to to be met by certain products for which the levy is in the previous subparagraph ; fixed by means of these coefficients ; Whereas it follows from applying the provisions of Whereas Article 13 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 the abovementioned Regulations to the quotations provides that, where free quotations on the world and other information known to the Commission that the levies on frozen meat should be fixed as shown in market are not a determining factor for the offer price and where that price is lower than these quotations, a the Annex to this Regulation, special price calculated on the basis of the offer price is substituted, solely in respect of the imports in ques­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : tion, for the world market price for frozen meat referred to in paragraph 2 of that Article ; Article 1

Whereas, subject to the foregoing, the levy referred to The levies referred to in Article 13 of Regulation in Article 13 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 is (EEC) No 805/68 are fixed as shown in the Annex to fixed before the 25th day of each month and is appli­ this Regulation . cable from the first Monday of the following month ; whereas, however, the levy is altered in the inter­ Article 2 vening period if there is considerable fluctuation in the world market price for frozen meat ; To be classified as products falling within : Whereas, in accordance with Article 20 ( 1 ) of Regula­ — subheading 02.01 A II a) 2 aa), tion (EEC) No 805/68 , the nomenclature provided for — subheading 02.01 A II a) 2 bb) and cc), in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common — subheading 02.01 A II a) 2 dd) and 22 bbb). Custofris Tariff ; Products must correspond to the definition for the Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, product in question contained in Regulation (EEC) No 2260/73 . levies should be calculated on the following basis : — in the case of currencies which are maintained in Article 3 relation to each other, at any given moment, within a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 March on their effective parity ; 1976 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 15 March 1976.

For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Levies applicable from 15 March 1976 to imports from third countries (1)

CCT Levy in heading Description of goods u. a. /100 k« No net weight

02.01 Meat and edible offals of the animals falling within heading No 01.01 , 01.02, 01.03 or 01.04, fresh, chilled or frozen :

A. Meat :

II . Of bovine animals : a) Of domestic bovine animals : 2 . Frozen : aa) Carcases, half-carcases or 'compensated' quarters 108-171 bb) Forequarters 86-537 ( a) cc) Hindquarters 135-214 dd) Other : 11 . Unboned (bone-in) 162-257 22. Boned or boneless :

aaa) Forequarters, whole or cut into a maxi­ mum of five pieces, each quarter being in a single block ; 'compensated' quarters in two blocks, one of which contains the forequarter, whole or cut into a maxi­ mum of five pieces, and the other, the hindquarter, excluding the tenderloin , in one piece 135-214 (a) bbb ) Crop, chuck and blade and brisket cuts ( b) 135-214 ( a)

ccc) Other 186-054 ( a)

(i ) In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1599/75 the 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'. (■) Subject to the provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 1063/74 ( OJ No L 119, 1 . 5 . 1974, p. 70) where these products are imported under the conditions set out in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 805/68 of 27 June 1968 and in the provisions adopted for its application, the levy is totally or partially suspended in accordance with these provisions . (b) Entry under this subheading is subject to the production of a certificate issued on conditions laid down by the competent authorities of the European Communities .